2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

[joecct]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

Same here. In middle school, someone told me I was going to hell for being "unchurched", so I've got that going for me.

In 1920's the Redemptorists (then a hell fire and ****ation order) went to my father's apartment (South Bronx) and told my grandparents that (future) Dad was going straight to hell for missing Sunday School (what became CCD in the V2 era).

The family was consistent Sunday Mass attendees. Grandpop called bullthit.

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

Same here. In middle school, someone told me I was going to hell for being "unchurched", so I've got that going for me.

Which is nice.

[jen]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

To answer Dr. Jones' question, nope, never once since I've been old enough to remember; since then I've only ever been in churches for weddings and funerals.

Same here. In middle school, someone told me I was going to hell for being "unchurched", so I've got that going for me.

[St. Clown]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

To answer Dr. Jones' question, nope, never once since I've been old enough to remember; since then I've only ever been in churches for weddings and funerals.

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

I do believe that this is where my lack of religious schooling hinders my understanding of a joke.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is really big.

The Tabernacle is really small.

"Didn't you guys ever go to Sunday school?"

[St. Clown]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

A host of them, eh?

But quite a few of us have wondered how the Mormons shrunk all those singers to fit in a tabernacle?

I do believe that this is where my lack of religious schooling hinders my understanding of a joke.

Although, to answer the question, between 4-16% of them.

From wiki:

According to a report produced by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life the self-identified religious affiliations of Utahns over the age of 18 as of 2008 are:[9]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 58% (labeled as Mormon on survey)
Unaffiliated 16%
Catholic 10%
Evangelicals 7%
Mainline Protestants 6%
Black Protestant Churches 1%
No Answer 1%
Other Faiths 1%
Buddhism <.5%
Eastern Orthodox <.5%
Hinduism <.5%
Islam <.5%
Jehovah's Witnesses <.5%
Judaism <.5%
Non denominational <.5%
Other World Religions <.5%

Margin of error +/- 6%

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

If that was a kidney stone, what are we building this year ... an assteroid?

Just don't touch my meateor.

[owslachief]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

If that was a kidney stone, what are we building this year ... an assteroid?

[joecct]

Groan. I'll abstain from adding anything.

And that's the meat of the problem.

But isn't abstinence murder?

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

A host of them, eh?

Groan. I'll abstain from adding anything.

[joecct]

They're not all Mormons. The Catholics have invaded en Mass.

A host of them, eh?

But quite a few of us have wondered how the Mormons shrunk all those singers to fit in a tabernacle?

[WisconsinWildcard]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

Good to see there are altarnatives.

Boo-urns

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

They're not all Mormons. The Catholics have invaded en Mass.

Good to see there are altarnatives.

[St. Clown]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

Utah's "Emma Watson nude" raised my respect for the state immeasurably.

They're not all Mormons. The Catholics have invaded en Mass.

[Kepler]

Re: 2014: Farewell to a kidney stone of a year

It makes me very happy to see Craig Ferguson show up in Minnesota's list.

Utah's "Emma Watson nude" raised my respect for the state immeasurably.