Those crazy Mormons

[Betty]

According to this article, Mormons are babtizing Jews that died in the Holocost post-humously - and really making other Jewish people upset.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BAPTIZING_THE_DEAD?SITE=KOIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-11-10-18-41-36

The story of course is that those in the Holocost were persecuted for being Jews and are now being made into Mormons. The idea is that those Mormons related to Jewish Holocost survivors will all be reunited in the afterlife if they are babtized. Of concern is if history will rewrite itself to say that Mormons were killed in the holocost.

[blueerica]

It's called a Happy Bubble. The Mormons are in it.

ETA: I wonder how shocked they are that the world is really paying attention to their every move now. L.O.L.

[Alex]

While the practice of posthumous baptism by Mormons is silly, I'd say it is just as silly to be upset about it.

But to put the matter to rest and ease inter-religious stresses I just did a little ceremony here at my desk that makes each passed soul immune to rebaptism unless that soul wishes otherwise. Also, it makes them prettier than they were in their mortal life and just a tad smarter.

Since my little ceremony has all the effect as a Mormon necrobaptism I expect The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors to name me their man of the year and present me with an attractive plaque I can display on my wall.

Also, and I understand this will upset some people, in the process I mismumbled a word of particular power and killed god. Sorry about that.

[blueerica]

Oh, thanks a lot, Alex. Kill god. WTG. Alexmumbles4TW!

[Scrooge McSam]

VAM, baby LOL

[flippyshark]

Owww! The acronyms, they hurt! (Really, I've tried to keep up, but Jeez-o'-Pete! There's so fvckin' many of them! I can't spend all day at the Urban Dictionary!) WTF is really common, so I know it. But then I encounter WTG, I start thinking "What The God? What The Ginmill? What The Ginger? After a while, I finally see that the WT doesn't stand for "What The" at all - its an acronym for Way To Go. I have a fleeting sense of euphoria. Maybe I can learn this stupid code yet! Then, next sentence - FTW? Fvck The Wealthy? Fix The Waterpipe? (*I looked it up - For The Win. Okay, that's funny. I'm amused and annoyed at the same time.) Then next post down - VAM. I give up!

Sorry to rant about something that most others have no problem with, but damn this stuff makes me feel old and useless.

Oh, and Alex's post? Hilarious!

[Scrooge McSam]

My apologies, flippyshark.

VAM = Visible Alex Mojo (Origin post 1570 (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showpost.php?p=230562&postcount=1570) in the "Yes, We Can" thread)

[blueerica]

For the record, I type 4TW, though FTW is probably more common. Since you knew I could/should have typed FTW, I'll just assume you knew all along.

so there...

NEEENNNEEERRR...

Oh, and WTF is VAM?

[blueerica]

I love it when the answers come before I can even ask the questions...

[Snowflake]

Oh, okay, Alex, that was brilliant and hilariously funny. :D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm with Alex - Mormons, what-evah. I have relatives that died in the Holocaust, and I really don't care what oddness the Mormons think they're trying to do, because they're nutters.

"Nutter" is my word of the month, BTW. (psst, it means BY THE WAY. ;) )

I like FTW because every time I still think "Fvck the What? Oh wait, For the Win, right." :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wait, "For the Win"? Really? I've never heard that, I always assumed it was an intentional typo of WTF, like the owned/powned thing.

[flippyshark]

Wait, "For the Win"? Really? I've never heard that, I always assumed it was an intentional typo of WTF, like the owned/powned thing.

I rest my case. (Or should I have said IRMC?)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wait, "For the Win"? Really? I've never heard that, I always assumed it was an intentional typo of WTF, like the owned/powned thing.You spelled pwned wrong :p

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sorry.

pWnt.

[Gemini Cricket]

FTW was something I learned reading Election 2008 posts on Twitter. At first I thought it meant "F*ck the World".
:D

[Ghoulish Delight]

I still plan on reading it as "Fut the wuck?"

[€uroMeinke]

I'm with GD on this - I've always read it that way - too late to change

[Not Afraid]

Instead of FTW, I prefer PLTW - Paul Lynde To Win.

[Ghoulish Delight]

So would the proper response to FTW be "CGTS"?

[€uroMeinke]

So would the proper response to FTW be "CGTS"?

Now you lost me

[Ghoulish Delight]

Circle Gets The Square

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, those crazy swankers.



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As for me, as a gay and a jew ... i relish anything to hate the Mormons for at this point. I'm tired of them trying to control the world, and trying to control my ancestors fate in the afterlife ... even though they can do no such thing even with the assistance of their magic underwear ... really pisses me off. Leave me the fvck alone, you cocsuking mormons!

[Betty]

Oh, those crazy swankers.

you cocsuking mormons!

Are they "allowed" to even do that? :D

[Kevy Baby]

My favorite is WWJDFAKB

What Would Jesus Do For A Klondike Bar

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...that died in the Holocaust posthumously...How does one die posthumously?

[Snowflake]

My favorite is WWJDFAKB

What Would Jesus Do For A Klondike Bar

_____________________

How does one die posthumously?

