TBM Facebook post ticked me off...until I read some of the responses. Happy to see others already said what I wanted to
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imgur.comPosted Oct 15, 2015, 7:12 PM UTC
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imgur.comI knew some of the grad students the last guy talks about—the person who only wants to do sociological research about porn addiction, or scrapbooking, or whatever. We had a Sociology professor who arranged a forum for gay (but believing) students to talk about their experiences at BYU and in the Church, and publicly stated that conservative Utahns often have a complicated relationship with Central and South American Immigrants and generally complex and sometimes regressive views on race...
Surprise—he was gone after his next review. You're never allowed to be an academic at BYU without somebody looking over your shoulder, and true tenure is nonexistent so the minute you aren't sharing the right faith-promoting stories, you're gone.
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Man, that whole "if you don't like it, leave" mentality is bullshit. What am I going to do with 14 hours of religion classes at a school other than BYU? All that equals is a hole in my education. I missed good classes to take those stupid credits.
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Man, that whole "if you don't like it, leave" mentality is bullshit.
When I was a Utah TBM and other Mormons used to pull the "America: Love it or Leave it" crap, I'd point out that my ancestors (Mormon pioneers, 'natch) decided to leave it.
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Jesus runs BYU! His policies are perfect. Sit down, shut up and stop questioning things!
It is good to see TBMs using logic and reason to show how lame this policy is. No doubt they will be joining us soon.
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It wasn't until I was fully mentally a non believer that I allowed myself to even consider doing things forbidden by Satan's Plan I mean the Honor Code. Before that I was doubling down on trying to believe and being righteous.
It's not like my life has changed much. I now openly drink tea, am still trying to find a coffer I like, and I drink adult beverages with friends. It took a while to get the garments off.
There is nothing wrong with leaving to "sin". I don't think that is the reason most people leave. To say I threw away eternity for a beer, how stupid do you think I am?
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I'm getting page not found on it.
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Love the points made in the comments. The "orange" comments were what I would have said, myself.
Edit : celestialwolf, did the O.P ever respond to any of those comments?
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Nice.
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That last one...Sit down and listen son!
Seriously... mic drop!
Amen!
I liked everything that person said as well except for "tenants" of the religion. What is a "tenant" of a religion? Somebody that lives in church-owned real estate? Okay, that's enough grammar Nazi policing for one day.
If you're going grammar nazi, why not offer the correct word? (Tenets)