Just read the MOST absurd 'article' I have ever read. I may post a link to it tomorrow, but considering how I know some of my readers will react, I may not. I would rather not get into a war of words this month.
Nutshell: A radical group of people who are LDS (every religion has them) have taken it upon themselves to point out all of the horrible things happening at BYU. I will quote their (short) list of grievances:
If you think BYU upholds traditional family values, think again. Certain department heads, professors, guest lecturers, and students have become a law unto themselves, regularly preaching all manner of
progressivism including socialism, radical feminism, anti-Americanism, revisionist history, outdated
Darwinism, and popular homosexualism, and continue to be supported, employed, and welcomed.
Well, yes, perhaps all of those things are happening. Science classes do teach evolution. There ARE mothers on campus getting their education while raising kids. (Since I kept my name, I'm SURE I fall into their 'radical feminist' category.) Revisionist history? Um, honest history? And yes, I would certainly say based on the number of marriages and other assorted relationships, homosexuality is rampant.
These people completely ruined their credibility many times throughout the article but the most ridiculous thing they said was that the recent statements by general authorities do nothing but confuse. Their idea is to stick to the bible 100%. If that's the case... no. I'm stopping right there.
Good grief, people. Why not get all heated up about a real issue? What issue could be more important than letting every person who thinks differently than you know they're damned? Well, hunger, immigration reform, the election, the evil HOA making the owners of the "Up" house paint it brown. Really, just about ANYTHING. I absolutely do not care what preference people have. I just don't. We all have enough imperfections we need to be working on without worrying about someone else's problems.
December 4, 2011
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WHAT THE FLIPPITY-FLIP-DOO-DAD?! Anti-Americanism?...does that mean foreign language courses? ;)I can't believe these snippets. oh man. I can't decide if I want to see this rubbish or just stay blissfully ignorant of the true ignoramuses that are obviously sullying our campus. *grumble*
ReplyDeleteIf I was going to make a list about what is wrong at BYU I'd start somewhere completely different...
ReplyDeleteI would say that the discouraging of children in classrooms is a place to start... (With obvious exceptions for classes/labs where they would inhibit work/be unsafe)
ReplyDeleteSeriously to all of the above. Saying we're all too liberal is pretty insane. Um, anyone remember a recent show nearly being shut down because a portion of a fight scene involved a couple guys taking their shirts off to finish the fight? Really? Ever been to a pool, people?
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