I read that at How does one die posthumorously :D

[Gn2Dlnd]

The article I read pointed out that the upset is that future historians will have lists of Mormons who were killed in the Holocaust. And since the Mormons have an obsession with genealogical databases, they really do have an influence over what future historians will know about our religious make-up.

I know that the Mormons also posthumously baptize Native Americans, as well. The more you know, the nuttier they get.

LDSFTWTF

[JWBear]

The article I read pointed out that the upset is that future historians will have lists of Mormons who were killed in the Holocaust. And since the Mormons have an obsession with genealogical databases, they really do have an influence over what future historians will know about our religious make-up.

I know that the Mormons also posthumously baptize Native Americans, as well. The more you know, the nuttier they get.

LDSFTWTF

I think the collections of the various holocaust museums and archives will be taken much more seriously by future historians than Mormon genealogical websites.

[Betty]

I read that at How does one die posthumorously :D

It's a very tricky process! :p

[Gn2Dlnd]

I think the collections of the various holocaust museums and archives will be taken much more seriously by future historians than Mormon genealogical websites.

Probably, but I still wouldn't want grandma's name showing up on a list of people killed because of her Mormonism.

Metaphorical grandma, mine's still alive and living in Joplin, MO.

Not 'mo, MO.

[Alex]

The article I read pointed out that the upset is that future historians will have lists of Mormons who were killed in the Holocaust. And since the Mormons have an obsession with genealogical databases, they really do have an influence over what future historians will know about our religious make-up.

That may be a valid issue (data integrity always is over the centuries) but per the article linked above anyway, that is explicitly not the issue here. They're upset about it happening even if that person does not end up in the International Genealogical Index (the database that lists all ordained -- personal or vicarious -- Mormons):

"Baptism of a Jewish Holocaust victim and then merely removing that name from the database is just not acceptable," said Michel...

But as JWBear says, I doubt that in a couple centuries anybody is going to think Adolf Hitler or George Washington or Albert Einstein were Mormons just because they show up in a database. In fact, I would guess that if anything it will eventually cast doubt on just how many Mormons there actually were.

Also, I'd point out my little thing in my humorous post about the dead person being immune to re-baptism is they so choose. It should be noted that the Mormons already believe that. They baptize the dead, and the dead, in the afterlife, have the ability to reject it. So spiritually it seems to me no harm, no foul, and isn't it fun watching people squabble over nonsense.

And yes, they do American Indians, if they can learn their names (that is why they do the genealogical research, they have to know the name) as well as any other person including you or me eventually.

[Disneyphile]

They need an overzealous spokesperson like Tom Cruise.

I put them pretty much on the same parallel as Scientologists.

[lizziebith]

If this were almost any other board and a thread showed up about politics and religion I'd get to post "IBTL"! Lolz. :D

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If this were almost any other board and a thread showed up about politics and religion I'd get to post "IBTL"! Lolz. :DIBTL......hmm.....all I got is "Itty Bitty Titty Lizzie" ;)

[BarTopDancer]

In Before The Lock.

[bewitched]

I love it when the answers come before I can even ask the questions...

It's like you're psychic or something...:p

[bewitched]

FTW was something I learned reading Election 2008 posts on Twitter. At first I thought it meant "F*ck the World".
:D


:SNORT:

[bewitched]

I know that the Mormons also posthumously baptize Native Americans, as well. The more you know, the nuttier they get.

LDSFTWTF

Swell. Hopefully this doesn't mean I'm a Mormon...although that would explain the missionary visits.

[Sohrshah]

When I read the misread of "posthumously" to "posthumorously", I immediately thought of the Bank President in Mary Poppins who died laughing... "What was the name of his other leg?" ...

Yes, silliness is definitely ensuing.

[Sohrshah]

On another note, I once got a job because I LOOK Mormon. No joke. SLC based Pharmaceutical company, which has since gone down because they lied to their stockholders about the general efficacy of thier drug. It turns out that their SHOT form is less effective than a previously existing pill...

Wow, talk about wasting BILLIONS...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

In Before The Lock.I had to look this up. It means you got your post into a thread before the mods lock it up. Heh, I love our insular little world.

[Not Afraid]

We lock threads so often here.

[Kevy Baby]

It's like you're psychic or something...:pPsycho definitely

We lock threads so often here.Has ANY thread ever been locked?

[Ruthie]

Since my little ceremony has all the effect as a Mormon necrobaptism I expect The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors to name me their man of the year and present me with an attractive plaque I can display on my wall.

Also, and I understand this will upset some people, in the process I mismumbled a word of particular power and killed god. Sorry about that.

LMHOROTF! that was just too dang funny.

[Ruthie]

In Before The Lock.


I was thinking more or less along those same lines . . this would never fly on some of the other boards I read and post at! LOL ;)

Thanks for all the belly laughs, everyone!

[The Lovely Mrs. tod]

Oh, those crazy swankers.



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As for me, as a gay and a jew ... i relish anything to hate the Mormons for at this point. I'm tired of them trying to control the world, and trying to control my ancestors fate in the afterlife ... even though they can do no such thing even with the assistance of their magic underwear ... really pisses me off. Leave me the fvck alone, you cocsuking mormons!
But how do you really feel about them?

