The weirdest damn thing is they take the metaphor really seriously They have dress uniforms and ranks and shit A member of the Salvation Army "enlists" to become a "soldier", an non-ordained employee is a "sergeant"/NCO, ordination is a "commission" and makes you an "officer"https://twitter.com/Delafina777/status/1327877024619237376 …
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There's a lot of old-timey stuff like that I guess, like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are called that because they were initially pretending to be child soldiers (boys inspired by Baden-Powell's memoir about the "Scouting" lifestyle of the British expeditionary forces)
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The Mormons seem to be copying the US Government instead. They have "quorums" and "presidents".
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Do...do they get issued guns?
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