OKLAHOMA destroys the cougs.
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OKLAHOMA destroys the cougs.
Where are all the BYU fans????? haha.... I served my mission in oklahoma.... so kind of an interesting match up. I hope OU embarrasses byu and makes them cry all the way back to provo.
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I got my BS from BYU, and my dad is working on a PhD from OU right now. He sent me an OU sweatshirt to give me crap.
Since I've just started working on my MS at the U part time, I can't exactly whole-heartedly root for BYU like I could a year or two ago. And while BYU was a good school for engineering, I don't miss that strange town Provo one bit.
Since I've just started working on my MS at the U part time, I can't exactly whole-heartedly root for BYU like I could a year or two ago. And while BYU was a good school for engineering, I don't miss that strange town Provo one bit.
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Originally Posted by CourageOO7,Sep 4 2009, 07:45 AM
Ace, can you explain what you mean by strange?
I don't know, I suppose I just went on dates with way too many cute, dumb, idealistic nail school girls who were looking for the man of their dreams to have 20 kids with.
In the engineering program I met some really sharp people and learned a lot. I really genuinely enjoyed that part of my time there.
But as for Provo, I'm LDS but a military brat from out of state, so I don't exactly see things the same way as many of the local idealists I met.
Most of it had to do with what I saw as a very heavy undertone of repressed sexual tension. Everywhere. I mean really, a few couples even went to the extreme of going to Vegas, getting married for the weekend, having sex, then getting divorced and going back to church like nothing happened. That way they didn't fornicate. WTF?? Now, they were kicked out of the church for it, and that's the extreme case, but I found a lot of locals had a similar mindset, just not to that extreme. And IMO, there's NO good reason to get married at 18-21 after dating for 3 months. Most of the time, I think that's what people do because they're horny and don't want to wait. It's just plain stupid, but it's incredibly common there. And while that's ok, watching rated R movies or (gasp!) drinking coffee are awful offenses.
The LDS church is extremely conservative. I take it with a grain of salt and look for the principles. I'd much rather screw up a few times before I "get it" than warp myself psychologically to fit within the 'rules' while violating principles completely. A lot of folks there are people of law like the stereotype I heard long ago -- any good Jew can make a lizard kosher. I really hate that mindset. It's willfully blinding oneself to justify perceived misbehavior. Honestly, it's 180 degrees from the changes implemented when Christianity sprung from Judaism back in the 100s AD.
So that's why I felt like it was a strange town. And of course, YMMV. Maybe I just met a disproportionately high percentage of the idiots when I was away from class.
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Originally Posted by ace123,Sep 4 2009, 11:17 AM
Most of it had to do with what I saw as a very heavy undertone of repressed sexual tension. Everywhere. I mean really, a few couples even went to the extreme of going to Vegas, getting married for the weekend, having sex, then getting divorced and going back to church like nothing happened. That way they didn't fornicate. WTF?? Now, they were kicked out of the church for it, and that's the extreme case, but I found a lot of locals had a similar mindset, just not to that extreme. And IMO, there's NO good reason to get married at 18-21 after dating for 3 months. Most of the time, I think that's what people do because they're horny and don't want to wait. It's just plain stupid, but it's incredibly common there. And while that's ok, watching rated R movies or (gasp!) drinking coffee are awful offenses.
The LDS church is extremely conservative. I take it with a grain of salt and look for the principles. I'd much rather screw up a few times before I "get it" than warp myself psychologically to fit within the 'rules' while violating principles completely.
The LDS church is extremely conservative. I take it with a grain of salt and look for the principles. I'd much rather screw up a few times before I "get it" than warp myself psychologically to fit within the 'rules' while violating principles completely.
There will always be extreme examples of ridiculous reasons for doing things in any sub culture. Who cares if you drive to vegas to get married and drive back and blah blah blah. They are a typical provo personality. What is sad is the church sometimes is measured by its PEOPLE instead of the truthfulness of its DOCTRINE. Entirely two different things. People will always be people which means many mistakes will be made across the board.
This I guess is why I can be LDS and also dislike provo. I agree with what ace said previously!!!
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Wow good point Ace it is funny being in the military and moving around especially out of Utah (im from south jordan- somewhat similar to provo) and see how people are. I quit going to church when I was in high school because it wasnt about the principles of why everybody was there, but to see who could be better in there mindset. One uppers. Pretty messed up, so I just stuck to the principles since I've joined and have done my own thing.
Go Oklahoma!
Go Oklahoma!
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Here's to hoping BYU beats them!!