The options were about joining the Church or not and how your lifestyle would be different because of your choices.
Here is the part that made me gag and giggle -- that's painful.
What do you think your lifestyle would be like without the LDS Church? My lifestyle would be the same. My lifestyle would be the same with the exception of social drinking. I would probably abuse drugs and be promiscuous. Other
26% thought they'd be abusing drugs and would be promiscuous! I think it is INDEED a good idea for them to stay in the Church.
I see this mindset ALLL the time. It drives me bonkers! Sooo... fess up! Would you be a druggie with a libido out of control? Shall we see our options?
I'm not a Mormon and I don't drink, abuse drugs, smoke, or be promiscous (dang I'm working on it though). My life is crap basically. :P
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
Bond...James Bond wrote:I'm not a Mormon and I don't drink, abuse drugs, smoke, or be promiscous (dang I'm working on it though). My life is crap basically. :P
For the five people (at the time of this post) who said they'd probably abuse drugs and be promiscious:
My goodness. You really believe that don't you? That's sad. Really sad. If you think you would fall into drugs and sex because you're not in a given church or that a church is the only thing keeping you from falling into drugs and sex then the odds are you don't have any real self control to begin with. You people are the reason religion is a good thing sometimes. You need a babysitter and religion is it.
"Whatever appears to be against the Book of Mormon is going to be overturned at some time in the future. So we can be pretty open minded."-charity 3/7/07
This is a mo'nomenon typically seen among the members who live in dense mo'tropolises.
It is tough for them to see any non LDS good when the only folks they know and see are LDS who (at least) appear to be living a "good" life.
All visible "bad" is then assumed to be either non LDS or inactive/jack Mormon.
Pile on top of that the constant stream of faith promoting stories of the meth-crack-fetus-aborting whore who completely cleaned up her life after finding the Gospel®.
That mindset and stories then leads many to say things during Relief Society/EQ/SM like: I am so glad I have the guidance of the Gospel® and a true prophet who speaks to god to TELL us how to avoid the craftiness of satan.. Oh and I probably would be like the rest of those bad people who aren't LDS with out the Gospel®!
The idea of "falling away" from the "good life" is a common lesson theme especially among the LDS youth. They are told that they must "hold to the iron rod" else they fall into the miserable abyss of satan.
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Bond...James Bond wrote:Here's my post from over there.
For the five people (at the time of this post) who said they'd probably abuse drugs and be promiscious:
My goodness. You really believe that don't you? That's sad. Really sad. If you think you would fall into drugs and sex because you're not in a given church or that a church is the only thing keeping you from falling into drugs and sex then the odds are you don't have any real self control to begin with. You people are the reason religion is a good thing sometimes. You need a babysitter and religion is it.
Bond,
I understand where you're coming from in the above but I do think there is another reason for the type of responses you see in the poll. I think that some folks are afraid their lives would turn nasty because that is what they've been taught to expect or imagine. And thanks alot, you made me go read MAD for the first time in weeks, perhaps months.
Bond...James Bond wrote:I'm not a Mormon and I don't drink, abuse drugs, smoke, or be promiscous (dang I'm working on it though). My life is crap basically. :P
I think I AM a Mormon 'cause I don't do drugs, drink, have sex, smoke (I quit!), etc...
Of course I used to -- too bad I didn't get any STD's, I was never in jail, I have an education, a beautiful family and home... etc.. It must be a MIRACLE that I did that without the Church... or could be that I grew up. Before I grew up I had a few years of rebellion -- of course that's sooo not normal for most young people. Right?
Boaz & Lidia wrote:This is a mo'nomenon typically seen among the members who live in dense mo'tropolises.
It is tough for them to see any non LDS good when the only folks they know and see are LDS who (at least) appear to be living a "good" life.
All visible "bad" is then assumed to be either non LDS or inactive/jack Mormon.
That drives me nuts! I recall a thread on MAD started by Hammer talking about people being "good". I mean -- I had to try to convince him I had REASONS to be "good" outside of religion! It was a bit startling for me, to say the least!!!
Pile on top of that the constant stream of faith promoting stories of the meth-crack-fetus-aborting whore who completely cleaned up her life after finding the Gospel®.
That mindset and stories then leads many to say things during Relief Society/EQ/SM like: I am so glad I have the guidance of the Gospel® and a true prophet who speaks to god to TELL us how to avoid the craftiness of satan.. Oh and I probably would be like the rest of those bad people who aren't LDS with out the Gospel®!
Well, I have no doubt that some people find religion as a way to turn their lives about. Yet, this mindset that the "outside world" is just some disgusting sinful sexy orgy run amok is freakin' insane!
I have an LDS friend who swears up and down that she would be in a hole somwhere if not for the church. Because of this belief she has endured years of all sorts of racist BS, she's a single mom (adopted her adorable son), and there are times that she's really unhappy. But she hangs in there.
I agree (for once) with B&L's analysis of the situation. My life didn't change much when I joined the church, I stopped drinking what little coffee I did drink, I sure wasn't getting much nookie, and what, the one glass of wine ever six weeks I had came to a stop? Wow...
What do I do now? Well, I'm sure the church would probably see me as the whore of babylon now, I do enjoy my coffee, but I can't drink because the pill cocktail I'm on is too strong (why have booze when you can have percocet? better hallucinations...). Where are the laws I'm supposed to be breaking?
It's damn sad, and arrogant, the mentality that only those who are LDS know what it's like to have "good" lives. I've talked this over with folks in the MADhouse before, and on other forums. Some just can't believe that there are churches out there who teach people to, and even people who don't adhere to a specific faith to live similar lifestyles. It's both sick and funny.
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. -Ghandi
