Color me apostate
Check out this audio recording from an LDS mission conference. I can only link to it because "Embedding as been disabled by request." We'll see how long it stays up.
It must be a sure sign that I have fallen from the true faith that I think this mission president is completely full of post-processed bio-matter. I just makes my blood boil to listen to nonsense like this coming from a man who is in a position of authority. I'm sure at least part of it is my own issues cropping up here since it was speeches like this that had me hating myself and believing I was a worthless sinner for years.
A few points of interest:
- For starters you don't get pornographic pop-up unless you are on shady sites to begin with. Anything is possible, I suppose, and maybe the surfing the Internet in Europe has different norms. Europe is generally more tolerant of nudity than the U.S. Still, in 10 years of working on the Internet, I have never been "surprised" by a porno pop-up. If his wife is getting pornographic pop-up in his own home, it makes you wonder where she's surfing.
- Assuming innocence on the part of his family, I have two words for him: pop-up blocker.
- For another it is beyond absurd to suggest that a single pornographic pop-up necessitated a hasty retreat to the bathroom to relieve the tension. The kid was surfing porn. The pres buying the kid's nonsense that he was the victim of a random pornographic pop-up is just one more indicator that he has no idea what he is talking about.
- How about that guilt trip? "You're not getting baptisms cause all you have to do is wank just once and God will abandon you." How about: They're not getting baptisms because France (and Europe in general) is very skeptical of religions of all stripes and particularly of religions that brand masturbation as Satanic.
Because on-line quizes hold the keys to Truth and Knowledge.
You scored as Existentialist, Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.
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Negative and depressing? Not sure I get that, unless you consider it depressing that you might actually have to make an effort to have the life you want. Man is "condemned" to be free? I don't see life as a prison sentence. Life is an opportunity. Freedom is a gift.
Pass it on.
Still another story to add to the growing list. My friends Jim and Fernando were returning from a vacation in Puerto Rico when Fernando was detained in customs because his visa has expired. Jim has returned to Utah, but Fernando is stuck in Puerto Rico seeking legal representation to set up a bond that will allow him to return to the U.S. If that fails, Fernando could have to return to Brazil and it will be 10 years before he can return to the U.S.
We are trying to raise money to help pay for Fernando's legal fees. Any amount you feel you can spare is greatly appreciated.
Ouch.
According to my informal observations, most people who are attracted to being psychotherapists like closeness, dislike separation, fear rejection, and suffer guilt readily. They tend to be self-critical, to be overly responsible, and to put other people's needs before their own. They feel more unentitled than deserving. They try to avoid feeling greed, anger and other "selfish" states of mind and become disturbed when they notice evidence of their own competitiveness or hostility. They favor defense of reversal, attempting to nourish the child in themselves vicariously by taking care of the child in their client. They identify with victims rather than with oppressors, with children rather than with parents.