tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post91743127160052659..comments2024-01-02T23:26:58.811-07:00Comments on My Own Private Idaho: BYU and the Mormon MastercardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02993699573170596587noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-81613650732891229682012-09-10T20:06:53.111-06:002012-09-10T20:06:53.111-06:00When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of...When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of the year when Mormon girls by the thousands would descend upon the city of Sin. These girls were well known for being frisky and free. One evening I went home with 2 from a dance clud, and I'm the furthest thing from a playboy.<br /><br /><br />i guess they would come to town to blow off some steam from living such strict lives at home. *shrug* <br /><br /><br /> Michael A. Walker <br />Defying ProcrastinationMichael Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-80221887299981424392012-09-10T20:05:29.221-06:002012-09-10T20:05:29.221-06:00When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of...When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of the year when Mormon girls by the thousands would descend upon the city of Sin. These girls were well known for being frisky and free. One evening I went home with 2 from a dance clud, and I'm the furthest thing from a playboy.<br /><br /><br />i guess they would come to town to blow off some steam from living such strict lives at home. *shrug* <br /><br /><br /> Michael A. Walker <br />Defying ProcrastinationMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-76799445544432250562012-09-10T20:05:11.774-06:002012-09-10T20:05:11.774-06:00When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of...When I lived in Vegas, there were certain times of the year when Mormon girls by the thousands would descend upon the city of Sin. These girls were well known for being frisky and free. One evening I went home with 2 from a dance clud, and I'm the furthest thing from a playboy.<br /><br /><br />i guess they would come to town to blow off some steam from living such strict lives at home. *shrug*<br /><br /><br />Michael A. Walker<br />Defying ProcrastinationMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-85465557023555354452012-09-10T12:25:34.635-06:002012-09-10T12:25:34.635-06:00That place sounds TOTALLY fucked up. I wanna run n...That place sounds TOTALLY fucked up. I wanna run naked through the hallways while smoking a joint. Okay, maybe I wouldn't be running... that would be tricky while smoking a joint. Great post.The Six-Fingered Monkeyhttp://www.sixfingeredmonkey.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-40106172942614882862012-09-10T11:04:26.941-06:002012-09-10T11:04:26.941-06:00I had a few classes with a Mormon girl in college....I had a few classes with a Mormon girl in college. She spoke in soft whispers to the point where nothing she said was audible. I had to read one of her papers for class though and it was about her disagreement with her religion regarding homosexuality which was pretty cool I suppose. Perhaps both lifestyles could coexist at some point in time? I don't know. Granted, I'm sure she would be excommunicated from the church (or whatever they have) should she ever reveal her opinions to anyone.Chiz Chatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-46245710190820151072012-09-10T08:29:16.897-06:002012-09-10T08:29:16.897-06:00I went to Melbourne with a bunch of uni mates, and...I went to Melbourne with a bunch of uni mates, and one of their brothers (twin for those playing at home) drove and we jump in the car with him. He took us wherever we wanted to go. The pub, the beach, wherever, but he would drive away and we wouldn't see him again until we ran out of cash and told him to pick us up. <br /><br /><br />"Where's your brother going?"<br /><br /><br />"Bible study. He's a Mormon."<br /><br /><br />"WTF? Are you a Mormon?"<br /><br /><br />"Nah I got kicked out for smoking weed, but he's quite happy to drive us around. That way he gets to have fun by association."<br /><br /><br />http://swinginglikearustygate.blogspot.comRustynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-25549928263901093512012-09-10T04:30:50.752-06:002012-09-10T04:30:50.752-06:00Ah, life's "bike messengers" are a s...Ah, life's "bike messengers" are a somewhat easier target than most. I poke a little fun at them in my post called coveting (http://itsmynd.com/2011/12/coveting.html) but your insider's view was fantastic.<br /><br />WGWilyGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-68359146884603289062012-09-09T19:43:17.760-06:002012-09-09T19:43:17.760-06:00I had to give up caffeine; I hope I don't turn...I had to give up caffeine; I hope I don't turn into a Mormon.Joseph Cereolahttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1027655659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-84548127594469126752011-07-12T14:29:12.409-06:002011-07-12T14:29:12.409-06:00People, please get your doctrine right. Us Mormons...People, please get your doctrine right. Us Mormons don't drink tea and coffee, that's the official line. Not drinking any caffeine is a stupid cultural thing that has been adopted even in some Church owned institutions. So therefore, you can drink Coke, Mountain Dew, Rockstar,Red Bull and whatever the hell you want.