A man dies and is getting his tour of heaven. His guide is pointing out the various features and landmarks when the man asks, "What's that cliff?"
"Oh, you don't wan to look down there. That's hell!"
The man creeps up to the edge and looks over. He sees lush, green valleys, verdant farmland and trees everywhere. "This doesn't look so bad," he says. Puzzled, the guide comes over and looks down.
"Dang!" he snaps, "Those Mormons have been irrigating again!"
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The Pope is sitting in his office and his secretary enters his office and says: "Um, sir I have a phone call here for you. It appears to be some good news and some bad news." "Well whats the good news?", asked the Pope. "The good news is it's Jesus Christ on the line." "Thats great! Whats the bad news?" "He's calling from Salt Lake City."
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Two elders were tracting in deepest Africa when they came across a large lion. The elders began to run. The slower of the two realized that he would not be able to out run the lion, he droped to his knees and prayed for heavenly father to convert the lion. When he open his eyes he saw the lion on his knees also and heard him say Father in heaven please bless this food I am about to consume.
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An LDS missionary was an enthusiastic but not very capable cook. One day his companion saw that he was close to tears. " Elder, what's wrong? Did you get a 'Dear John' today?" Worse! I made a meatloaf for our dinner, but our landlady's cat ate it.!" "Don't take it so hard, elder. We'll buy her another cat."
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How can you tell the difference between an IBM salesman and a Mormon missionary? You can't!
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What happens when you get ex-communicated? You get a 10% raise and another day off!
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You might be a Mormon if:
Your idea of a good time is playing pictionary in the cultural hall
Your relatives make up more than half of your town
Your idea of a wild party is a six pack of pepsi and a PG-13 movie
You and all of your friends come to your mom for a haircut in her kitchen
You know a high priest isn't a priest on dope
If you think baptizm for the dead is a flooded graveyard, you might not be a mormon
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What is a Jack Mormon? A Seagull that won't eat crickets.
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Have you heard why all the pictures of Book of Mormon prophets always depict them with large arms? It's from scripture chasing with the brass plates.
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How many Mormons does it take to change a light bulb? It depends!
If it is the Relief Society it take four.
One to fix refreshments.
One to bring the tablecloth.
One to design the Center Piece,
And one to screw in the light bulb.
If it is the Bishopric, forget it, they don't do light bulbs.
They call a Priesthood Executive Council And delegate it to the Elders.
If it is the Elders it takes four.
Three that don't show up, and One to change the bulb.
If it is the High Priests it take five.
Two to push the wheel chairs.
One to handle the oxygen tank,
One that falls asleep,
And one to screw in the light bulb.
If it is the Home Teachers, it only takes two,
But you have to wait until the end of the month.
If it is the Aaronic Priesthood, it only takes one.
He holds the light bulb in the socket And the whole world revolves around him.
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Joe: My home teacher is so good he comes on the first day of every month!
Henry: Oh Yeah? My home teacher is so good he comes the day before that!
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Why did God create woman? Because he looked at Adam and said: "Oh, I can do better than that!"
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Do you know why God created Adam first? He didn't want any advice on how to do it.
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An Agnostic and an Atheists were married and had a real moral problem on their hands. You see, they couldn't decide which religion not to raise their children in.
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A true story: It was a hot afternoon when the air conditioning went out in the Tabernacle during General Conference. President Hinckley stood up to address the sweating congregation and said, "It's warm. We're sorry. But it's not as warm as it's going to get if you don't repent!"
Contributed by President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The Top Ten Ways the Bible Would Have Been Different If Written by College Students:
10). Loaves and Fishes replaced by Pizza and Chips
9). Ten Commandments are actually only five, but because they are double-spaced and written in a large font, they look like ten.
8). Forbidden fruit would have been eaten only because it wasn't dining hall food.
7). Paul's Letters to the Romans become Paul's E-Mail to the Romans.
6). Reason Cain killed Abel: They were roommates.
5). The place where the end of the world occurs.... not the Plains of Armageddon, but Finals.
4). Book of Armaments would be in there somewhere.
3). Reason why Moses and followers wandered in desert for 40 years: They didn't want to ask directions and look like a Freshman.
2). Tower of Babel blamed for Foreign Language requirement.
1). Instead of creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh, God would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled an all-nighter and hoped no one noticed.
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My thanks to the First Presidency for this opportunity during which, as you can see, the lights combine with my cranium to bring some different "illumination" to this pulpit.
Contributed by the now bald Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during General Conference on 4/5/97
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Bride on her wedding day: Mom, I'm at the end of all my troubles!
Mother: Yes, but at which end?
Contributed by Elder Bruce C. Hafen of the Quorum of the Seventy during General Conference on 10/5/96.
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On the high expectations placed on mothers. One young mother "felt like the world expected her to teach her children reading, writing, interior design, Latin, calculus, and the Internet--all before the baby said something terribly ordinary, like 'goo goo.'"
Contributed by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during General Conference on 4/5/97
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In the car on the way home from Sunday School, we were quizing our four year old son, Jonathan, about the lessons of the day. "We had a great lesson today", he said. "It was about two thousand 'stricken lawyers."
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A large family drove through Utah and really got into Book of Mormon culture. They didn't just drive through Manti, Jordon, Lehi, and Bountiful. One brother called his sister Amoron (a moron) and they all had Nephites (knee fights) in the car.
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If you're not LDS, you belong to a non-prophet organization.
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You know you're a Utahn if:
You are 25 years old and completely bald.
Your were an aunt or uncle before the age of 3.
Your spouses mother was pregnant at your wedding.
You have more children that you can find biblical names for.
Your family considers a trip to McDonalds a night out.
Peanut butter on the seats of the car is an accessory.
You feel guilty when you watch Monday Night Football.
Your kids believe the deer hunt is a national Holiday: July 24th too.
You consider a temple recommend a credit reference.
At least two of your salad bowls are at the homes of neighbors.
You believe you must be 18 years of older to order coffee at a restaurant.
There is a similarity between the L.A. riots and ward basketball.
You think Jack Daniels is a country western singer.
You negotiate prices at garage sales.
You make Jell-o without a recipe.
You hear about BYU football in a testimony meeting.
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A Sunday School teacher was teaching the importance of love in the home. She illustrated her point by referring to the commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother." She then asked if there was a commandment which taught how to treat sisters and brothers. One little boy from a large family raised his hand quickly. Innocently he asked, "Thou shalt not kill?"
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My wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to our six year old daughter and said,"Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn't know what to say," she replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," my wife said. Our daughter bowed her head and said: "Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"
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A Sunday school teacher challenged her children to take some time on Sunday afternoon to write a letter to God. They were to bring back their letter the following Sunday.
One little boy wrote: "Dear God, We had a good time at church today.
Wish you could have been there."
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Question: How are bishops chosen?
``Answer: The stake leaders find the most righteous, spiritual, most loved person in the ward _
and then they call her husband.''