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In reply to the discussion: The throat-slitting gesture: Did EASTWOOD know it's part of Mormon ritual? [View all]nc4bo
(17,651 posts)26. The church doesn't need them but the men (typically) who run the church
would find secrets, making, keeping or perhaps basing an entire ceremony on them, very convenient.
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The throat-slitting gesture: Did EASTWOOD know it's part of Mormon ritual? [View all]
UTUSN
Sep 2012
OP
The BBC narrator said that the two are similar "but Mormons are smarter"!1 and both are CULTS n/t
UTUSN
Sep 2012
#5
The LDS throat-slitting gesture is part of temple ceremonies and is a depiction of what WILL BE DONE
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#6
It's something they nicked from the Freemasons along with most of their other temple ceremony
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2012
#12
He already wrote it. After he turned on the Mormons, he spent the rest of his life running from them
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#18
There's a table at the bottom of this page. Basically Pratt's g-daughter married Mitt's g'father.
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#44
And he's a bishop. A man. Not one to be questioned. Not accustomed to being questioned. nt
valerief
Sep 2012
#14
The Mormon hierarchy has an unwritten policy of allowing and even encouraging lying if they believe
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#19