BYU Professor on Survivor

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I'm a big Survivor fan and Season 23 started a few weeks ago. And guess what? Yep, another Mormon is on the show this time.

Contestant Dawn, from my back yard - South/West Jordan - Mormon professor from BYU:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/62881/

Name (Age): Dawn Meehan (41)
Tribe designation: Savaii
Current residence: South Jordan, Utah
Occupation: English Professor at Brigham Young University
Personal claim to fame: Adopting our six children.
Inspiration in life: My husband. He’s really one of the most incredible human beings. He’s kind, generous, peaceful, hard-working and selfless. I’m so grateful to spend my days with him.
Hobbies: Swimming with my kids, writing/blogging and baking bread.
Pet peeves: Brown grass and complainers.
3 words to describe you: Driven, positive and enthusiastic

Cracks me up. Baking bread? Really? So Mormon.

So the first episode, she nearly has a mental breakdown. She ended up putting out the camp fire with the drinking water, trying to swing from a vine and falling on her ass. I mean they spent 10 whole minutes on her mental breakdown. That's a lot of time for a 40 minute episode.

And then tonight's episode she goes off: "Being Mormon, I am not comfortable swimming in my underwear... I just have not felt comfortable with that. I don't even know if mine are see through!"

Hell aren't we lucky she didn't bring her Jesus Jammies!

Comon - How long has this show been on? Let's see - Survivor, 23 seasons.. On for 10 years. I wonder if this professor at BYU actually got on her knees and prayed and felt the holy ghost and it told her, yes, GO, try and win a million dollars because you know, Jesus needs that $100,000 tithe to pay for his mall...

I mean, seriously, comon woman... This chick has got to have known that people get naked, people get down to their underwear, it is just the nature of the game. She could have brought modest clothes, she could have brought modest swimwear. She's a freaking card carrying BYU professor for crying out loud!

Then again, BYU professors may be known for their intelligence - but never for being very wise.

Then she starts going off that she is concerned the most about her age. She sees all these young twenty something girls strutting their tight little bodies, and starts yacking that she is 40 and she better step up.

I seriously want to see her try and swing on a rope and fall on her ass again.

Lately Survivor has been getting a lot of Christians on it and there isn't anything worse than a whiny ass Christian. These guys turn on the water works at any moment and blather on about how much they love their Jesus - and that Jesus must be testing them in their lives and that is why they're on this show.

And once again, these people on Survivor think that a white, Christian God is thinking about people who signed up and won an entry on a game show - to win 1 million dollars - are being watched over by Jesus Christ himself.

I wonder what BYU thinks about one of their professors ditching her garments and then strutting around in a tight bathing suit will do for their image. Her suit last night was right under her ass cheeks for all America to see. So much for garments down to the knees.

You watching Dr. Peterson? One of your colleges is out of her Jesus Jammies. And goddamn is she white. In fact, they use her at night to light up the camp.

[_jon]

She wins - "I couldn't have done this without Jesus Christs help"

She loses - "I'm so grateful for Jesus Christs help, the strengthening of my testimony is what this was all about for me"

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This thread will pose further evidence that you guys, many of the posters here, will whine about anything when it comes to LDS.

Who cares? leave the poor lady alone.

[_Infymus]

This thread will pose further evidence that you guys, many of the posters here, will whine about anything when it comes to LDS.

Who cares? leave the poor lady alone.

God Stemelbow, you will whine about anything that anyone whines about. Can you leave the poor whiners alone?

[_jon]

Just for clarity:

A BYU professor by virtue of employment MUST be a worthy holder of a temple recommend.

Worthy temple recommend holders have covenanted to wear the garment of the holy Priesthood at all times both day and night.

The woman on survivor is not wearing the garment of the holy Priesthood at all times both day and night.

The woman on survivor is therefore not worthy of holding a temple recommend.

Non temple recommend holders cannot be professors at BYU.

Will they fire her?

[_stemelbow]

Just for clarity:

A BYU professor by virtue of employment MUST be a worthy holder of a temple recommend.

Worthy temple recommend holders have covenanted to wear the garment of the holy Priesthood at all times both day and night.

The woman on survivor is not wearing the garment of the holy Priesthood at all times both day and night.

The woman on survivor is therefore not worthy of holding a temple recommend.

Non temple recommend holders cannot be professors at BYU.

Will they fire her?

I can't imagine why anyone is so obsessed to care. Perhaps she does not believe anymore and this is her statement? Perhaps she feels quite justified in making an exception like this. Perhaps...perhaps...perhaps. Again, I don't see why anyone cares other than you guys and some judgmental Mormons. I wonder what its like to be grouped with the same folks you often denounce.

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God Stemelbow, you will whine about anything that anyone whines about. Can you leave the poor whiners alone?

If that's what you all truly want, I'll leave ya all alone. I think its more, you guys want to whine but feel badly about it and want to do better. I also think your whining isn't doing you guys any favors. I'm talking to you as opposed to you guys whining about others that aren't here. As it is, I'm trying to be helpful to you guys. You guys are trying to be destructive, often, to LDS folks. I mean I'm sure its all delightful in your mind, but you can do better.

[_Some Schmo]

She wins - "I couldn't have done this without Jesus Christs help"

She loses - "I'm so grateful for Jesus Christs help, the strengthening of my testimony is what this was all about for me"

QFT

[_jon]

God Stemelbow, you will whine about anything that anyone whines about. Can you leave the poor whiners alone?

If that's what you all truly want, I'll leave ya all alone. I think its more, you guys want to whine but feel badly about it and want to do better. I also think your whining isn't doing you guys any favors. I'm talking to you as opposed to you guys whining about others that aren't here. As it is, I'm trying to be helpful to you guys. You guys are trying to be destructive, often, to LDS folks. I mean I'm sure its all delightful in your mind, but you can do better.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but when I read your posts I get a mental image of a preachy old woman looking down her nose at some pooh she's just trod in - and doesn't realise she's the only one with a dog.

[_Infymus]

She wins - "I couldn't have done this without Jesus Christs help"

She loses - "I'm so grateful for Jesus Christs help, the strengthening of my testimony is what this was all about for me"

And this is what it is with all of these shows, not just Survivor, and not just Mormons. Last episode of Survivor there was this whiny Christian that would break into crying every episode about the strange path that Christ was leading him on. And when he'd loose challenges, he'd go on about how he didn't understand why he didn't win, but it must be the will of Christ.

Then you see those who win big trophies, awards, etc, in game shows, films, etc - all thanking God. Yep, the sky daddy wrote that in his book. Today I will help a white guy in America win some cash.

And meanwhile, starving children? Well, maybe they need to pray a little harder so they can get on a game show in the South Pacific and win a million dollars.

It's all stupid, pathetic religious BS. God is always to blame if he helped and never to blame if he didn't.