My new boss is LDS but not LDS.

[cougjunkie]

here are the facts i have learned about him:

1. He went on a mission, was married in the temple and went to BYU.

2. He no longer attends church, teaches his kids at home, no longer wears garments and no longer goes to the temple.

3. Told me that the gospel is perfect the church is not.

4. Broke off from the LDS church when he lived in Ephraim with a small group of people and started a different version of the LDS faith. (someone else told me this not him)

5. believes the book of mormon is true even talks about it from time to time.

6. Is definitely an intellectual his favorite book is Atlas Shrugged loves Rand, talks a lot about philosophy, capitalism, and other things that intellectuals talk about .

7. His wife is really hot and i dont think he would want to share her, he told me they dont believe in polygamy here on earth but they do in the afterlife.

[fusnik11]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

2. He no longer attends church, teaches his kids at home, no longer wears garments and no longer goes to the temple.

Some believe garments are meant to be removed and that there comes a point in life when garments, the temple, and the church are stages and rituals of life that are no longer needed.

[Detroitdad]

Atlas Shrugged sucks. It reads like a fourth grade apology for selfishness.

[Sleeping in EQ]

Originally Posted by Detroitdad

Atlas Shrugged sucks. It reads like a fourth grade apology for selfishness.

I agree. Atlas remains popular, but thinkers have punched so many holes in it over the years that it comes off as a self-indulgent morality play.

A very over-rated book.

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

I agree. Atlas remains popular, but thinkers have punched so many holes in it over the years that it comes off as a self-indulgent morality play.

A very over-rated book.

boo!!!!! IMO its the best novel ever written

[Solon]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

boo!!!!! IMO its the best novel ever written

I loved it. I'm not a huge fan of the philosophy; everyone agrees there are holes; but I think the book is great.

It's worth noting that Rand was writing in response to communism. Her rabidly capitalistic stance makes more sense in that context.

How can you not love this hyperbole?

He thought of all the living species that train their young in the art of survival, the cats who teach their kittens to hunt, the birds who spend such strident effort on teaching their fledglings to fly - yet man, whose tool of survival is the mind, does not merely fail to teach a child to think, but devotes the child's education to the pursuit of destroying his brain, of convincing him that thought is futile and evil before he has started to think.

From the first catch-phrases flung at a child to the last, it is like a series of shocks to freeze his motor, to undercut the power of his consciousness. "Don't ask so many questions, children should be seen and not heard!" - "Who are you to think? It's so, because I say so!" - Don't argue, obey!" - "Don't try to understand believe!" - "Don't rebel, adjust!" - "Don't stand out, belong! - "Don't struggle, compromise!" - "Your heart is more important than your mind!" - Who are you to know? Your parents know best!" - "Who are you to know? Society knows best!" "Who are you to know? The bureaucrats know best!" (pp. 914-915 in 1957 Signet paperback edition)

[RockyBalboa]

Uh...nevermind....I retract my TIC meter....it sucks. I guess it was a serious barb. Not that I disagree with Lebowski either.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by Detroitdad

Atlas Shrugged sucks. It reads like a fourth grade apology for selfishness.

I read it a couple of Summers ago and struggled to get through the laborious nature of it.

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by Detroitdad

Atlas Shrugged sucks. It reads like a fourth grade apology for selfishness.

you obviously dont understand great literature....

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by fusnik11

Some believe garments are meant to be removed and that there comes a point in life when garments, the temple, and the church are stages and rituals of life that are no longer needed.

What do you believe? Do you believe the church stunts your progression here on earth?