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malapert · 02-13-2008, 04:59 AM

..."Be careful in your relationships, know thoroughly those you would accept as friends. Membership in the Church is a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to those who carefully and diligently lead their families, follow the commandments and lead their lives in a way that is a blessing to others. But not all of those who call themselves Latter-day Saints, especially in the west are worthy of His Name....many who show for every activity, for every meeting, for every prayer are truly abhorrent to Heavenly Father....."

It gave me a good chuckle.

SteelBlue · 02-13-2008, 04:02 PM

Where did you come across that one? "Especially in the West", that's pretty funny.

jay santos · 02-13-2008, 04:13 PM

One of the most exciting things I did on my mission was translate a report from a stake president into English that was being sent to one of the twelve on a discipline procedure involving the stake patriarch. Among other things, he was blessing all of the Korean saints that their lineage was Dan. They told him to stop but he wouldn't.

ute4ever · 02-13-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by malapert

..."Be careful in your relationships, know thoroughly those you would accept as friends. Membership in the Church is a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to those who carefully and diligently lead their families, follow the commandments and lead their lives in a way that is a blessing to others. But not all of those who call themselves Latter-day Saints, especially in the west are worthy of His Name....many who show for every activity, for every meeting, for every prayer are truly abhorrent to Heavenly Father....."

It gave me a good chuckle.

What was the funny part?

It sounds like a good voice of warning to a person who tends to put too much trust in the title of "active member of the church."

livecoug · 02-13-2008, 04:30 PM

LOL.. where did you find that?

SteelBlue · 02-13-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

What was the funny part?

It sounds like a good voice of warning to a person who tends to put too much trust in the title of "active member of the church."

Uhhh, how about "especially in the West".

Jeff Lebowski · 02-13-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Uhhh, how about "especially in the West".

Apparently "East Coast Bias" cuts across religious lines as well.

That is a real gem, malapert.

malapert · 02-13-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ute4ever

What was the funny part?

It sounds like a good voice of warning to a person who tends to put too much trust in the title of "active member of the church."

Humor comes from the element of truth.

This is from a personal acquaintance, so I can vouch for its authenticity.

myboynoah · 02-13-2008, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by malapert

..."Be careful in your relationships, know thoroughly those you would accept as friends. Membership in the Church is a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to those who carefully and diligently lead their families, follow the commandments and lead their lives in a way that is a blessing to others. But not all of those who call themselves Latter-day Saints, especially in the west are worthy of His Name....many who show for every activity, for every meeting, for every prayer are truly abhorrent to Heavenly Father....."

It gave me a good chuckle.

Mullah myboynoah speaks.

Assuming it is legit, it has no place here. Such a blessing is for the individual, not the masses. We have no idea of the context and it has obviously been doctored.

MikeWaters · 02-13-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by myboynoah

Mullah myboynoah speaks.

Assuming it is legit, it has no place here. Such a blessing is for the individual, not the masses. We have no idea of the context and it has obviously been doctored.

You're just jealous that you are not from the Tribe of Dan.

02-13-2008, 04:59 AM	#1
malapert Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Pole Posts: 148	Verbatim quote from an actual Patriarchal Blessing... ..."Be careful in your relationships, know thoroughly those you would accept as friends. Membership in the Church is a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to those who carefully and diligently lead their families, follow the commandments and lead their lives in a way that is a blessing to others. But not all of those who call themselves Latter-day Saints, especially in the west are worthy of His Name....many who show for every activity, for every meeting, for every prayer are truly abhorrent to Heavenly Father....." It gave me a good chuckle. __________________ . "He has all the virtues I dislike--and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -Oscar Wilde "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -Charles, Count Talleyrand

02-13-2008, 04:02 PM	#2
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Where did you come across that one? "Especially in the West", that's pretty funny.

02-13-2008, 04:13 PM	#3
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	One of the most exciting things I did on my mission was translate a report from a stake president into English that was being sent to one of the twelve on a discipline procedure involving the stake patriarch. Among other things, he was blessing all of the Korean saints that their lineage was Dan. They told him to stop but he wouldn't.

02-13-2008, 04:30 PM	#5
livecoug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,176	LOL.. where did you find that?