[Gn2Dlnd]

SMITH!

[wendybeth]

Psycho definitely

Has ANY thread ever been locked?

You know, I don't think so. I think a few have been closed at the OP's request, but I can't remember any locking action. Maybe an Admin can look it up? (I'm not sure if I can, and I'm too lazy to try).


I love this place.:cheers:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I think there have been closed threads but that was only because they were the ones we used when we were testing the board.

[flippyshark]

I demand this thread be closed immediately! TMA! (too many acronyms!) :p

[Strangler Lewis]

Pedant alert:

These really aren't acronyms.

[flippyshark]

Yeah, I was afraid that might be the case. What should I call them?

[Kevy Baby]

What should I call them?Fred

[Strangler Lewis]

The term "initialism" has some favor. However, maybe if you and I stand strong together, these usages will simply fade away.

[JWBear]

I demand this thread be closed immediately! TMA! (too many acronyms!) :p

SIDTS.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Pedant alert:

These really aren't acronyms.If I pronounce them as written every time I see them, then they are acronyms.

[innerSpaceman]

Um, are acronyms pronounced as they appear?


Is the IRS not an acronym then? Hmmm.


If not, and since entities like the Internal Revenue Service better known by their initials have pre-dated the internet by decades, there has to be a term for them? What is it?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Abbreviation or initials.

An acronym is specifically a pronounceable word formed from initials. Scuba is everyone's favorite example.

[CoasterMatt]

STFU :p

[CoasterMatt]

My favorite acronym is SNAFU :evil:

[Ghoulish Delight]

I always preferred FUBAR

[Kevy Baby]

I'm partial to BLOMI

[JWBear]

I remember reading years ago about some government agency forming a service to be called Coastal Recovery and patrol... until someone realized what the acronym would be........

[Ghoulish Delight]

I remember reading years ago about some government agency forming a service to be called Coastal Recovery and patrol... until someone realized what the acronym would be........
Then there's the South Lake Union Trollery (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332081_slut18.html)

[tracilicious]

There was a locked thread close to the beginning. I don't remember the details but I remember some overzealous moderator jumping the gun and the thread being reopened after some mild general outcry.

[Ghoulish Delight]

There are currently 27 locked threads. 18 of which were purely adminstrative threads that had served their purpose. 2 were locked for humor-related reasons. 1 was spam (not sure why we didn't just delete it). 1 is the original random political thoughts thread, ironically closed by iSm because he was annoyed that topics weren't getting their own threads.

That leaves 5 threads closed due to "personality conflicts" or similar unpleasantness.

Have fun searching, Kevy and Moonliner!

[Alex]

Here's the first one (administrative and temporally):
http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=2

[Betty]

I like STFU - it should be pronounced STUFF-YOU - which gets the point across nicely I think.

[Alex]

The acronym, initialism, abbreviation debate takes me back to a bad place. A place in time where a very large web site (no, not MousePlanet) made the decision to be completely screen reader compliant and therefore we had to appropriately tag every one on our site so a screen reader would know to say I R S and not urz. Or to say nafta instead of N A F T A.

Whole meetings spend on edge cases (yes, the myth of the hyper-efficient megacorporation is just that) where something started out as an initialism but was moving into acronym land (IRA). Or has it moved so far from its roots that the average person no longer even knows it was an acronym (such as laser) and is now just a word.

And much wailing and gnashing of teeth over TIAA-CREF, JPEG, SFMOMA, and (the first half of each are initialisms, the second acronyms).

Eventually we just took the easy way out and killed all the lawyers making us do the useless exercise (since most screen readers, even when being told to read SQL as an acronym still didn't know how to pronounce it).

[Ghoulish Delight]

How could I forget my favorite intialism: SYFFITF

[JWBear]

Then there's the South Lake Union Trollery (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332081_slut18.html)

The typo makes it funnier.....

[Kevy Baby]

How could I forget my favorite intialism: SYFFITFHadn't heard of that one (http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SYFFITF).

[Kevy Baby]

Wow, this thread has certainly evolved...

[JWBear]

Evolved, or devolved?

[Betty]

That's it. I demand it be locked! You must stay true to the orginal posters intent or... or... or... I dunno. I got nothin'.

[Morrigoon]

From Mormons to Miss Piggy in under 3 pages!

[Deebs]

YMMV

[Kevy Baby]

From Mormons to Miss Piggy in under 3 pages!Or one page if you are set to 100 posts per page or more.

[BarTopDancer]

Evolved, or devolved?

I don't think it's truly devolved until it's about boobies and bacon.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Boobies and bacon means it's *evolved*.

[bewitched]

Boobies and bacon means it's *evolved*.

I don't think Mormons believe in evolution. :p

[JWBear]

Do they believe in boobies and bacon?

[BarTopDancer]

Bacon, maybe. But boobies are probably evil.

[alphabassettgrrl]

My opinion that boobies and bacon signify an evolved conversation have nothing to do with what Mormons believe. Not asking their opinion- they're party poopers.