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Just gotta say that I stumbled across this article. I am a mormon who can take a joke and this was very well done. Very funny article everybody!
- Thank you, I think some of the best satire can only be written by people who know what they're talking about. Perhaps the person who wrote this is or was Mormon or studied religion.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 01:07, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Removing Huge Chunks Of Text
Removing large amounts of text is not acceptable without explanation.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 06:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Cult tag
I took off the {{cult}} tag mostly because it doesn't work with the current format, but I also feel that the tag lacks truthyness in this context. It is a fact that some people call the LDS religion a cult, but that tells my gut that the tag should not be applied. Too facty.
Now, if one wanted to call something like, say, Southern Baptists or even -- especially -- Catholics a cult then there would be truthiness value to the designation.
- I believe that anything that isn't catholic would be, in the eyes of Our Glorious Stephen, a cult. Perhaps we will need a new tag for these kinds of designations?--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 18:46, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, let's see... Catholics are part of The Mystical Body of Christ [MBC] (which I may be tempted to un-red-link although it's as freaky a concept as anything the Mormons have come up with). Some kind of tag that would identify the non-Catholic non-Colbert non-MBC religions would be useful. I just don't like the term "cult" when it's too facty. I think that term cult should be reserved for things like, oh... Costco shoppers or (showing my Seattle roots here) Starbucks drinkers.
- As I said before, anything that is not Catholic is a cult, however, perhaps a better designation would be "Too Secular"???--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 23:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, let's see... Catholics are part of The Mystical Body of Christ [MBC] (which I may be tempted to un-red-link although it's as freaky a concept as anything the Mormons have come up with). Some kind of tag that would identify the non-Catholic non-Colbert non-MBC religions would be useful. I just don't like the term "cult" when it's too facty. I think that term cult should be reserved for things like, oh... Costco shoppers or (showing my Seattle roots here) Starbucks drinkers.
[edit] Other Mormons
- Osmonds
- Former Mass Gov, Mitt Romney
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Marriot Hotel chain
Lamanite tenet: pure are white, unpure are colored, so no black clergy; lost tribes of Israel are scattered across Asia Pacific region
[edit] Underwear
As for the picture of the mormon underwear on the article, my gut tells me that is not very truthy. They really do wear that stuff--it leans much too facty for my gut to handle. Seems like we should find a picture of a bullet-proof vest or a set of Medieval armor or a picture of Steve Young's Superbowl uniform.
- Dude, there is no way a real religion has magical underwear! No way. The picture is fine. Although you are welcome to post a second picture, I say the first one stays.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 22:32, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Dude, your page is whacked. No, the garments are not a chastity device. No, a Bishop Doesn't unlock it. No, a salamander did not tell Joseph Smith where the plates were.
May I suggest you lighten up on the peyote.
- We know the garments are not a chastity device! We know a bishop doesn't unlock it and that the salamander is a conspiracy theory--that's why we posted it! We're making fun of people who actually believe those things!
- If someone goes to a satirical website based on a word created by a comedian to validate their suspicions, then our work is done here.
- Seriously, no one comes here to educate themselves and if they do, well, I don't know what to say.--WatchTVEatDonutDrinkBeer 18:01, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Done for now
My gut's Mormon misinformation is played out for the moment. Anyone who feels the truthiness of the outfit emanating from their gut is welcome to add and edit. Or leave suggestions here. --seaRob 23:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NOTES
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-vacation7nov07,1,4567199.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business Making a baby on a family getaway Hotels are offering luxe 'procreation vacations' for couples wanting to relax and conceive. By Kelli Kennedy The Associated Press November 7, 2006 Copyright 2006 Los Angeles Times
MIAMI — When Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to drink sea moss elixir while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was certain it would make her sick. Sure enough, three months later, Hughes is very sick — every morning — and expecting her first baby in April.
She got pregnant after she and her husband went on a three-day Procreation Vacation at a resort on Grand Bahama Island.
It's part of a trend in which hotels around the world are luring couples who are trying to have a baby. Resorts are offering on-site sex doctors, romantic advice and exotic food and drink calculated to put lovers in the mood and hasten the pitter-patter of little feet.
Even some obstetricians are promoting the trend. Dr. Jason James of Miami said he often encouraged couples trying to have a baby to sneak away for a few days, and he often sees it work.
"One of the most easy, therapeutic interventions is to recommend a vacation," James said. "I think the effect of stress on our physiology is underestimated."
Hughes and her husband, Kemry, went to the Westin at Our Lucaya Grand Bahama Island, where the three-night Procreation Vacation starts at $1,893. They lounged on the beach, swam in the pool, sipped pumpkin soup and enjoyed couple's massages.
Hughes and her husband were also served an age-old Caribbean fertility concoction three times a day: sea moss, the Caribbean's version of Viagra, mixed with evaporated milk, sugar and spices. She said it tasted like an almond smoothie.
The chain also offers the package at resorts on St. John in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
"My husband and I thought that we would go on the vacation and learn all these nice fertility secrets and we'd be practicing them for a number of months for them to work," said Hughes, 35, who conceived the day she returned. "We were stunned. There's definitely some truths to the foods and the elixirs."
The couple had been trying for only two months, since their wedding in May. But like most couples they have hectic schedules in Washington, where she is a freelance writer and he is a city employee. Cellphones are always ringing, day planners are jammed. "We're all overscheduled," Hughes said.
But the couple let go in the tranquil Bahamas and made time for indulgences often skipped at home, such as romantic dinners and cuddling, she said.
The Birds and the Bees package at the Five Gables Inn & Spa on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay includes a two-night stay with a couple's massage, oysters (a purported aphrodisiac) and wine, a pair of heart-print boxer shorts and a CD by love crooner Barry White for about $810 a couple.
There is a Procreation Ski Vacation in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where couples can snuggle by a toasty fire, enjoy a candlelight dinner in their room and take a dogsled trip to a hot springs site at the Teton Mountain Lodge.
At the Miraval resort in Tucson, sex experts Dr. Lana Holstein and her husband, Dr. David Taylor, help couples with ovulation schedules and achieving intimacy.
"The damage that working for conception does to the sexual relationship, it's really, really impactful. This business about being so tense about conceiving a child and feeling like the clock is ticking makes people much more scheduled," said Holstein, author of "Your Long, Erotic Weekend." "They lose sight of the sensual."
Now three months into her pregnancy, Lucinda and Kemry Hughes have picked out baby names: Kemry if it's a boy, and if it's a girl, Lucaya, for the resort that made it happen.
