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The message to the youth in the church in the 80's.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:46 pm
by _karl61
If you are not a virgin then you are nothing.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:03 pm
by _bcspace
That's strange. I seem to recall that the message was...
"Be in the world, but not of the world."
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:25 pm
by _karl61
bcspace wrote:That's strange. I seem to recall that the message was...
"Be in the world, but not of the world."
The only problem is that Los Angeles and Salt Lake are two different worlds.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:28 pm
by _bcspace
The only problem is that Los Angeles and Salt Lake are two different worlds.
With regards to this topic? Not really.
Re: The message to the youth in the church in the 80's.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:51 pm
by _Scottie
karl61 wrote:If you are not a virgin then you are nothing.
That seems a bit over-simplified...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:52 pm
by _karl61
Actually there is when you subject someone to one environment against another - but the bottom line is that the post is true and given the nature of teenagers and young adults, the church sets people up for a bad experience. The likelyhood of experiencing tremendous shame is high when living as a youth in the LDS church. Why would an LDS girl try to get an abortion and have a temple wedding rather then having a baby and a civil marriage. She likely experienced the same culture that I did. I can understand her mind when looking through the lens of an LDS teenager and what people tell you in church. How many women have had abortions and temple weddings. Most experiences of people are not terminally unique.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:04 pm
by _bcspace
but the bottom line is that the post is true
No it's not.
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:14 pm
by _harmony
karl61 wrote: How many women have had abortions and temple weddings.
Only those who are liars.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:45 am
by _karl61
bcspace wrote:but the bottom line is that the post is true
No it's not.
Missionarys wanted: only virgins apply! is that true?
edit in: only those reporting to be virgins need apply.
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:31 am
by _Mercury
bcspace wrote:That's strange. I seem to recall that the message was...
"Be in the world, but not of the world."
a.k.a., isolation and cultish tendencies. In but not of the world? This is another way of saying that one is above the "rabble" while being poor, irrational, isolationist or just a plain old twat.