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Ended up mildly angering a Mormon missionary today

Usually they are super nice. But I googled ‘secret Mormon handshakes’ and then gave him the secret handshakes. You are only meant to be given the handshakes once you reach a certain level in Mormonism which you then show to an angel when you get to heaven to prove you were a good Mormon, which then gets you into the highest kingdom of heaven.

I thought the church might have caught onto the fact that this stuff was readily available from ex Mormons on google and would have gotten rid of the practice, but as I discovered, no. Nice guy but he mumbled something about how I better be careful who I give the handshake to in the church as it’s offensive. It was literally taking your index finger and putting it in the palm of, and your thumb and putting it in the same place outside of, the hand of the other person. Representing Jesus’ nail wounds. The sign of the nail. Then I did the sign of the Aaronic priest hood, which was WAY too offensive. But no they are nice though. Just seems quite comical
WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
Why mess with someone’s belief system? Even if you see the flaws in all of it, if they are fully in and seem to enjoy following it all… why fuck with it all?

Super religious people hold onto their faith through Lot of shit. My sister-in-law is super super Christian… she goes to church pretty much every Sunday and has bible verse tattoo and she’s just full in. I told her my beliefs/thoughts in a conversation once… my ideas… what I follow. She thinks I’m “lost” and that’s ok,.. I would never bash her belief system and what helps her get through.

Do you enjoy getting under people’s skin a lot? Do you like causing discomfort? Is it done for your own amusement or are you trying to make a point?
WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F
@pianoplayingsteve but she truly is super into her religion and I would never sit and pick at her for it
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@WaryWitchWandering I suppose it depends on the person, I’ve met many Mormons and Christians more than happy to lock horns on their beliefs whilst still remaining good friends.
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@WaryWitchWandering but no I love learning and I’m constantly updating what I know by engaging with people who have ideas I’ve not come across before or by looking things up in an area I’ve not yet read about. When I’ve told friends I was meeting Mormons many gave me a dismissive joke on how I should run away from them
SW-User
and next week you will dress up in war paint and dance around your local reservation while pointing at everyone. Follow that up by clipping on curly locks and head over to your local synagogue and see who else you can bully for their traditions.
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@SW-User why would I do that?
SW-User
@pianoplayingsteve idk why you would do what you do
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@SW-User I’ve been going to the church for years, close friends with all sorts of Mormons, we’ve joked about south parks depiction of Mormons, about my college course’s depiction of Mormons, to various stories in the bible and Book of Mormon. In general people know me as a very open minded and nice person and I also like to joke around either to break the ice a bit with people in a ‘you can joke about thugs I like and vice versa’ which usually makes people feel comfortable, it shows you can be vulnerable, that you are interested in them enough that you’ve learnt a bit about them, that you won’t take everything too seriously. Hence, I wanted to see if the handshake was serious to them. I don’t know why you took it the way you did.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I am getting a lot exMormon why I left the church videos in my feeds on Facebook and You Tube lately
SW-User
My parents are Mormon's and I can relate. I read the book "the God makers" by Ed Decker after that, my image of them was totally blown
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@SW-User might you be referring to the book of mormomism the musical? Which follows a group of singing missionaries. I havent downloaded their book of mormon app so when they want me to look up a verse on my phone they have to google "book of mormon" and scroll through the top results that are the musical haha
SW-User
@pianoplayingsteve yes I am and haven't seen it yet
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@SW-User neither have i even though it is constantly playing in theatres across the world. You must have seen the clip singing about having their own planet? Its true ive asked missionaries about it but they want to keep it shrouded in mystery even though its all over the web

[media=https://youtu.be/eJO5HU_7_1w]
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@checkoutanytime these are just unspecified secret handshakes?
@pianoplayingsteve of secrecy
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
People who go door to door annoying people at home get what they get.

 
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