Hey, Utah Anti-Mormons, making sure people know you're not LDS needn't mean being crude, immodest, cantankerous, unkempt, disdainful and bitter towards religion, or promiscuous.
Hey, "Utah Mormons", making sure people know you're faithful LDS needn't mean being haughty, frumpy, artificially perky, robotic, disdainful and bitter towards dissidents, or prudish.
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So...what prompted this? You hang out with a lot of people like that?
I don't, but I run into some, and I hear about some. Especially in Provo. I've been observing people's tendency to reject social norms and ideals they disagree with by "throwing the baby out with the bathwater," so to speak. Republicans vs. Democrats, Ivy Leaguers vs. Salt of the Earthers, Mormons vs. Ex-Mormons, Theists vs. Atheists, etc. The Mormon vs. Ex-Mormon has been the most in-my-face lately though.
AMEN AMEN AND AMEN!
Is it too late to say amen again?
Agreed. I feel much the same way. I've observed many of the same things, which has inspired my recent post about loving our enemies.
Great post! It was time to remind both groups of that. It does get old sometimes to see the contant battle.
I have often wondered about the insecurity levels of those "throwing the babies out with the bath water". It seems they must feel in some way threatened to be in such a hurry to dismiss how others legitimately feel and think. Is it that hard, really, to hear a person out and try to see where they are coming from and why? Why feel threatened? Hm. Perhaps because what you profess to "know" is something you only ardently BELIEVE?
As I sat at the "Ticket to Ride" Beatles tribute concert last night in the park my heart felt again the beauty of these words and ideals:
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the World will live as one."--John Lennon
Man, why can't we all just get along? Why do we isolate ourselves in our efforts to prove we are right? Sad. Unnecessary. Typical?
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