@divegeester said
It’s an interesting and key part of the Mormon religious construct, and a topic I discussed one to one with a Mormon colleague on a few occasions many years ago.

I don’t remember her ever trying to convince me that tinned spaghetti was made of worms.

It was an inner sanctum secret that only males in the range of 5 and 22 knew about. Always wondered what happened to him “Elder Stevens”

@moonbus

Check out Jerry Lee Lewis on that one who had great balls of fire, or so he sung

@divegeester said
What are you on about; is that how you chose people to go out for a drink with you?

Here you go, I’ll do an example…

Medulla (standing in Oxford St) - excuse me (Sir),how far do you live from Wivenhoe?

Bemused passer by - about 75 miles, why?

Medulla - will you go out for a drink with me one night?

And i certainly wouldn't go around trying to pick up strange men in Oxford Street, not with my kind of pronouns (Mate/Geezer).

Just doing my bit to try and bring a bit of peace and harmony into the world 😉

@divegeester said
I haven’t read anything about Mormons believing tinned spaghetti is made of worms but I have read that they have a sacred planet called Kolob which is allegedly near to where god lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolob

You've got me on that one, sounds like an anagram of Bolok 😆

@divegeester

My dad was involved with the Mormons for a while, and as a kid (5 y/o) we had regular "Elders" visit us, really nice guys who tried to convince me that tinned spaghetti was made from worms. Later on in my late twenties I worked for a guy in Croydon that was an appointed man in the local congregation, and had quite lengthy discussions. So unless thing have changed

1) Yes they do beleive in Father Son and Holy Ghost but not as a defined trinity as per the Athanasian Creed (which can't be found in a bible anyway).

2) They are/were very respectful around the subject of Idolatory, so you won't find crosses and such in their churches (Tabernacles) that are bowed to or placed in areas of venoration as you do in many of the denomination.

3) They tithe, so 10% of their earnings went to the church, but as I understood it the resources accumulated went back to support congregations in need.

4) They were known for a polygamy, but as I understood it the church has a fracture line, and the more modern approach was towards ending that in favour of monogamy.

5) They don't drink coffee or alcohol, but oddly enough cocoa -cola was ok; they clearly hadn't read the label and worked out what was in it.

6) They are known as a evengelical group, so preach and teach door to door in the same fashion as the early Christians.

The most famous mormon family that I can think of was probably "The Osmonds".

You two play so nicely, and you don't live far from each other; you ought to go out for a drink one night.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

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Is it not the case that Muslims believe in seven planes of heaven and nine planes of hell . If so why has Hell got more planes than heaven? Anyone know ?

@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/great-sheep-panic

In 1888, tens of thousands of British sheep started running in fear from something. What caused 'The Great Sheep Panic'?

-VR

Without looking at the link I would have said The Welsh.