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Infants on Thrones

Ep 80 – Priesthood, Pornography, and Barry Manilow

Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund

Personal Journals, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2014

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The title says it all. Listen in as Glenn re-visits one of the most shocking and entertaining Elders Quorum lessons ever. Special thanks to Brother Jake for voicing Mr. Appropriate.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Infants on Thrones.

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Many's out.

0:09.0

Welcome back to Infants on Thrones.

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I'm Glenn O'Sland.

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And I'm going to share with you a blog that I wrote

0:14.6

back in October 2010. If you search for it you can find it on the Mormon

0:19.2

Expression blog site. This was an experience that I actually had in a priesthood elders

0:24.8

quorum. Every once in a while there is a lesson where they have to be very

0:29.4

serious about the terrible problem of pornography.

0:35.0

This was probably one of the most entertaining lessons that I ever sat in and so I wrote a blog about

0:40.1

it and I want to share it with you today. that's what we're going to do hang on.

0:44.4

I've been around the world seen a lot of things that make your chicken curl

0:48.7

warning this post contains illicit language and disturbing images, but nothing that hasn't been taught in at least one Elders Quorn lesson on pornography.

0:58.0

Continue at your own discretion.

1:00.0

Several years ago, I had the Elders Quorum Lesson of a lifetime. Our instructor was a convert of about three years and he was in the military.

1:10.0

Now I tell you this so that you'll understand why he thought that the shock and awe approach was the best one to take

1:17.3

He also hadn't been fully acculturated into the Mormon culture to understand the subtle and not so subtle nuances of what is and is not

1:27.3

appropriate to say out loud or perhaps to even think quietly and keep inside your own head.

1:34.1

So for the sake of everyone's edification,

1:37.6

and as a sort of infants on Thrones public service announcement, I would like to humbly share with you today. Thrones Public Service Announcement.

1:42.8

I would like to humbly share with you today some recommendations on what is and is not

1:48.5

an appropriate way to teach about this filthy and disgusting cancer on society within the hallowed and sometimes

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