His work and His glory

like the church has been around for almost two centuries now. we’re on our eighteenth leader. most cults fall apart after the first leader dies. we have members in almost every single country in the world. almost eighteen million of them now. you cannot reliably extend the control that a proper cult would require over that amount of people and that distance.

all of the “controlling behavior” things that people point to are things that you don’t have to do if you don’t want to. the only effective punishments they have are not letting you have a temple recommend and excommunication.

Also it gets weirdly Buddhist / Hindu, about the endless cycle of existence and how we can therefore draw simple joy from eternity, not inherently fear it as mortal beings in a vast and ancient universe.

Pretty impressive for a song written by an American white guy in 1842.

Also W. W. Phelps was excommunicated and rejoined the LDS Church THREE TIMES.

Just a reminder, if anyone tries to bug you about the left side of the Family Proclamation, you can ask them how the right side is going--"You let me worry about the whole gender thing; how are your wholesome recreational activities coming?"

Incoming Hail - [Caution - Unencrypted - No Cognitohazards Detected] Hello! If you're reading this, you're either with SETI (sorry to disappoint) or less than a light-year from our Forge Star. And lemme tell you, you're in for a treat. Our Relief Society President cooks the best brisket this side of Andromedae (to our knowledge) and the MacDougalls always host our lingerlongers and break-the-fasts in their plutonic complex (lots of space for the kiddos to run around!).

Once you've settled in, come say hi! Meet your neighbors!

We meet around 02:300 PUT (Paleolistic Universal Time) every week in the Sesquitana Building close to Sector Seven's Hangar.