Is this a solely Mormon phenomenon...?

[_Tchild]

A) You are stuck in a place of almost total mental and sensory deprivation; an LDS church house.

B) You wish to exit that place immediately, but cannot due to social pressures to finish out the most boring hour of your week.

C) Sitting next to you is someone that you love and that loves you.

D) You rub each other's backs to feel something, anything remotely human and life affirming (because God knows you aren't getting it at sacrament meeting).

I imagine that if the same couple were stuck in a prison holding cell or floating adrift at sea on a raft that they would likewise rub each other's backs for comfort and support.

[_Gordon]

Lol. Wow. Now we have people harping/attacking on LDS behavior for backscratching??

My mother and father tickled my back (and not just in church), and I do so to my children. Why? Because it feels good...sheesh. They gave me hugs too...

Rest assured, this is not an LDS 'phenomenon'.

[_lulu]

Lol. Wow. Now we have people harping/attacking on LDS behavior for backscratching??

My mother and father tickled my back (and not just in church), and I do so to my children. Why? Because it feels good...sheesh. They gave me hugs too...

Rest assured, this is not an LDS 'phenomenon'.

Not tickling, not scratching, rubbing.

And no, I've not seen this in any church outside of Mormons.

[_Gordon]

Not tickling, not scratching, rubbing.

All the same.

And no, I've not seen this in any church outside of Mormons.

You don't get out much, then.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/di ... 105x212482

[_lulu]

Not tickling, not scratching, rubbing.

All the same.

And no, I've not seen this in any church outside of Mormons.

You don't get out much, then.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/di ... 105x212482

Well, rabrrrr agrees with me, fine authority that posts on democraticunderground are, not that I've seen any groping at church either, but I haven't been to a Mormon S. Meeting in years, perhaps behavior has progressed from back rubs to groping there.

Here's hoping no one pokes you in the eye, you might confuse it with a tickle.

[_Gordon]

Well, rabrrrr agrees with me

Guess he/she doesn't get out much either...

Obviously, though, I have shown that other people, from myself, have seen this behavior outside of LDS churchs.

fine authority that posts on democraticunderground are

It wasn't meant to be source for scientific truth...it's a blog where people have observed the behavior, mentioned in the OP, outside of LDS churchs (by non-LDS).

not that I've seen any groping at church either, but I haven't been to a Mormon S. Meeting in years, perhaps behavior has progressed from back rubs to groping there.

This is nonsensical.

Here's hoping no one pokes you in the eye, you might confuse it with a tickle.

Yeah...they weren't actually "tickling" me. It's just another way to say they scratched or rubbed my back.

I'm sure you know this, though...

[_lulu]

Well, rabrrrr agrees with me

Guess he/she doesn't get out much either...

Obviously, though, I have shown that other people, from myself, have seen this behavior outside of LDS churchs.

fine authority that posts on democraticunderground are

It wasn't meant to be source for scientific truth...it's a blog where people have observed the behavior, mentioned in the OP, outside of LDS churchs (by non-LDS).

not that I've seen any groping at church either, but I haven't been to a Mormon S. Meeting in years, perhaps behavior has progressed from back rubs to groping there.

This is nonsensical.

Here's hoping no one pokes you in the eye, you might confuse it with a tickle.

Yeah...they weren't actually "tickling" me. It's just another way to say they scratched or rubbed my back.

I'm sure you know this, though...

You've shown that one other person besides you, who doesn't know the difference between a scratch and a rub, claims to have seen it at church, a Mormon church for all I know. And you don't know how much rabrrrr, or I, get out.

[_Gordon]

You've shown that one other person besides you, who doesn't know the difference between a scratch and a rub, claims to have seen it at church, a Mormon church for all I know. And you don't know how much rabrrrr, or I, get out.[/color]

'Get out'? Really? Bravo.

I have shown that the topic of the OP isn't an LDS 'phenomenon', whether you like it or not (I googled back rubbing in public, and that was the first link. It wasn't hard). The person said they saw it at ballgames and shows...you know, outside of church, which you and rabrrrr somehow miss (even though rabrrrr says he/she doesn't see it at all...and you, admittedly, disagree with that). They also know that back scratching and rubbing, in the context of discussion, is the same...it is you trying to separate them.

[_lulu]

You've shown that one other person besides you, who doesn't know the difference between a scratch and a rub, claims to have seen it at church, a Mormon church for all I know. And you don't know how much rabrrrr, or I, get out.[/color]

'Get out'? Really? Bravo.

I have shown that the topic of the OP isn't an LDS 'phenomenon', whether you like it or not (I googled back rubbing in public, and that was the first link. It wasn't hard). The person said they saw it at ballgames and shows...you know, outside of church, which you and rabrrrr somehow miss (even though rabrrrr says he/she doesn't see it at all...and you, admittedly, disagree with that). They also know that back scratching and rubbing, in the context of discussion, is the same...it is you trying to separate them.

Nice try. OP is at church, not in public, not at shows, not at ballgames. My first response was specifically limited to churches. Show me that democraticunderground, as far as church behavior goes, wasn't a Mormon church.

[_Gordon]

Nice try. OP is at church, not in public, not at shows, not at ballgames. My first response was specifically limited to churches.

Read it again.

"I have observed a disturbing activity that takes place during Sacrament Meeting that doesn't seem to happen during any other public gathering of any other group."

Show me that democraticunderground, as far as church behavior goes, wasn't a Mormon church.

Are you kidding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground