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  • #4456
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

    Yeah, let's tell the Board of Trustees that we want to remove religion classes at BYU. But we still want that 85% tithing subsidy. I can't imagine they would have a problem with that.
    I don't think religion classes should be removed, but I certainly don't think they should be mandatory. That always bugged me when I was at BYU.
    "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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    • #4457
      Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

      I don't think religion classes should be removed, but I certainly don't think they should be mandatory. That always bugged me when I was at BYU.
      I am ok with requiring them, but let's make them pass/fail and no impact to GPA.

      And the issue is not having the classes, but the quality of people that are often teaching them. They are getting all these bozos to teach these sections and many really are terrible at it.

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      • #4458
        Originally posted by BigPiney View Post

        I am ok with requiring them, but let's make them pass/fail and no impact to GPA.

        And the issue is not having the classes, but the quality of people that are often teaching them. They are getting all these bozos to teach these sections and many really are terrible at it.
        They are moving to larger and larger sections for the better/more popular teachers. Also, they don't seem to be hitting up other departments fishing for instructors for the core classes like they used to. A lot has changed since you were a student!
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • #4459
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

          They are moving to larger and larger sections for the better/more popular teachers. Also, they don't seem to be hitting up other departments fishing for instructors for the core classes like they used to. A lot has changed since you were a student!
          A good start, still my tweeps and I won't be happy till the classes are pass/fail. I have demands!

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          • #4460
            Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

            I don't think religion classes should be removed, but I certainly don't think they should be mandatory. That always bugged me when I was at BYU.
            Bugged you - meaning the guilt from drinking and feeling up girls - made you feel dirty during the religion classes.

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            • #4461
              I must have gotten lucky. I don't recall having a non-religion professor teaching my religion classes. Some were better than others, sure. And some played loose with history (I'm looking at you, Susan Easton Black). But overall they weren't bad.
              "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
              "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
              - SeattleUte

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              • #4462
                Originally posted by Non Sequitur

                I've never felt guilty, but I've often felt dirty. As Woody Allen famously said when asked if sex was dirty, "only if you're doing it right."
                Ugh...
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                • #4463
                  Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
                  I must have gotten lucky. I don't recall having a non-religion professor teaching my religion classes. Some were better than others, sure. And some played loose with history (I'm looking at you, Susan Easton Black). But overall they weren't bad.
                  A couple of my favorite religion instructors were not in the Religion department. One because the class was so easy, the other because the class was so different.
                  "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                  - Goatnapper'96

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                  • #4464
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                    Ugh...
                    Lighten up, Francis.
                    "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                    • #4465
                      Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

                      Lighten up, Francis.
                      Anybody but Woody Allen for a quote like that.
                      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                      • #4466
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                        Anybody but Woody Allen for a quote like that.
                        I would say that I'll agree to disagree, but I won't presume that we would reach any sort of agreement when it comes to Woody Allen.
                        "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                        • #4467
                          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                          I am getting more and more sympathy for this guy, given the reactions.

                          He immediately deleted the tweet and apologized.
                          "Not good enough. His apology was not sufficiently contrite - he should take a break from twitter."

                          He takes a break from twitter. Stops making any tweets. Starts unfollowing people to avoid drama.
                          "That jerk unfollowed me. Can you believe it?"

                          Unfollows everyone but the FP and Q12, so as not to offend people being unfollowed and make a cleaner break.
                          "What a weirdo."
                          I went to HS with Hank, so I have more to go on than just his recent Twitter hiccup.

                          FTR, I am on Team Hank if I’m choosing between Calvin and Hank. Team Hank 100%. But anyone who follows the Q12 and FP on Twitter is a borderline weirdo. Anyone who follows them exclusively is not someone with whom I can hang. #sjbh
                          Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                          There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
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                          • #4468
                            Originally posted by Donuthole View Post

                            I went to HS with Hank, so I have more to go on than just his recent Twitter hiccup.

                            FTR, I am on Team Hank if I’m choosing between Calvin and Hank. Team Hank 100%. But anyone who follows the Q12 and FP on Twitter is a borderline weirdo. Anyone who follows them exclusively is not someone with whom I can hang. #sjbh

                            Did you hang out with him in high school?
                            "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                            - Goatnapper'96

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                            • #4469
                              Originally posted by Donuthole View Post

                              I went to HS with Hank, so I have more to go on than just his recent Twitter hiccup.

                              FTR, I am on Team Hank if I’m choosing between Calvin and Hank. Team Hank 100%. But anyone who follows the Q12 and FP on Twitter is a borderline weirdo. Anyone who follows them exclusively is not someone with whom I can hang. #sjbh

                              Give us the dish in Hank Smith!


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                              "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                              • #4470
                                Originally posted by Donuthole View Post

                                But anyone who follows the Q12 and FP on Twitter is a borderline weirdo.
                                This is interesting.

                                What about following the accounts of political leaders?

                                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                                "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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