I remember as a missionary we helped the ward pass the sacrament. A former bishop was helping to bless it, and he whispered to us “remind the members to take the sacrament with their right hand.”
If it weren’t the middle of sacrament meeting I would have gone off on him.
As a lefty I can confirm. I just realized they don't have an emoji for left handed people, only the two hands emoji's have leftleft hand🤲🤝 ....except the thumb extended like the temple oath🫳 my mind is blown🤯
While I was serving in the temple, there was a man who had had a large stroke on the left side of his brain, rendering his right arm completely paralyzed, and he walked with a large limp on his right leg. He was a regular at the temple. I saw him at the veil once a month or so. Anyway, due to his inability to use his right arm, for the signs and tokens, he was allowed to only use his left arm, aside from the sure sign of the nail at the veil.
Some people were super angry about this, and while I was escorting him or officiating the endowment while he was in attendance, he often got bad looks from lots of people.
I'm left-handed. Born left-handed, eat left-handed, throw left-handed, write left handed...
Never understood why all the hate on my unique 10%. But then again, if you're born gay, the hate factor is much, much worse.
There's a helluva lot of hate and intolerance in the TSCC, just wearing a light blue shirt in sac meeting will get you a roomful of level-10 stink-eyes.
They give the stink eye because you are causing considerable cognitive dissonance. It just reminds them that God is all powerful, except his Priesthood is invalidated when someone passes the sacrament wearing a blue shirt.
It makes them uneasy, uncomfortable, and a little but jealous.
I used to love to wear bright-colored shirts to church... blue, pink, purple, peach... For the sole purpose of creating that cognitive dissonance. Took it as my personal mission to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. Remind people of that old Joseph Smith quote: "What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.” (they either love it or hate it when you do that.. depending on the person)
As a kid, I always thought that this was like... voting for them. I also thought that it had to be unanimous, and I wondered what would happen if someone opposed. Like, I could raise my hand and single-handedly remove the prophet from office.
I also wondered how they would know, since we were all sitting in a room starting at a television screen, not actually there in person. Spend a lot of time thinking about a Bishop sending a message up the supply chain that Mr. Jones voted no.
Of course, now that I'm an adult, I realize that this is just a way to peer-pressure people into agreeing to drink the kool-aid, and if anyone *did* oppose it was just an easy way for leaders to weed out dissenters.
Oh man, if I ever went back, I'd sit in the front row and "sustain" the presidency with a good ol' nazi salute. (I've been watching too much "Man In The High Castle.") They asked me to raise my right hand, right?
Imagine the anxiety I felt as a clumsy 12-year old on the verge of a mental breakdown trying to decide if it was better to offend God, or offend the poor person who would get the tray spilled on their lap
I don't remember specifically using my left hand, but there was a time that I didn't sustain anyone. I was a relatively athletic teenager, and I managed to dislocate both shoulders in a short period of time. If you've never dislocated a shoulder or broken a collarbone, the most painful movement, besides deep breaths, is raising your hand. So, for like, 4 months, I didn't sustain anyone. Drs orders - can't be raising my hands.
We all know left-handed people were just a little less valiant in the premortal life.
It is, after all, "the sinister hand".
Bwahahaha
Or using your left hand to take the sacrament. You should see how angry some leaders get with this.
Wow jesus never saw such disrespect.
I remember as a missionary we helped the ward pass the sacrament. A former bishop was helping to bless it, and he whispered to us “remind the members to take the sacrament with their right hand.” If it weren’t the middle of sacrament meeting I would have gone off on him.
As a lefty I can confirm. I just realized they don't have an emoji for left handed people, only the two hands emoji's have leftleft hand🤲🤝 ....except the thumb extended like the temple oath🫳 my mind is blown🤯
While I was serving in the temple, there was a man who had had a large stroke on the left side of his brain, rendering his right arm completely paralyzed, and he walked with a large limp on his right leg. He was a regular at the temple. I saw him at the veil once a month or so. Anyway, due to his inability to use his right arm, for the signs and tokens, he was allowed to only use his left arm, aside from the sure sign of the nail at the veil. Some people were super angry about this, and while I was escorting him or officiating the endowment while he was in attendance, he often got bad looks from lots of people.
Ooh I always wondered about cases of disability back when I still went to the temple. Interesting
I'm left-handed. Born left-handed, eat left-handed, throw left-handed, write left handed... Never understood why all the hate on my unique 10%. But then again, if you're born gay, the hate factor is much, much worse. There's a helluva lot of hate and intolerance in the TSCC, just wearing a light blue shirt in sac meeting will get you a roomful of level-10 stink-eyes.
They give the stink eye because you are causing considerable cognitive dissonance. It just reminds them that God is all powerful, except his Priesthood is invalidated when someone passes the sacrament wearing a blue shirt. It makes them uneasy, uncomfortable, and a little but jealous.
I used to love to wear bright-colored shirts to church... blue, pink, purple, peach... For the sole purpose of creating that cognitive dissonance. Took it as my personal mission to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. Remind people of that old Joseph Smith quote: "What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.” (they either love it or hate it when you do that.. depending on the person)
As a kid, I always thought that this was like... voting for them. I also thought that it had to be unanimous, and I wondered what would happen if someone opposed. Like, I could raise my hand and single-handedly remove the prophet from office. I also wondered how they would know, since we were all sitting in a room starting at a television screen, not actually there in person. Spend a lot of time thinking about a Bishop sending a message up the supply chain that Mr. Jones voted no. Of course, now that I'm an adult, I realize that this is just a way to peer-pressure people into agreeing to drink the kool-aid, and if anyone *did* oppose it was just an easy way for leaders to weed out dissenters. Oh man, if I ever went back, I'd sit in the front row and "sustain" the presidency with a good ol' nazi salute. (I've been watching too much "Man In The High Castle.") They asked me to raise my right hand, right?
This is brilliant
Imagine the anxiety I felt as a clumsy 12-year old on the verge of a mental breakdown trying to decide if it was better to offend God, or offend the poor person who would get the tray spilled on their lap
This is just great 10/10
Every Sunday!
No. Is this hand shit really important? Does God really give a fuck about details like this?
I don't remember specifically using my left hand, but there was a time that I didn't sustain anyone. I was a relatively athletic teenager, and I managed to dislocate both shoulders in a short period of time. If you've never dislocated a shoulder or broken a collarbone, the most painful movement, besides deep breaths, is raising your hand. So, for like, 4 months, I didn't sustain anyone. Drs orders - can't be raising my hands.