BYU Idaho bans skinny jeans.

[Blueintheface]

I had 3 mission companions that must be related to the asshole who wrote that.

[cowboy]

Do you follow earthly authority (Church leaders, school administrators) without questioning or do you reason it out for yourself?

We've debated this topic before. I think most everyone here agrees that blind obedience can lead to problems. There are more varied opinions, however, regarding "reason it out." I am of the opinion that if we are humble and submissive (which I am generally not) then we may be prompted to follow counsel that defies reason. Under this construct there will also be times that we are prompted to go a different direction than counseled by our leaders. That's what makes the gospel wonderfully personal.

This point, though, highlights another apparent divergence of opinion among the CUF regulars. I do not believe that a prompting from the Lord to act contrary to counsel necessarily means that the counsel wasn't inspired. In fact, I don't believe we are entitled to that type of revelation. I believe that we are entitled to know if a man is a prophet, and the Lord will tell us if counsel from the prophet applies to us. I do not, however, believe that the Lord will tell us whether specific counsel is inspired. Further, I suspect there are times when counsel isn't inspired at all, but the Lord wants us to follow it anyway just to teach us obedience. This does not seem to be a universal opinion here at CUF.

[creekster]

Thankfully, it was just an overly zealous testing center employee and not an official university sponsored sign.


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfa...idaho.html.csp

Whats with the old guy cuping his hand to is ear? What is that supposed to mean?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Whats with the old guy cuping his hand to is ear? What is that supposed to mean?

I wondered the same thing. Very strange.

[Blueintheface]

There are crazies everywhere, but there are a disproportionate amount in Rexburg.

I knew dozens of kids who would have written the same thing.

I made it through 2 years while my brother managed only a semester.

[Blueintheface]

I wondered the same thing. Very strange.

I think it's Heavenly Father without the 5 O'clock shadow.

[wuapinmon]

I wondered the same thing. Very strange.

He that hath ears, let him hear?

[LA Ute]

The Foyer actually seems pretty tame lately.

Sorry, I wasn't talking about the Foyer, just Rambam's posts about people in authority.

[TripletDaddy]

Whats with the old guy cuping his hand to is ear? What is that supposed to mean?

old guy isnt wearing a white shirt :devil:

[falafel]

I think it's Heavenly Father without the 5 O'clock shadow.

Those ears are huge. Eternal progression, I suppose.

[RC Vikings]

There are crazies everywhere, but there are a disproportionate amount in Rexburg.

I knew dozens of kids who would have written the same thing.

In defense of Rexburg most of the crazies moved in from elsewhere else. The local's, the farmers, are a pretty sane bunch.

[SuperGabers]

Those ears are huge. Eternal progression, I suppose.

He looks a little like GBH.

[Commando]

Whats with the old guy cupping his hand to is ear? What is that supposed to mean?

It's an old sage listening to the even MORE sage advice emanating from the paragraph to his left (our right), as if to say "shhh listen- this is some good stuff."


Also, I'm thinking this may be parody, since the author slyly constructed a semi-coherent paragraph using all the official Played out Words @ BYU-I: "Honor Code"; Disciple; Commitment; prayerfully; recommit; abide; "Father in Heaven"...

However, the first part makes it seem like some sort of grassroots viral campaign by the faltering JNCO Jeans company.

[HauteCoug]

She buckled. I'm disappointed. We'll take this as a learning experience and improve. No quit in our family!

I could call him an asshole. Which he is. But I thought it better to keep some civility.

[marsupial]

There's nothing wrong with skinny jeans. I have a pair. My kids have skinny jeans, too. I have been trying to get danimal to wear some too, (he looks really good in them, too ).

Debates like this certainly don't make me miss church.