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| Holben | Sep 26 2010, 03:02 PM Post #16 |
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So, depending on how i do it, i can be related to anyone? |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| Kingpin | Sep 26 2010, 03:12 PM Post #17 |
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I'm related to John Quincy Adams on my mothers side. |
-Last Olympian, Rick Riordan.
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| Kamidio | Sep 26 2010, 03:22 PM Post #18 |
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The Game Master of the SSU:NC
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By the "Related to everyone" or the "close relatives" logic? |
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| Kingpin | Sep 26 2010, 03:35 PM Post #19 |
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Close relatives logic. |
-Last Olympian, Rick Riordan.
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| Kamidio | Sep 26 2010, 04:02 PM Post #20 |
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Cooooooooooool. |
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| lamna | Sep 26 2010, 05:19 PM Post #21 |
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Hey, are you Western European? You're descended from Charlemagne. Chinese? Genghis Khan. Go back far enough and anyone who had a reasonable number of descendent can be counted on to be an ancestor. In a thousand years time everyone in your country might be able to say the same about you. |
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| Dragon wasp | Sep 26 2010, 05:31 PM Post #22 |
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I 'm related to a lot of people on this forum my familly |
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| Kamidio | Sep 26 2010, 05:35 PM Post #23 |
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Mostly just W.I.S.E.(Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England.) with some German, possible African, Cherokee, and possibly Nordic. |
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| Empyreon | Sep 28 2010, 12:01 PM Post #24 |
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What the heck is a Mormon prince? A prince that happens to be Mormon? My wife can trace her ancestry back to Charlemagne, according to her grandma. |
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| lamna | Sep 28 2010, 12:28 PM Post #25 |
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One of the many children of James Strang, King of Beaver Island in Michigan perhaps? Well he never made himself King of Beaver Island, but he made himself King over his church, who constituted most of the island's population. The Strangites were never very popular among Mormons, so it's not surprising if you never heard of them, there are only about 300 today. Edited by lamna, Sep 28 2010, 12:33 PM.
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| Empyreon | Sep 28 2010, 01:08 PM Post #26 |
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I had never heard of them. I'm mildly surprised about the crowning too, in light of the admonition of monarchical rule in the Book of Mormon... |
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| lamna | Sep 29 2010, 11:31 AM Post #27 |
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Really? I thought there were a rather a lot of kings in the Book of Mormon? Are you sure it was admonition of Monarchism rather than a of a bad king? Because they are supposed to have been written before their was anything else available. |
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| Empyreon | Sep 29 2010, 12:09 PM Post #28 |
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You're correct in your distinction, forgive my generalization. There were kings at different points, but after the death of a "good king" (Mosiah) his would-be successor instituted what is known as "the reign of the judges" in order to prevent any "bad kings" (of which there had been precedents in the book) from taking power. Thus it's not monarchy itself that is to be avoided, but the concentration of power into a single person who could abuse the position. And that is what surprises me about the actions of the Strangites. |
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| lamna | Sep 29 2010, 01:20 PM Post #29 |
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Ah, that will be the Quorum I've heard about. Well Strang served as the successor of Joseph Smith, who styled himself president. It's just a title to say "That's the prophet" Oh and he also styled his Apostles as "Princes in his Kingdom forever" Edited by lamna, Sep 29 2010, 01:29 PM.
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| Empyreon | Sep 29 2010, 04:35 PM Post #30 |
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There are certainly parallels, but it's not a direct relationship. There is also a distinction between "president of the church" and "king," at least in mainstream Mormonism. One is a theological title, and the other is a governmental appointment. It seems like Strangites simply don't make that distinction.
Who? Smith, Strang or both? Such an appellation is considered metaphorical by mainstream Mormons, but perhaps it had a more functional application among Strangites... |
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