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Last week’s episode of “Young Sheldon” (no relation 
Later in the show he asks the librarian what religion she is. She says she is Mormon. He asks what they believe in. She tell him that a man found golden plates in the ground. They also believe that everybody will get their own planet. She then qualifies that by saying each husband will get a planet for him and his wife. She says she is not married, but has a cat. She then says that maybe her cat will get a planet and she can live on that one.
In the end Sheldon creates his own church of “mathology”, for which he states “The only sin in Mathology is being stupid,”
I found the sketch to be inaccurate in some of the details and perhaps the strangest description of our religion ever given. It made it look like Mormons are weird and sexist, which we are – but not significantly more so than other religions.
Roy wrote:
It made it look like Mormons are weird…
Most Christians and Catholics believe that the extra-terrestrial, extra-dimensional being, the creator of all of existence, had an affair with a teenage girl (who was also engaged to another man). Their bastard child (by definition) had to be sacrificed in the most brutal manner, so that his father would not hold us responsible for all the bad things we’ve done. All we have to do, is believe it’s true, and symbolically eat that child’s flesh and drink its blood. And take a bath.
I would say the Mormon’s belief in the Golden Plates are the LEAST odd in all of Christendom.
Roy wrote:
I found the sketch to be inaccurate in some of the details and perhaps the strangest description of our religion ever given.
Yes very inaccurate. I’ve never actually heard we would get our own planets. I have heard we would create our own universes…
That being said the writers were trying to be funny but I can think of funnier Mormon doctrine than that.
I have heard the “we get our own planet” even back in my teens in the 70’s. All the YM knew that. The ones really in the know knew that they get one planet for each wife they had. I think the part about her cat was wacko.
I did like that Sheldon said she liked her, but then again, Sheldon would like most librarians.
It’s supposed to be funny, not doctrinally accurate. Sunday school: doctrinally accurate… but when was the last time you laughed during SS?
:angel: :angel: dande48 wrote:
Roy wrote:
It made it look like Mormons are weird…
Most Christians and Catholics believe that the extra-terrestrial, extra-dimensional being, the creator of all of existence, had an affair with a teenage girl (who was also engaged to another man). Their bastard child (by definition) had to be sacrificed in the most brutal manner, so that his father would not hold us responsible for all the bad things we’ve done. All we have to do, is believe it’s true, and symbolically eat that child’s flesh and drink its blood. And take a bath.
I would say the Mormon’s belief in the Golden Plates are the LEAST odd in all of Christendom.
That’s a keeper! I’ll definitely be plagiarizing it in the future!
Roadrunner wrote:I’ve never actually heard we would get our own planets. I have heard we would create our own universes…
Whenever I have someone tell me that Mormons believe we’ll each be be a god or goddess and given our own planet when we die, here’s how I respond: “Why would I want somebody’s old left-over planet? If I’m a goddess, I’ll create my own planets.”
I don’t really want to be a goddess, though. Am I weird, or just unrighteous, for feeling that way?
dande48 wrote:
Most Christians and Catholics believe that the extra-terrestrial, extra-dimensional being, the creator of all of existence, had an affair with a teenage girl (who was also engaged to another man).
This used to bother me greatly – and then I figured out that for my personal narrative, it was the first form of IVF ever described
🙂 dande48 wrote:
Their bastard child (by definition) had to be sacrificed in the most brutal manner, so that his father would not hold us responsible for all the bad things we’ve done. All we have to do, is believe it’s true, and symbolically eat that child’s flesh and drink its blood. And take a bath.I would say the Mormon’s belief in the Golden Plates are the LEAST odd in all of Christendom.
Still processing what the Atonement means to me (current assumption is that it happened).
I am finding these old. Out dated. Out moded. Between Little Sheldon, Big Sheldon’s mom, South Park and Book of Mormon musical – I am bored. Not funny anymore. A joke or variation runs its course.
I don’t mind being picked on, just pick something new. REALLY NEW.
It’s like people dressing up as Pregnant Nun – Not even grin worthy anymore.
I don’t think they are trying to entertain you and I. I think the church could prevent some of this by just coming clean. SouthPark would probably not have created an episode if the LDS church had this out in the open and had JS with a rock in the hat in the church’s video. Instead we get President Hinckley saying, “I don’t think we teach that.”
Katzpur wrote:
I don’t really want to be a goddess, though. Am I weird, or just unrighteous, for feeling that way?
I used to think it was a cool idea…Now I just don’t want that much responsibility. Actually, it just doesn’t sound like “heaven” to me – it sounds like executive functioning work like I have now…
LookingHard wrote:
I don’t think they are trying to entertain you and I.I think the church could prevent some of this by just coming clean. SouthPark would probably not have created an episode if the LDS church had this out in the open and had JS with a rock in the hat in the church’s video. Instead we get President Hinckley saying, “I don’t think we teach that.”
Do you know what’s funny? I’ve had four separate Church leaders (MP, two bishops, and a SP counselor), quote South Park’s reference to the “Mormons”. I eventually buckled down, and watched the few South Park episodes featuring us, even though I don’t like the series. I can see how many members would take offense, but I enjoyed the overall message. In the episode covering the JS story, the new Mormon kid in town, Gary, at the school invites one of the “regular” boys (Stan) over for FHE. During FHE, they cover the JS story. The Stan thinks it’s dumb, and stupid, and tells all his friends how dumb and stupid it is. They start making fun of Gary for it. Gary’s response is incredible.
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Gary: “Look, maybe us Mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe Joseph Smith did make it all up, but I have a great life. and a great family, and I have the Book of Mormon to thank for that. The truth is, I don’t care if Joseph Smith made it all up, because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice and helping people. And even though people in this town might think that’s stupid, I still choose to believe in it. All I ever did was try to be your friend, Stan, but you’re so high and mighty you couldn’t look past my religion and just be my friend back. You’ve got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. **** ** ****.” [walks away]Eric: “Damn, that kid is cool.”
Powerful stuff. I remember hearing a quote from the South Park creators, saying whenever they need someone over-the-top nice and enthusiastic, they make them a Mormon. South Park makes fun of the Mormons, sure. But they’ve always framed us as “well-meaning, good-natured, super-nice, even IF a bit silly.” Even as a TBM, I could respect that.
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