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Re: Happy Valley, Utah: Brian Shumway Reflects on his Mormon Upbringing - LightBox

Dr. Shades — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:46:21 -0000

He says that "My photographs show an inner tension within this outwardly ideal world, mainly from a psychological perspective." Really? I didn't see any hint of "inner tension" in his photos. Just random shots.

Also, in the photo showing his brother-in-law's backside, why does that guy have his legs below the knees slathered in barbecue sauce?

Re: Happy Valley, Utah: Brian Shumway Reflects on his Mormon Upbringing - LightBox

Dr. Shades — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:31:50 -0000

Yes.

Re: Happy Valley, Utah: Brian Shumway Reflects on his Mormon Upbringing - LightBox

Dr. Shades — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:11:50 -0000

The parts that I felt were misleading were these, paraphrasing from memory:

1. "The
church forbids most forms of premarital contact between the sexes." No, it only forbids four: Sexual intercourse, oral sex, petting, and
necking. The casual reader may have gotten the false impression that co-ed dancing is forbidden, like what we saw in Footloose.2. "On
Sunday, all such activities must cease." No, they don't "must cease;"
they're simply advised against, with frequent exceptions made for
exigent circumstances. Other such activities, like visiting the sick,
are actually encouraged.3. The part about
the brother-in-law rushing from the shower to the closet to quickly don
his garments. A casual non-LDS reader might mistakenly assume that some sort of
punishment might befall him, like group shaming, for being out
of his garments for more than 30 seconds.4. The part about a vegan
burger. The unknowing reader might assume that Mormons have to be
vegetarians, sort of like the Jehovah's Witnesses can't give or receive
blood. Since the essay was about Mormons, it would've been preferable
to add in an appropriate disclaimer.5. The part about the sister melding Mormon and Native American religion. A disclaimer that such a thing is not, uh, native to Mormonism could've served the casual reader well.

Re: TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2011 - LightBox

Dr. Shades — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:51:08 -0000

In the first photo, why are there hobbits standing on the shoulders and heads of the humans?

Re: Shake-up hits BYU’s Mormon studies institute | The Salt Lake Tribune

Dr. Shades — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:39:16 -0000

What Ms. Stack forgot to mention is that this story first broke on the Mormon Discussions message board with the posting of both e-mails. See: http://www.mormondiscussion...

Re: Shake-up hits BYU’s Mormon studies institute | The Salt Lake Tribune

Dr. Shades — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:41:09 -0000

Will you please translate that into English for us?

Re: If you’re too high for Kolob

Dr. Shades — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 04:11:05 -0000

BTW, the person above is not me.

Re: Who should get the credit for giving me the boot?

Dr. Shades — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:26:46 -0000

*MY* John Dehlin.

Re: Fund set up for Utah teen run over in her driveway

Dr. Shades — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:40:53 -0000

Perhaps sunbathing in a driveway isn't the best idea.

Re: One Of Star Wars’ Best Locations May Return For Episode VII

Dr. Shades — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:06:10 -0000

Thanks so much for the plot spoiler. . . NOT!! >:-(

Re: A Hawaiian Noah?

Dr. Shades — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:45:44 -0000

So the flood was, indeed, global and not local?

Re: A Hawaiian Noah?

Dr. Shades — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:13:52 -0000

Enjoy Hawaii. It's holy ground to me.

Re: A Hawaiian Noah?

Dr. Shades — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:11:56 -0000

We have exactly enough information to definitively say what precisely happened in the first few chapters of Genesis. Genesis 7:21, among other verses, tells us explicitly that there were no survivors other than those on the ark. So, they *were* the only people alive post-flood.

Re: A Hawaiian Noah?

Dr. Shades — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 09:17:22 -0000

Hasn't every LDS prophet and apostle read this particular primordial narrative in the way that a fundamentalist Protestant would?

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:28:06 -0000

Internet Mormons and Chapel Mormons, too!

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:17:14 -0000

Did Noah's flood cover every square inch of planet earth?

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:44:43 -0000

You didn't answer the question.

Second try: Did Noah's flood cover every square inch of planet Earth?

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:50:07 -0000

Of course many Chapel Mormons use the Internet. Just like Internet Mormons attend church on Sundays. "Chapel" vs. "Internet" merely refer to the differing venues at which these two species of Mormonism are promulgated. . . as I have explained to you probably ten different times over the years.

To understand this more fully, see the descriptions at: http://www.mormoninformatio...

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:47:29 -0000

It's true that there have been various opinions for generations, but throughout all generations the Lord, through his mouthpieces, has fallen unanimously on the "temporal baptism of the earth by immersion" side.

There's no attempt at polemical gain. It's merely a convenient method to comprehend and visualize the two poles of LDS thought, one of which has become much more manifest of late subsequent to the onslaught of scientific understanding.

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:08:03 -0000

If you deny the existence of an Internet Mormonism/Chapel Mormonism spectrum, then you'd easily be able to answer the simple question:

Did Noah's flood cover every square inch of planet Earth?

Now let's hope the third time's the charm.

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:08:49 -0000

No, I'm not on an ego trip. I'm merely explaining my position, nothing more.

Re: Pretending that reality doesn’t exist

Dr. Shades — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:11:25 -0000

Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, which specific Internet Mormon views did you teach over the pulpit? (http://www.mormoninformatio...

Re: A scientifically tempting leap of faith?

Dr. Shades — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:06:05 -0000

Did Tony Rothman have a lisp?

Re: Shedding the plague of Mormon exceptionalism

Dr. Shades — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:53:12 -0000

Why won't you be rejoining?

Re: Ugin, The Spirit Dragon – Real or Fake?

Dr. Shades — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:35:27 -0000

The artist is listed as "Raymond Swanland," but there aren't nearly enough spiky things in the picture.

Therefore, fake.