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33 minutes ago, Atticus said:

The possibility of him being a rapist probably makes it very tough for him to get picked up at this point though

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10 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Liberty can fix him!

Any P4 school that wants him will take him. Sorry, this is the new order. Chris Beard got a new job. Pop Isaacs and Arterio Morris found new teams. 

He’ll go somewhere, make the CFP and all the BYU fans will whine that the school cost themselves a CFP bid over their “morals” (like the Texas “fans” still mad we fired Bears)

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The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

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7 minutes ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

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6 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

it is a requirement of every surly thread that involves religion for an edgelord to appear and use this phrase

I prefer Sky Daddy myself 

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14 minutes ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

If you study cults at the college level in the United States, then Mormonism is usually one of the main topics for the semester. Cult has a negative connotation, but it really just means a group of people that live outside of the norms of society especially religiously. 

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2 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

If you study cults at the college level in the United States, then Mormonism is usually one of the main topics for the semester. Cult has a negative connotation, but it really just means a group of people that live outside of the norms of society especially religiously. 

Its all the same shit to me. I'd love to know which universities teach that Mormonism is a cult. Probably Baylor, lulz. 

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7 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

If you study cults at the college level in the United States, then Mormonism is usually one of the main topics for the semester. Cult has a negative connotation, but it really just means a group of people that live outside of the norms of society especially religiously. 

 

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New shit has come to light...

https://ksltv.com/local-news/jake-retzlaff-lawsuit/791607/

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A civil lawsuit accusing BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff of rape is likely to be dismissed. Attorneys for both sides filed a joint motion to dismiss the case on Monday.

The motion requests that the case be dismissed “with prejudice and on the merits.”

KSL legal analyst and Inside Sources host Greg Skordas said this means the case can never be brought again.

“It’s just a matter of time before the judge signs it, but effectively this case is over,” Skordas said.

There is a fan conspiracy floating around the internet that the female was a Univ of Utah student and this was a setup to get him suspended. In other words, force him to claim the sex was consensual to get him suspended, and now drop the case. Sounds like bullshit, but that would be some next level skullduggery. 

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9 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Its all the same shit to me. I'd love to know which universities teach that Mormonism is a cult. Probably Baylor, lulz. 

All of them that I've attended both public and private, including Baylor (hah), when looking at the history of religion in the United States. It's pretty undeniable that Mormonism was considered an outsider religion that was unacceptable to American society. Americans were not tolerant of other religions, like Catholicism, but not to the extent that Mormanism was to where its adherents were pushed further and further away from "polite society". It's also taught as a way to understand the Americanization of the figure of Jesus (like in Prothero's American Jesus) to where Americans remade Jesus to be more in their image and their ideals with it being an original American invention.

 

Obviously with the expansion of religious pluralism in the United States it has become much more acceptable to non-Mormons to where nobody cares if you're Mormon in 2025. The cultural history and current makeup of Mormonism and its traditions are still based upon that outsider image and the struggles they faced for centuries here.


 

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22 minutes ago, Blotto said:

New shit has come to light...

https://ksltv.com/local-news/jake-retzlaff-lawsuit/791607/

There is a fan conspiracy floating around the internet that the female was a Univ of Utah student and this was a setup to get him suspended. In other words, force him to claim the sex was consensual to get him suspended, and now drop the case. Sounds like bullshit, but that would be some next level skullduggery. 

I mean, I'd believe it. 

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25 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

All of them that I've attended both public and private, including Baylor (hah), when looking at the history of religion in the United States. It's pretty undeniable that Mormonism was considered an outsider religion that was unacceptable to American society. Americans were not tolerant of other religions, like Catholicism, but not to the extent that Mormanism was to where its adherents were pushed further and further away from "polite society". It's also taught as a way to understand the Americanization of the figure of Jesus (like in Prothero's American Jesus) to where Americans remade Jesus to be more in their image and their ideals with it being an original American invention.

 

Obviously with the expansion of religious pluralism in the United States it has become much more acceptable to non-Mormons to where nobody cares if you're Mormon in 2025. The cultural history and current makeup of Mormonism and its traditions are still based upon that outsider image and the struggles they faced for centuries here.


 

I think a lot of people would be surprised to know that there are now more Mormons than there are Jews, both domestically and globally. I guess all that missionary work (not that kind Jake) has paid off. 

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1 hour ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

I mean, it is, though...

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1 hour ago, Blotto said:

New shit has come to light...

https://ksltv.com/local-news/jake-retzlaff-lawsuit/791607/

There is a fan conspiracy floating around the internet that the female was a Univ of Utah student and this was a setup to get him suspended. In other words, force him to claim the sex was consensual to get him suspended, and now drop the case. Sounds like bullshit, but that would be some next level skullduggery. 

That's a lot of work to get rid of a mediocre QB at a football program that isn't exactly miles ahead of Utah.  Not to mention, that even if BYU suddenly sucked this seaon Utah still has almost no chance of finishing in the top third (or even half) of their conference.  Every fan base is delusional.

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3 hours ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

It is clearly ridiculous that Joseph Smith translated ancient Egyptian documents through a magic crystal.  Everyone knows that you get your best God information from a burning bush.

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3 hours ago, Blotto said:

I think a lot of people would be surprised to know that there are now more Mormons than there are Jews, both domestically and globally. I guess all that missionary work (not that kind Jake) has paid off. 

In general Mormon families have a buttload of kids

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5 hours ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

Evangelicals are every bit as weird as Mormons, but lack the introspection to see it.  Indoctrination of the young works.

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6 hours ago, Blotto said:

The most amusing thing about this thread are all the comments singling out Mormonism as a cult, because somehow their version of  their sky fairy is weirder than all the other sky fairies out there.

They do believe some really weird shit.  

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3 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

They do believe some really weird shit.  

And are generally the nicest people on earth.   Their religion is laughably whack, but their focus on family and relationships It’s a pretty damn good idea that more people should follow.

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46 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

And are generally the nicest people on earth.   Their religion is laughably whack, but their focus on family and relationships It’s a pretty damn good idea that more people should follow.

I have read,  but have not confirmed, that the Morman faith is more prevalent in the military (percent wise) than the overall US population.  Mormons are called to serve, and many of them wanna join the Army instead of building houses in Guatemala.  Kinda cuts against the stereotype there.  As my Mormon buddy says, “We aren’t Amish.”

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2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

And are generally the nicest people on earth.   Their religion is laughably whack, but their focus on family and relationships It’s a pretty damn good idea that more people should follow.

If you haven’t seen it, go watch “Under the Banner of Heaven”

streams on Hulu, based on a book by John Krakauer

https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/under-the-banner-of-heaven

 

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13 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

And are generally the nicest people on earth.   Their religion is laughably whack, but their focus on family and relationships It’s a pretty damn good idea that more people should follow.

Mormons are a far more well-adjusted group of people than any I have ever met. They are almost always exceptionally nice and I have no issue with them. More of us could stand to be as kind as they are to others.

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