Mission Call Announcement

Hunter Treviranus

Silver Member
i still have that clip on my computer of you doing the gold rail at clairemont that day i rode with you.

that video was really sick. you did alot of stuff on a dirt scooter that ive never thought of...you rode street with it.

I'll be expecting more footy in 2 years lol.
 

TheObserver

Steel Member
You're a mormon? C'mon dude. That church is a corporation deadset on expansion to put money in the pockets of those who run it.

Source: I live in Salt Lake City, the Mormon Mecca.

C'mon dude. I don't mean to start this up again, but that's not true.
Source: Growing up with and constantly being around mormons my entire life, and being extremely acquainted with how the system works.

Thanks Hunter! :)

Well this is my last post! I'm leaving in the morning. Good luck out there, boys!

You'll be seeing more footy in 2 years! ;)
Have a great time my man. I wish you the best of luck. Make some lives better out there for us!
 

Bennett_J

Steel Member
C'mon dude. I don't mean to start this up again, but that's not true.
Source: Growing up with and constantly being around mormons my entire life, and being extremely acquainted with how the system works.

Point 1: It's not true? Which is why each member of the church is supposed to pledge 10% of their income to the church, little to none of which is put towards any philanthropic efforts. Instead, it is spent to build multimillion dollar shopping malls in downtown SLC, pay enforcers for political candidates, and rig elections. Don't believe me? Check out City Creek and look into the recent political scandals in Utah. Oh should I also mention how that same fund was used to purchase a large share in the Pepsi corporation, then, suddenly, caffeine was acceptable to drink? I could go on for days, but I digress.

Point 2: Being inside a system isn't how one observes it, observing from an outside vantage point is how things are learned. Do you think that going to temple every week and being around a large group of brainwashed inbred desert folk really educates you on how things are done? Hell, they leave out parts of the book these days from sermons simply because they know people will leave the church if they hear the horseshit written inside the book.

Someday I hope you free yourself from the masonic "religion" that you pledge your heart and soul into. Yes, both Smith and Young were Freemasons and had masonic funds backing the start up of the religion. Read some history, you might learn something or another.
 

TheObserver

Steel Member
Someday I hope you free yourself from the masonic "religion" that you pledge your heart and soul into. Yes, both Smith and Young were Freemasons and had masonic funds backing the start up of the religion. Read some history, you might learn something or another.
Before you assume anything more about me, which you have already done, know that I have not come anywhere close to the pledging of my heart and soul. You are ignorant about me, so making blanket statements sure doesn't impress upon me your "knowledge" of this situation. Fucking dipshit. Second, the 10% goes to either expanding the church, funding its activities, or charity. Every organization needs funds to support itself. What they don't need is used charitably. Finally, I don't pledge my heart and soul to the church, and I don't believe every single conspiracy theory I read.
 

Ben Moak

Steel Member
bit of a shit fest this thread is...
Not exactly, most of the arguments have been pretty well thought out and worded at least in somewhat of a civil manner.

And good luck on your mission. While we don't come from the same religion (I'm a southern baptist christian.) I can respect anyone going out on a mission. What most of you are failing to realize is that missions aren't 100% about the spreading of religion. A lot of it is about how you can help the community you are immersing yourself into. For example, most of my friends down here go on a twice a year mission trip down to the Rio Grande Valley and while they do spread the gospel, most of what they do is build or repair houses, provide water filtration systems to the areas that need it, and find other ways they can help the community. If the people they are helping don't want to hear about Christianity, they treat them no differently than those that do and still help them in whatever ways possible.

Do not jump to conclusions about what you do not know. Even if you took away the religious aspect of a mission, the work is still very beneficial to the community where the mission is taking place.
 

TheObserver

Steel Member
bit of a shit fest this thread is...

It was dead until you bumped it. And you know it wasn't that bad, it was just the usual paranoid conspirators.
Not exactly, most of the arguments have been pretty well thought out and worded at least in somewhat of a civil manner.

And good luck on your mission. While we don't come from the same religion (I'm a southern baptist christian.) I can respect anyone going out on a mission. What most of you are failing to realize is that missions aren't 100% about the spreading of religion. A lot of it is about how you can help the community you are immersing yourself into. For example, most of my friends down here go on a twice a year mission trip down to the Rio Grande Valley and while they do spread the gospel, most of what they do is build or repair houses, provide water filtration systems to the areas that need it, and find other ways they can help the community. If the people they are helping don't want to hear about Christianity, they treat them no differently than those that do and still help them in whatever ways possible.

Do not jump to conclusions about what you do not know. Even if you took away the religious aspect of a mission, the work is still very beneficial to the community where the mission is taking place.

Hooyah man. Summed it up perfectly.
 
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