Catamite of Tartary

Another reason, kabbalistically, is that using a mortal language rather than the lashon hakodesh, Hebrew, is an attempt to bring worldly external forces under our control so that we can tell them how great Hashem is.

This came across my dash, so I thought I’d use it as a jumping-off point for a PSA:

If people can’t @ you, it might be because you’re using a sideblog username rather than a main blog. Sometimes sideblogs are not @-able.

Another possibility is that your blog is marked as NSFW, or else unsearchable in some way (check your Visibility settings under “edit appearance”)

Regardless of the reason, people actually CAN @ you, just not as easily. To @ someone, you need to go to the little settings wheel in the upper right-hand corner, find the “Text Editor” line and choose “HTML” then in the place where you want to @ the person, type in:

<a class=“tumblelog” spellcheck=“false”>@USERNAME</a>

Note: be sure to change USERNAME to the name you are trying to @. Also, the quote-marks in the HTML code need to be “straight” quotes, but tumblr keeps changing these to “curly” quotes just to drive me crazy.

That should produce the desired effect. Voila:

@unamedwatcher

Deep Doctrine is when Mormons get extra analytical (and, often, extra weird) trying to explain/understand their religion. Some Deep Doctrine is really thoughtful, a lot of it is really zany. Almost all of it is Not Officially Approved, but still gets circulated in certain circles. It’s possible to be a life-long Mormon and come across almost no Deep Doctrine, and also possible to grow up utterly entrenched in it. Most Mormons won’t believe all or most Deep Doctrine, but also, most Mormons will have heard and might believe some. Deep Doctrine includes things like: Earth was in a different location in space before the fall of Adam, and was instantly transported to our sun after the fall. Bigfoot is Cain, cursed to wander the earth after his sin (his appearance being the Mark of Cain, of course). There’s life on other planets and Jesus is the savior of all of them.

Deep Doctrine tends to come as a result of having looked deep into scriptures and church history, and having had a lot of time to talk about it with others, trying to put together weird missing pieces and contradictions, with a good dose of wild speculation (and, of course, the tacit assumption that everything from the church and its leaders must be perfect - so contradictions or gaps can’t be mistakes). It can get kind of conspiracy-theory like. It’s one of the kookier sides of Mormon culture. 

consider:

hates phones

chews that horrid leather bracelet

UPDATES ON AMAZON PRIME STRIKE AND PRIME DAY!

The basics:

Thousands of workers all over the world have been striking leading up to and on Prime Day, Amazon’s biggest sale, calling for better working conditions, pay and health benefits.

Nearly 1,800 Amazon workers (96% of the workers at the San Fernando warehouse) in Spain went on strike Monday during Prime Day, the company’s biggest sales day of the year

Thousands more Amazon employees in Germany are expected to walk off the job Tuesday, the second day of the sale in six warehouses.

 Amazon’s website and mobile app crashed for about 45 minutes, due to a computer glitch – the most widespread to date, costing Amazon millions of dollars

In the US, advocacy groups are planning several consumer rallies outside Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market locations to protest the sale of Nazi, Confederate and white nationalist merchandise through Amazon’s marketplace of third-party sellers.