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MineralMan

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4. Yup. I wasn't a Boy Scout, either, so I don't know their handshake.

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 10:43 AM

Oct 2012

I can't pass as a Boy Scout. I used to be the President of a large PC user's group. For 12 years. We had our meetings in an Oddfellows hall that we rented. There were a bunch of thrones in there. What did they do at their meetings? Rituals. Initiation rituals. Rituals to advance in degree. Rituals of all kinds. It make the guys feel, you know, part of the group. Lots of mysticism in those rituals, too, I'm betting, just as in the Masonic lodges.

We like our rituals. We haz 'em.

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Secret Rituals - We haz them. [View all] MineralMan Oct 2012 OP

Full examination of people you hand the nuclear launch codes is normal prudence cthulu2016 Oct 2012 #1

Oh, it's good to know where people are coming from. MineralMan Oct 2012 #3

As an ex/reformed member of The Eagles I can now reveal the secret handshake and password. brewens Oct 2012 #2

Yup. I wasn't a Boy Scout, either, so I don't know their handshake. MineralMan Oct 2012 #4

I'm not drawn to secret rituals. reformist2 Oct 2012 #5

Nor am I. I don't like them, and find such MineralMan Oct 2012 #6

Bottom line, Mormonism is FAR from Christianity, both in beliefs and rituals. Barack_America Oct 2012 #7

I know a few Mormons and have done blood drives at their churches. I kind of wonder if for brewens Oct 2012 #8

Have you seen the "secret" video? Barack_America Oct 2012 #11

Yeah. Romney is high enough up that I'd say he's right in the middle brewens Oct 2012 #18

Bottom line: I'm an atheist. MineralMan Oct 2012 #12

But these particular rituals reinforce some nasty concepts - like gender inequality as one example riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #9

Yes, and the Roman Catholic Church also doesn't support gender equality, including MineralMan Oct 2012 #14

Biden isn't attempting to insert his religion into government policy Liberalynn Oct 2012 #21

Biden's a Democrat. I vote for Democrats. MineralMan Oct 2012 #24

I vote for Democrats too Liberalynn Oct 2012 #38

Biden has unequivocally stated he firmly believes in the seperation of church and state riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #42

I don''t see the rituals as a big deal. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #10

Well, for me, it's all poppycock and balderdash anyhow. MineralMan Oct 2012 #13

I'm also an athiest. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #15

With the exception, perhaps, of Franklin Pierce, all of MineralMan Oct 2012 #19

It's obvious we're talking past each other. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #40

While some will do that, there will be others who simply will not go to the polls MineralMan Oct 2012 #41

Most are going to the polls and voting against the president. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #43

If the Question could be asked of President Kennedy in the 1960's Liberalynn Oct 2012 #16

Ahh ha - the anticipated Ritual Blowoff of Willard's sTraNge MOrMOn ritual thinGy Berlum Oct 2012 #17

So drinking pigs blood is ok for anyone running for POTUS ....mmmm ok. L0oniX Oct 2012 #20

What religion requires drinking of pig blood? MineralMan Oct 2012 #22

You missed the idea. L0oniX Oct 2012 #28

You're trying to trivialize a real concern ProSense Oct 2012 #29

My question was not answered. What religion incorporates MineralMan Oct 2012 #32

I didn't make the point, but ProSense Oct 2012 #33

Also, you ProSense Oct 2012 #36

No, I'm not. Harry Reid is also a Mormon. MineralMan Oct 2012 #35

So? ProSense Oct 2012 #37

Wait, ProSense Oct 2012 #23

That is true. But, the thing being discussed is the release of those videos MineralMan Oct 2012 #27

But the others are not religious, and ProSense Oct 2012 #31

Rituals mean nothing until the cult or religion is in a position to do something about them.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #25

Romney should make everyone nervous. MineralMan Oct 2012 #34

As a woman, I am concerned about the implications of Romney's Skidmore Oct 2012 #26

I see Romney as a threat in very many ways. MineralMan Oct 2012 #30

Can we draw the line at "participating in a secret ritual older than the age of 14"? nt wtmusic Oct 2012 #39