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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:33 PM Original message |
What BYU Did NOT Tell Us... |
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TxVietVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know much, however, I know how mormons operate. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Posts 2 and 3 clarified things. I found both posts quite helpful. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. This isn't going to work as a race thing. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. 58% of BYU students admit to engaging in pre-marital sex. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Show me evidence of that 58%, please. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I did a Google search about that 58%... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
57. I know. College kids having sex, kinda hard to believe, ain't it |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Not BYU Students |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. all the same, when an organization discourages interracial marriage |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is BS... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. As is their bias against gays |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I'm not a fan, trust me. That doesn't change the fact that an unbiased view of Mormons at DU... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. There is no such thing as an unbiased view |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That's because Mormonism is a cult, not a church. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. So, all the antagonism against Mormons is because they are a cult? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. It's a very repressive quote, religion, unquote. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
66. a devoutly racist and homophobic cult |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Yes it is |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I feel very uncomfortable with that type of language... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You're on a roll, DI. My experience is similar. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. When you spend your entire life in Utah, you tend to meet many good Mormons... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. There was quite a large enclave of Mormons where I went to college. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Who hate gays and work towards their discrimination (see Prop 9 fight in CA) nt |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ok. Their dedication to their religion makes it likely that many will have low tolerance for gays. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. It's not a far stretch from being bigots to also being racists. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Prop 8, not 9, and a recent study showed only 50% of LDS are against marriage equality n/t |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Who actively discriminate and work against the LGBT community. nt |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Not all members... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You asked why the amorphous DU, or individual DUers, are so negative about Mormons |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I didn't ask such a question... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Sorry that was Buzz Clik. I apologize. |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I also live here in Utah |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It's a religion. Not a cult... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. It's a PAC and a huge financial empire based on a scam |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. The only difference between them and other modern cults |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I had a cousin get mixed up with the LDS outfit. Yes, it's a cult. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. You don't really know what you're talking about... |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Um... |
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TxVietVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Their leaders aren't actually dead they are gods of their own planets now. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I have to agree with you there. The Mormons I know are decent |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. And those decent people funded prop 8 |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. "a known Catholic" |
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TxVietVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
68. When my dad died, he was the only person from my parent's street (my mom has lived on this street si |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
72. Right behind you |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. How did the university find |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That was never released... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. All I gotta say is |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. He still faces a hearing about whether he is going to get kicked out of school |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. As it is with every case... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Just responding to your post about Davis NOT being kicked out of school |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I can only hope he is immediately recruited by another school and |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I assume there are more than a few coaches right now that are shitting their pants |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
71. I hope he lands at Colorado State |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeap. I had commented a couple of days ago that it seemed a bit odd that |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. oh my.... |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. Davies is lucky Brigham Young is not alive |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Yeah, but at least Brigham Young wouldn't mind about the sex in general |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. It is beyond why any minority would go to Brigham Young University. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. In Davies's case, he's mormon himself |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Most unfortunate. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. The kid should transfer to the Big East, Big Ten or SEC. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. They're Mormons. What did you expect? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
55. it's true that the LDS church discourages interracial marriage, but BYU has also |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oh. Well that's OK then. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I don't think it's OK. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. *sigh* |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. hehe -- my receptors could well be defective |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
63. When you go to a Mormon school |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. "Shove"? It's BYU and it's Mormon school.. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
65. well THAT makes more sense |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
73. Say all you want to about Mormons, Utah is still a great place |
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