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[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Damn right! That's my teleological purpose! I offend both the religious and secular, and thus make more religious. I've invented Mormon Occultism. People that rebel in the Mormon church will find me as I am the quasi-opposition of orthodox religious congregations, while people who seek truth from a secular perspective can debate me and I will win having studied philosophy into the 30th grade. This makes me an attractor membrane to orthodox Mormonism. God thought thus through for me, because God knows my dumb ass wouldn't have come up with this myself, because damn am I a horny son of a bitch.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is one of the better and more favored compliments I get. Need to be called Shakespeare three more times to earn an achievement (97/100).

[–] scrungle@crazypeople.online 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

No that one doesn't count. You have to do a read first to see are my skills as a righter.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

i have literally no idea what you just said ... how did this get 3 upvotes?

[–] Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

There are people smarter than you who get the joke