2007-09-14 07:56:14 · 15 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's really Mormonic
2007-09-14 07:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
If your a mormon, you must fit in or keep trying for years to, if you are a jack mormon (one who does not regularly attend) or a nonmormon, you will get treated like gold, the mormons make fake christianity look so (this is in UT) good and true christians make it look bad unfortunely. I was a mormon and then a jack Mormon for a while. So I know both ends. I was not excepted and then excepted, so I would be welcomed back into the fold, once I became christians, they keep sending mormons to harrass my son and try to get him to go to their ward and this is not in UT. Living in the ste of UT was nice, they restore everything, and their gym is great (they have an indoor waterslide, and runnig track, a climbing wall ect) a great fun park called Lagoon, a park that had scenes from differnat countries (but now gangs go to the park) they have a drive-in movie theater still and trollies from the olypics and hiking and fishing and hunting and rock hunting places from the old minds and a copper mind to go see and the great salt Lake to go floating in, and six malls and a great bus system and 2 IMAX theaters and two planatariums and if you want to get away from the people, you go to these places, so UTAH is not that BAD.
2007-09-16 13:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have spent most of my life away from Utah, but I have spent about seven years there. Frankly, I enjoy being in Utah where I am surrounded by like minded individuals. Having grown up in California, and still there, you feel like you are under the microscope a lot of the time. You have to behave because others are watching to see if you will mess up. When I went to Utah for college, it was like a great burden was lifted from my shoulders. I didn't have to explain myself any more because everybody already understood. Even today I feel like I am home when I drive into the Utah valleys.
Nevertheless, there is much to be said about growing up in a more worldly setting. You have to be mindful of the evil around you and the lines are more distinct between right and wrong. You have to be strong to maintain your standards. In Utah, there tends to be a lackadaisical attitude about our standards. They don't appreciate them as much as non-Utah Mormons might. So, in some ways, the outside Mormons are stronger than the Utah Mormons as far as living according to the standards that we have been taught. In the end, we will all find what we are looking for. If you want evil in Utah, you will find it. If you want good in California, you will find it.
Be that as it may, if I had my way, I would rather live amongst the body of Latter-day Saints.
2007-09-14 18:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by rac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same as living around a thousand Christians.
2007-09-14 18:48:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard a saying that I think has some truth to it. "Mormons are like manure. Very useful if spread out, but smell really bad if piled together." My experience of living in Utah wasn't the best for many reasons. However, most were my fault, and I don't blame them for it. My wife loved her time in Utah. There are many "Utah Mormon" stereotypes, even among us non-Utahn Mormons. Some might have some truth and others are unsupported. However I have noticed that it is harder for teenagers in Utah to use being Mormon as a reason to not engage in actions against church teachings. In other places if a friend asks them to do something, they say "I can't, I'm Mormon" that usually ends the conversation. In Utah, the other person is just as likely to say, "So what, so am I"
2007-09-14 16:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Weird. Even to other Mormons. Especially if you're a Mormon raised in the east where their isn't a lot of other Mormons around. It's not easy getting used to not having to explain yourself every time you make a choice.
2007-09-14 15:14:45 · answer #6 · answered by Lex 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It is the same as living around thousands of other people.
To Oregon- I don't believe your story. I have friends who live in Utah and are not Mormoms and nothing like that ever happened to them.
2007-09-15 01:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by J T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like it much better than living around non-Mormons...there's just something comforting about living around people you know have the same morals and values as you do...
I have lived in Seattle and Denver and like my small Utah town where I live the best...
Thanks for asking.
2007-09-14 15:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Oregon: So...you failed to mention if the perpetrators were Mormons... If something like that happens to me and the perpetrator is a "Christian", can I paint all y'all with a broad brush too? :-)
EDIT: Oregon...and the second part of my question...? :-)
2007-09-14 15:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I think Oregon Flower is full of garbage. I think it is one of the most peaceful experiences, even before I got active in the church. In general they are the nicest religious people I've ever met.
2007-09-14 15:10:14 · answer #10 · answered by newwellness 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