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[–] [S] 213 points 1 year ago (17 children)

“For 33 hours, I was … I was praying that if this had to happen here, that it wouldn’t be one of us. That somebody drove from another state, somebody came from another country,” he said. “Sadly, that prayer was not answered the way I hoped for. Just because I thought it would make it easier on us if we could just say ‘Hey, we don’t do that here.’”

Now that you’ve had to admit, “Hey, we do do that here” what are you doing with that? Have you experienced any epiphanies?

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  • [–] 83 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Hell no. Their magic underwear keeps that from happening.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Mormon temple ritual in which they move their hand across their lower stomach/bowels (not throat, sorry, it's been a long time since I left Mormonism) and vow to spill the blood of enemies of the Mormon church

    This is part of a ritual called "the endowment" which is required for every person to do if they want to get into the highest level of heaven, called "the Celestial Kingdom". Someone who receives this endowment ritual (which is most practicing adult Mormons) is called "endowed". This endowment ritual can only be performed inside a Mormon temple.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I'm an exmo as well, the gestures you're talking about were removed in 1990, and it was never about vowing to spill the blood of enemies. It was about secrecy, framed in stark death-before-dishonor terms.

    Your version is more metal and exciting, though.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago*

    Honestly, if he'd just left it at "another state," I wouldn't even be mad. I totally get wanting the degree of separation. But adding "another country" absolutely betrays his true thoughts. What a gross thing to admit.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The quote makes it seem a lot more understandable than the title makes it out to be imo

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