Joshu Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 I will be receiving my B.A. in religious studies in Dec, which is a super great degree if you happen to live in Utah or Arizona because Mormons are the only ones who ask follow up questions to "what's your major". I always get so excited when a mormon asks me what I study because I know I'm about to have a great conversation. On the converse when a non-Mormon asks me what I study the answer is followed by awkward silence.Because of the heavy emphasis on narrative in current LDS teaching methods I think most Mormons are very interested in history. On the other hand I was recently talking with a fairly well spoken and intelligent man in my ward and when I brought up that there are people who try to deal with JS's marriages to already married women with a lot of research and study, he said "ya know how I deal with it? I just don't think about it, that's how I deal with it." So I guess it's a fairly complex situation.
HiJolly Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Because of the heavy emphasis on narrative in current LDS teaching methods I think most Mormons are very interested in history. On the other hand I was recently talking with a fairly well spoken and intelligent man in my ward and when I brought up that there are people who try to deal with JS's marriages to already married women with a lot of research and study, he said "ya know how I deal with it? I just don't think about it, that's how I deal with it." So I guess it's a fairly complex situation.Most members of my family don't give a darn about secular Mormon history. Even the older, wiser crowd. HiJolly
Alf O'Mega Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 I would be interested to hear your dad's side of the story.Maybe the three of us should get together for lunch sometime when I'm in the neighborhood.No doubt Dad would tell the story a bit differently (as I would have before I started spending more time with the history), but the most telling thing would be to look at his reading list. We share ours with each other fairly regularly, and I have a pretty good idea what he's not reading. It's a pity, too, because I think he would really dig a lot of it, and I'm sure his testimony would weather the field trip. We're an awful lot alike, but his commitment to the unseen has always been firmer than mine.
Scott Lloyd Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Maybe the three of us should get together for lunch sometime when I'm in the neighborhood.No doubt Dad would tell the story a bit differently (as I would have before I started spending more time with the history), but the most telling thing would be to look at his reading list. We share ours with each other fairly regularly, and I have a pretty good idea what he's not reading. It's a pity, too, because I think he would really dig a lot of it, and I'm sure his testimony would weather the field trip. We're an awful lot alike, but his commitment to the unseen has always been firmer than mine.Your dad sounds like a great guy.
cdowis Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 "Just because it's true doesn't mean we have to know it." Peggy Noonan (WSJ editorial)
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