Comments on: Mormonism for Dummies https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-29540 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:47:54 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-29540 It’s only wrong if you want to appear intelligent and want your opinions respected. At least you’re using punctuation and not abbreviating words (e.g. ur, im, r, etc).

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By: garry https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-29539 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:44:31 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-29539 is lack of capitalization wrong for this forum?

it just became a habit as a result of a college degree in computer science.

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-29512 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:48:27 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-29512 Maybe your post was removed because you don’t seem to know how to capitalise.

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By: garry https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-29511 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:45:50 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-29511 i had some fun on another forum i check out occasionally frequented by antis when at seemingly just the right moment i came across “the complete idiots guide to mormonism” and included a picture of the front of it in my text.

i was quickly censured by the moderator and my post was removed, but not until after quite a number had seen it.

i received a scathing whipping from them as well.

it was really too much fun.

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-284 My mistake.

You did qualify it as a joke, but including it still implies it is widespread.

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-282 Then why not qualify it as a joke, rather than implying that it has some widespread usage? Why not use other Mormon jokes, particularly more widespread ones.

While “some” may be an accurate term in this regard, I think “few” or “a handful of” would have been far more accurate.

That being said, I am not about to dismiss the entire book based on this comment. The first chapter seems fairly accurate and concise.

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By: Christopher Bigelow https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-281 Geez, it was just a repeated joke I heard, guys. I find it hard to fathom questioning the whole book’s validity because we included an innocuous little joke that not every Mormon has heard. I can guarantee you that more than two Mormons have heard it, which makes our qualifier “some” accurate.

I’m a cola drinker, and my wife’s family sometimes teases me by singing “Choose the Sprite,” but I didn’t include that joke in the book, otherwise I guess it would be worthy of a total boycott.

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-280 I’m not suggesting that the claim the authors make is not true. However, by including it in their book they provide validity and prevalence to this statement.

Certainly, some Mormons pick their noses, eat dessert with a spoon, type with two fingers, shave their eyebrows, or do a host of actions. However, none of these are included.

If the authors include it, they assume it is more widespread than simply a single ward somewhere. As well, by including it, they give readers the impression that it is widespread.

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By: Heather P. https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-278 Oh, that’s funny, Kim. I didn’t follow that link or even mouse over it because I assumed it went to the publisher website or amazon or something like that.

And you can add Colorado and Alaska to the list. Let’s Drink Sprite?!?

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By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/03/15/mormonism-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=73#comment-274 heather,

I linked to the same article in my post. :)

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