<br /><br />But who want's to drink any of that anyway, that shit messes your body up.Erickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12730425591381265967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-49466208879243945152011-04-11T22:19:01.262-06:002011-04-11T22:19:01.262-06:00Ummm I keep trying to follow you, but I guess for...Ummm I keep trying to follow you, but I guess for now I'll just have to stalk you once in a while.<br /><br />I've been raised mormon. Baptized and everything. Some of the stuff makes sense to me, but I just can't live that way. I live by USU and I'm pretty sure there have been books published just to make fun of BYU. And the authors were even mormon.<br /><br />BYU! BYU! Where the girls are girls and the boys are too!Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699207907282443731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-71795556795787579172011-03-25T12:10:57.872-06:002011-03-25T12:10:57.872-06:00neither option is especially appealing...where'...neither option is especially appealing...where's the happy median?!Megan Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135147256378048344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-78525525688159405182011-03-24T22:34:05.972-06:002011-03-24T22:34:05.972-06:00It's kinda sad, I heard of mothers approving o...It's kinda sad, I heard of mothers approving of this kind of activity: FIND A MAN IN COLLEGE! it's kinda sad but I really hope it's not as prominent as it seems.Con Quesohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462107054323670614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-78180139141625470112011-03-24T22:11:48.600-06:002011-03-24T22:11:48.600-06:00I can't even wrap my mind around it. I get a l...I can't even wrap my mind around it. I get a little freaked out when people congregate in small, tight circles.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09894333322881236627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-59454344195003259252011-03-24T21:11:28.667-06:002011-03-24T21:11:28.667-06:00I don't think I could handle being around brai...I don't think I could handle being around brainwashed, archaic hypocrites like that. "Smug" is right - are there any other religions that require "missions" to cram their beliefs down other peoples throats (like any other religion is inferior)? They don't respect me, so I don't respect them - or their magic underwear or their belief that heaven is in.... well, I forgot where they think it is. They think it's in Minnesota or Missouri or somewhere....On My Soapboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192701216999273624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-2527265946349913122011-03-24T21:08:37.447-06:002011-03-24T21:08:37.447-06:00Hed,
ID actually has a higher per capita Mormon po...Hed,<br />ID actually has a higher per capita Mormon population than Utah. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-28212578854756862692011-03-24T20:45:08.521-06:002011-03-24T20:45:08.521-06:00I always assumed Utah was the "worst" st...I always assumed Utah was the "worst" state because they are so backwards, but some people say Idaho because it's full of "tweekers and racists".<br /><br />You got to combine the two? Scary!<br /><br />hedhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238318473453113791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-42395062986573527282011-03-24T18:52:46.631-06:002011-03-24T18:52:46.631-06:00...and now I want to play "Phallic Tyrant&quo......and now I want to play "Phallic Tyrant" in the bedroom. Thanks L! See what you did??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02993699573170596587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-88583489737083382812011-03-24T18:47:55.822-06:002011-03-24T18:47:55.822-06:00geeez I'd go crazy there! I love your posting ...geeez I'd go crazy there! I love your posting style btw very funny and interesting :DKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12228515711087703678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-50479497669458818672011-03-24T18:28:16.926-06:002011-03-24T18:28:16.926-06:00Oh please don't thank me. I have you to thank,...Oh please don't thank me. I have you to thank, for being so funny and so intelligent. You're also my inspiration to keep on going to music (if you remember ;P). You make living in Idaho a paradoxically enjoyable nightmare (haha). <br /><br />Well I don't necessarily believe in religion (but faith is a different matter). I follow CG Jung when he said, "I don't believe in God. I KNOW God." And he meant as in he knew there was an inexplicable divine in the universe, not necessarily the phallic tyrant Christians like to portray.