Bond James Bond wrote:Is there any other type of jeans available for women except skin tight jeans? Guess it's time to go back to ankle length prairie skirts.
Yes. Women should purchase clothing that is at least one size too large. This way they can be more confident that their evil curves will be masked.
Then you have women whose pants don't fit...guess the Mormons will be okay with a little female "sagging"?
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
MASH quotes I peeked in the back [of the Bible] Frank, the Devil did it. I avoid church religiously. This isn't one of my sermons, I expect you to listen.
Rather than tell the press, "No, we didn't mean to ban skinny jeans."
They should be more noble and say this, "Yes, we ban skinny jeans. We also apologize for any signals sent by university staff implying that our justification was to hide curves of the human figure. We are perfectly fine with students showing their human figures. We simply want to enforce uniformity in pant style."
I did't read their statement to the press. Maybe they said just what I hope. If so, good for them.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)
zeezrom wrote:Rather than tell the press, "No, we didn't mean to ban skinny jeans."
They should be more noble and say this, "Yes, we ban skinny jeans. We also apologize for any signals sent by university staff implying that our justification was to hide curves of the human figure. We are perfectly fine with students showing their human figures. We simply want to enforce uniformity in pant style."
I did't read their statement to the press. Maybe they said just what I hope. If so, good for them.
But zeezrom, they're not perfectly fine with students showing their human figures.
MrStakhanovite wrote:I guess the dress code doesn’t bother me because of my military background, where I learned to appreciate the wisdom behind high standards of dress during garrison.
Welcome on the board! My military background is 39 years long... What about You?
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My problem is when these arbitrary dress standards become confused with personal righteousness.
From an article on the topic at Deseret News:
"If a student prays and they think that the tight, 'form-fitting' clothing is accepted by the Lord, they have not asked, or have not asked the right question, or they have chosen an answer for their own gratification," testing center manager John Dexter said. "I don't believe the Lord would give approval to anyone to be disobedient to the CES Dress and Grooming Standards."
And yet the Lord directed Nephi to slice off Laban's head.
Is testing center manager a position of ecclesiastical authority?
I have seen people say that breaking the dress code at BYU is a sin..... I see it as not honoring a condition that a student agreed to in order to attend, but a sin? No way. Then again, these days I don't give much credence to most definitions of sin.
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SteelHead wrote:My problem is when these arbitrary dress standards become confused with personal righteousness.
From an article on the topic at Deseret News:
"If a student prays and they think that the tight, 'form-fitting' clothing is accepted by the Lord, they have not asked, or have not asked the right question, or they have chosen an answer for their own gratification," testing center manager John Dexter said. "I don't believe the Lord would give approval to anyone to be disobedient to the CES Dress and Grooming Standards."
Is testing center manager a position of ecclesiastical authority?
I have seen people say that breaking the dress code at BYU is a sin..... I see it as not honoring a condition that a student agreed to in order to attend, but a sin? No way. Then again, these days I don't give much credence to most definitions of sin.
Gotta love all the mini Pharisees at BYU. Future GA material.
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SteelHead wrote:My problem is when these arbitrary dress standards become confused with personal righteousness.
From an article on the topic at Deseret News:
"If a student prays and they think that the tight, 'form-fitting' clothing is accepted by the Lord, they have not asked, or have not asked the right question, or they have chosen an answer for their own gratification," testing center manager John Dexter said. "I don't believe the Lord would give approval to anyone to be disobedient to the CES Dress and Grooming Standards."
LOL. That's hilarious. I've heard horror stories about BYU, and these types of stories just confirm them.
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