05-15-2007, 12:13 AM | #21 |
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Frankly, even I agree with SeattleUte on this one. Mormon culture can be pointless and irrelevant at best, obnoxious and demeaning at worst. This is made all the more worse by the fact that it is supposed to elevate a man's spirit to celestial heights. Even faithful, active Mormons who think differently than other faithful, active Mormons often find themselves at the receiving end of significant amounts of hatred and bile-- exempli gratia, I give you this board. I also submit that any person who has left the church suffers tremendously as a result of treatment from the members.
Unlike SU, however, I see a sharp distinction between Mormon culture and the LDS religion.
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Torment may be a little strong. On the other hand, I don't doubt that Mormon culture has been an impetus for the suicide of not a few.
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The stories people tell sometimes of Utah culture are amazing sometimes. Amazingly absurd.
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05-15-2007, 03:13 AM | #25 |
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Why do you have to ruin a good story showing how backwards, racist and intolerant Utah Mormon's are? Whoe cares if it's completely absurd and likely untrue? It's just another way to demonstrate that Utah Mormon's are monsters who can never know the gospel like out of state Mormon's.
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Let me put it this way, there are so many black kids adopted into Utah families these days that the idea of a high school in Sandy with only one black student is just laughable. Let alone the non-adopted crowd.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. Utah Mormonism is the true Mormonism. It is true that out of state Mormons are better than Utah Mormons, but that's because their Mormonness (I know that's not really a word) is diluted by interaction with normal society. I have lived in and out of Utah and I enjoyed the church much more outside of Utah. It's a bad thing to have too many Mormons in one place. They get weird. Don't believe me? Check out the MTC.
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The other two were younger.
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My kids tell me that all the time, especially when we're playing hoops in the driveway. They don't believe me when I tell them that I'm just conserving energy.
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