Comments on: Fun family moments, and atypical Mormons

By: Seth R.

Seth R. — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:49:44 +0000

Well, as my dad always said about the supposed worthwile material in R rated flicks:

“If you’ve gotta dig through the poop to find the pearl, at a certain point it just stops being worth it.”

By: cj douglass

cj douglass — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:22:50 +0000

I’ll never say “no-R-rated movies” but in my own experience, the extra sex, violence or language that makes a movie R is usually unecessary. Some of my favorite flicks are R ( Braveheart, Fight Club etc.) but in the past 5 years have not found it worth the extra garbage. A lot of people see Metal as R rated music and thus the chasm in my logic.

By: Seth R.

Seth R. — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:16:02 +0000

I always thought it would be fun to be a Mormon version of Huey Freeman from the Boondocks.

Unfortunately, I can’t pull off the angry look very well.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:06:42 +0000

I don’t watch r-rated movies either CJ. But I also don’t listen to music with much swearing in it. Most of the doom metal I listen to I have no idea what the singers are saying. (Although one band, High on Fire, uses a lot of biblical imagery.)

I think you’re right, Tom, misconceptions about Mormons are everywhere.

And if I’m completely honest, I have to admit I’m not really a typical *anything,* I’m pretty much a misfit (in one way or another) in any group.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:53:34 +0000

CJ,
Is your policy “no R-rated movies” or “only R-rated movies”?

By: cj douglass

cj douglass — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:35:01 +0000

The day Metallica succumbed to iTunes was like Christmas. I sold all my old tapes during the grunge era and have really wanted to pump some “For Whom the Bell Tolls” recently. Besides that, I guess I’m a pretty typical east coast mormon. Though my logic drives people crazy sometimes – I’ll jam out to Metal but have a pretty strict R rated policy.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:01:40 +0000

I guess that’s the main thing that bothers me when people say I’m not a typical Mormon—I don’t think I’m exceptional at all. They just have the wrong idea of what a typical Mormon is.

By: Bret

Bret — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:42:03 +0000

I’m trying really hard to think of some way I’m an atypical Mormon, but you just made me see even more so that I am a VERY typical Mormon.

Maybe my family members that frequent this site can help me out, but they’re all pretty typical too. (Including Rusty, despite what he may say>:)

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:30:05 +0000

I sometimes feel bad when classmates say I’m a different kind of Mormon. Some of them say it’s because I don’t push my beliefs on them, and then I feel like maybe I’m not being a good enough member missionary. Others have mentioned how I’m not a normal Mormon because I’m open minded. That, I don’t mind so much. But it does bother me because that means they buy into the stereotype of Mormons as Evangelicals but weirder. I think Mormons get a bum rap. Sure, there are judgmental, weird, closed minded Mormons, but I don’t think these things characterize our people generally and I don’t think they’re found in our community more than in the general population.

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:24:52 +0000

Susan, you were my very first blog-friend, and I think I get to be cool just for standing next to you! How lucky and am I that I found you?

We’re far from typical (whatever that means), too, but I’m ok with that now. The blogs have definately helped me find my own place in Mormonism.