Improving the way LDS people are perceived

[NorthwestUteFan]

That is obvious.

Having a poop-stirring, self-annointed do-gooder spreading rumors that "so-and-so is one of those blankety-blanking blankers like that blankety-blank cult group down in Texas, so watch out for him..." behind one's back, and having one's coworkers and managers believe said rumors, and having said rumors remove certain career options*, is a justifiable reason to wish for a better common perception of this religion.

Some of us care because we have been slapped about the head and neck and backside by the bad perception.




*unproven, and would have been illegal, but I still suspect it happened

[old_gregg]

*unproven, and would have been illegal, but I still suspect it happened

you should have wuap send you a copy of the letter baylor sent him.

[NorthwestUteFan]

you should have wuap send you a copy of the letter baylor sent him.

I remember the discussion of his letter. I assume Baylor can get away with it because they are a private college. I was speaking about my own experiences.

And pardon my ignorance, who is in that picture posted by Wuap?

[Sleeping in EQ]

Having a poop-stirring, self-annointed do-gooder spreading rumors that "so-and-so is one of those blankety-blanking blankers like that blankety-blank cult group down in Texas, so watch out for him..." behind one's back, and having one's coworkers and managers believe said rumors, and having said rumors remove certain career options*, is a justifiable reason to wish for a better common perception of this religion.

Some of us care because we have been slapped about the head and neck and backside by the bad perception.




*unproven, and would have been illegal, but I still suspect it happened

This is an example of the "vicious circle" I referred to above.

[old_gregg]

And pardon my ignorance, who is in that picture posted by Wuap?

from a search, it looks like a dutch band called shocking blue. i don't get the reference either.

[RobinFinderson]

You and Waup are both predictable and tiresome. I'm sure somebody finds Waup funny.

If I'm so predictable, tell me what I am thinking right now.

[tooblue]

And some people want Mitt to win in 2012!


:igiveup:

So says a disaffected, American, Utah Mormon who believes he both represents and speaks for all Mormons everywhere.

[byu71]

Some of us care because we have been slapped about the head and neck and backside by the bad perception.




*unproven, and would have been illegal, but I still suspect it happened

I have always thought people who say they don't care what others think are actually quite defensive about it. They try to convince themselves they don't care. At least that is my perception.

[scottie]

So says a disaffected, American, Utah Mormon who believes he both represents and speaks for all Mormons everywhere.

How silly of me to claim some people want Mitt to win.

[byu71]

How silly of me to claim some people want Mitt to win.

Some? I would be shocked if less than 60% of mormons in America want Mitt to win.

[tooblue]

How silly of me to claim some people want Mitt to win.

The quote only included your Mitt reference—my mistake—but I am referring to the notion of perception—how Mormons are supposedly perceived, at least according to the author at by common consent, who neither has, nor is he seeking common consent.

lol

[scottie]

The quote only included your Mitt reference—my mistake—but I am referring to the notion of perception—how Mormons are supposedly perceived, at least according to the author at by common consent, who neither has, nor is he seeking common consent.

lol

It's not the BCC author's data, it's from research done by Gary Lawrence and his Lawrence Research firm.

[DapperDan]

It's not the BCC author's data, it's from research done by Gary Lawrence and his Lawrence Research firm.

Obviously an anti-Mormon institution.

[scottie]

Obviously an anti-Mormon institution.

Good one.

I don't know if Lawrence is LDS or not, but FAIR had him present his findings at their 2010 conference. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ase-favor.html

[NorthwestUteFan]

Some? I would be shocked if less than 60% of mormons in America want Mitt to win.

Count me in the 40%, but for other reasons that lie outside this thread. That said, he MAY be a Republican for whom an independent or Democrat will be able to vote.

Back on the topic, I present this little nugget:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...122147-3111r/#

Mitt Romney is widely admired hereabouts not only for his Mormon faith but for his orthodox views on taxes, the war in Iraq, same-sex “marriage” and nearly all the other items in the catechism of modern conservatism. But it’s his religion — what the National Review has called “Mormonism’s doctrinal oddities” — that has so far defined Mr. Romney, and that makes his fellow Mormons wince. He intensifies Mormon pain with jocular references to his faith. Since polygamy is what most people think when they hear the word “Mormon,” that’s mostly what Mr. Romney jokes about. He tells audiences that “I believe marriage is a union of a man and a woman … and a woman, and a woman.” Chuckles in the Carolinas and tittering in Tennessee become merely sighs and sobs in Salt Lake City — and in St. George.