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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A woman we know that has A Lot Going On recently posted she got baptised into the Church of Latter Day Saints. That's the Mormons for the more common terminology. We knew she was on a bit more of a religious bent, but I thought that would just be liking fake bible verses on Facebook. I don't even know how she got caught up in it

Certainty, even a false certainty, has a deep attraction for the troubled or lost or otherwise disconnected. Under those circumstances, it really wouldn't take much to get sucked into a religious (or other) social vortex. I hope all goes well for her - the Mormons are not the worst, though I find their attitudes to femininity to be not very wholesome. And they do do a lot a doorknocking etc.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

I want to know what kicked it off, or what steps led up to this. She's Italian so I'd have thought her family would at least be performatively catholic

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ask them about their weird undies!!

[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'll keep an eye on her when we run into each other at the childcare centre and see if she dresses differently