A few friends and I went to Southern Utah to ride our 4-wheelers.
At breakfast on Sunday, we went to the IHOP in Cedar City. There was a family of polygamists seated by us, and after they left, the conversation turned to just how weird their beliefs are...by 3 TBM's.
After a few minutes of this, I made the comment, "Well, their beliefs aren't any weirder than anyone else's..."
My other apostate friend said, "Way to stick up for the polygamists!", to which I replied, "Oh, I wasn't sticking up for them, it was a dig on everyone else."
Isn't it funny how your beliefs aren't weird, but everyone else's are?
Our conversation at IHOP
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_Scottie
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Our conversation at IHOP
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_John Larsen
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Re: Our conversation at IHOP
Scottie wrote:Isn't it funny how your beliefs aren't weird, but everyone else's are?
Except in my case that's true.
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Re: Our conversation at IHOP
Scottie wrote: Isn't it funny how your beliefs aren't weird, but everyone else's are?
It's not all that surprising when you consider that beliefs only appear weird to those who do not share the same base assumptions.
What really is weird is having assumptions that have no relationship to experienced reality... although that seems pretty common. I suppose it's weird not to have those assumptions, given that they're seemingly the norm. But weird doesn't necessarily equal bad.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
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_krose
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Hey, I know that place. We've had family Easter breakfast (with my in-laws) at that IHOP for the last few years. Coincidentally, in college I lived in a little house about 150 feet from it (since torn down to build a hotel).
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I wonder why these LDS people would make fun of the beliefs of our great-great-grandparents like that?
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I wonder why these LDS people would make fun of the beliefs of our great-great-grandparents like that?