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490635107983302531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-13920031933035220112011-03-24T18:03:19.909-06:002011-03-24T18:03:19.909-06:00very interesing indeed. BYU is pretty nutter.very interesing indeed. BYU is pretty nutter.Stevesonaplanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816775472914651215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-90746513383471795862011-03-24T17:51:21.078-06:002011-03-24T17:51:21.078-06:00I remember a Mormon girl in high school who prayed...I remember a Mormon girl in high school who prayed over EVERYTHING, because she wanted to make sure she was following God's will. I once witnessed her praying over what she should eat for lunch. Apparently God 'guided' her to a sandwich.<br /><br />Why have free will? We should all be puppets, right?<br /><br />(And no, I'm not an atheist in the slightest)A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-28293519480421637492011-03-24T17:33:26.949-06:002011-03-24T17:33:26.949-06:00Damn man, that was pretty much like walking throug...Damn man, that was pretty much like walking through one of the original Puritan colonies with a modern twist. I've heard stories about BYU to that effect, but never anything so lucid.<br /><br />Religion is creepy...sorry if I offend anyone by saying that, but it just is. These kids are wound up so tight, who knows what kind of effed up perversions and quirks are going to arise later in life. College is your time to "get it all out of your system" as far as personal wildness. Not with these guys though...Aaron M. Gipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387811575258701038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-18044237657398293862011-03-24T17:30:22.359-06:002011-03-24T17:30:22.359-06:00Ok, this is gonna be a long response post:
@G: N...Ok, this is gonna be a long response post:<br /><br />@G: No surprise there. I know a lot of so-called atheists that have this idea of repenting on their death-bed, just to hedge their bets.<br /><br />@Leila: Thank you for being so involved in blog comments. I learn so much from your insights. Yes, a balance is ideal, but we are in a society of extremes. People usually gravitate to extreme religious modesty, or extreme uncaring. The days of "Casual Christianity" is over, where you were a mostly good person, go to church on Sundays, and take the sermons with a grain of salt.<br /><br />@Reck: Caffeine is bad in LDS eyes. Google the code of honor from BYU. No coffee or tea is allowed for students, or you face expulsion. Can't grow a beard either. Or swear. Shit, I'm out...<br /><br />@Gucci: I love you. Thank you for bringing up the religious upbring point-of-view. It's not the religion that bothers me. I have a belief system. What irks me about BYU's campus is they assume everyone is like them. If you're not, you're broken in some way. Some try to 'fix' you, some try to discard you altogether. Either way, you're alienated.<br /><br />@Alpha: Thank you. I probably need a lot of prayers said on my behalf. However, don't try to douse me in holy water. I may burn.<br /><br />@All who are "afraid" of religion: There is no need to be. Afraid of people who are in your face about it? Maybe. But a background on me, I've dabbled and bounced. My mom was a 'trendy' church goer, so I was Christian, Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, I think a Scientologist at some point, and in adulthood a Freemason and a Christian again. I know religion. I know its tenets and stories. I analyzed the bible, page for page, in a college class (like Choirchick's story). Because of this, I fear no missionary. I can argue them point for point, and show the insights as well as the absurdities of the "Word of God," which is infallible, but created and written by man, and reworded dozens (if not hundreds) of times by kings, publishers, popes and the like. Have you ever played the telephone game? I view a lot of organized religion in that aspect.<br /><br />*breathes* OK! Done with this subject for now! Time to think of something silly for Friday...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02993699573170596587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-50220728645214527692011-03-24T16:45:09.670-06:002011-03-24T16:45:09.670-06:00im not much into religion, i believe its a cancer ...im not much into religion, i believe its a cancer in society, and this just proves it.Malkavianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768062794497729767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1754086061123343561.post-79607790769894328052011-03-24T16:18:06.827-06:002011-03-24T16:18:06.827-06:00being three months away from marrying an archdeaco...being three months away from marrying an archdeacons daughter I'm surprised at how low key the whole religion thing is over in the UK...mind you her father has a real dark sense of humour. I asked him if he was worried about the growth in atheism...he said "son if i had a pound for every atheist that asked me to pray with them at then end of their lives...I could build a cathedral"Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678343815209441212noreply@blogger.com