tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post7062090240059709664..comments2024-02-25T02:53:17.882-08:00Comments on The Goalie's Anxiety: ORIGINS OF MY RACISMScott Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782322856303315648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-29482674308604176422012-01-16T10:39:03.849-08:002012-01-16T10:39:03.849-08:00I do have confidence that things work themselves o...I do have confidence that things work themselves out correctly as we learn to navigate between earthly and spiritual worlds and ideas. It just takes time sometimes and we need to be patient with each other in the meantime.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335417636408630577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-5663503672012306432012-01-16T09:13:04.561-08:002012-01-16T09:13:04.561-08:00Rachel, as you may have noted, I didn't say an...Rachel, as you may have noted, I didn't say anything about current teachings and beliefs. I'm simply trying to figure out why I have, still, despite my own wishes and strongly held beliefs, whiffs of racism that float up from my subconscious.<br />There were, when I was growing up, when I was at BYU, teachings and beliefs related especially to black people and to their unworthiness in the pre-existence, exactly the kind of things Delbert Stapley is playing off in his personal letter.<br />You're lucky you grew up after 1978, in a church no longer as blatantly racist. Still, the church's current teachings about gays seem to me to fit a very similar pattern. With some luck and as time passes, those are likely to be replaced by a more tolerant attitude as well.Scott Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782322856303315648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-24560462427183275132012-01-15T23:31:43.598-08:002012-01-15T23:31:43.598-08:00Hearing/reading these sorts of posts and comments ...Hearing/reading these sorts of posts and comments always makes me sad that some look at me (as a believing Mormon) and think I'm misled and ignorant and "tolerant" at best. I was not forced to believe anything I was taught at home or at church. I was taught to always find out for myself -- this is actually Mormon doctrine, not just my kind family's approach, as some may argue otherwise. The toxic aspects pointed out in this post and comments are indeed toxic, but they are unfairly reported as being LDS teachings. Racism and homophobia (and any other toxicity) associated with church issues are products of misunderstandings on factual and spiritual levels. <br /><br />It feels demeaning to be categorized. I'm unfortunately finding that being religious is so not cool in the academic and artistic worlds I've brushed into through the years. It stinks, and it's so pathetically cliche. I went to a very "liberal" school where it was ok to be anything and everything but Christian, let alone Mormon. It's like, if you want to have credibility, ditch the Mormon identity because otherwise you're just a blind believer whose every opinion stems back to your Mormon brainwashing. Hopefully my generation can disprove this and gain credibility.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335417636408630577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-29076342390133784982012-01-02T17:35:02.224-08:002012-01-02T17:35:02.224-08:00jsut reread this post....I'm consistently remi...jsut reread this post....I'm consistently reminded that in accepted utah mormon culture....the basic life premise for determining whether a thought is productive of not is quite simply...."I thought (it) so it must be true.." (commonly referred to as personal revelation)<br /><br />Being a radical purveyor of counter righteous "Truth"...I love Utah and narrow Utah mormon thinking...provides mountains of comedy relief and fodder for art projects....<br /><br />Thing most interesting to me...for the last 9 years I have rented rooms in my house...well over 90% of the people I have rented to have been mormon alcoholics and drug addicts ..for being the self-proclaimed savior of the traditional family....mormons are failing miserably.....<br /><br />I'm not suggesting I am surprised at my experience with troubled mormons...I am suggesting that mormon culture is seriously failing in their fear based, self-imposed maniacal effort to live their basic missionary needy effort to convert the world....the basic personal missionary mantra seems to be....."lets see now...If I can convince (scott) that what I believe is true....OH WOW!!! MAYBE IT IS!!!michael morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410891595453473987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-10604770375022207862012-01-01T18:58:15.134-08:002012-01-01T18:58:15.134-08:00well said, Michael. i wonder how my own children w...well said, Michael. i wonder how my own children will look back at my parenting and wish things had been different.Scott Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782322856303315648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494024784324680939.post-29419867875401521472012-01-01T17:57:54.668-08:002012-01-01T17:57:54.668-08:00this subject touches,,,,,,no more like rubs a stra...this subject touches,,,,,,no more like rubs a strawberry on my emotional ass....I left home in 1965...in part, due to my fathers natural(ly learned) use of the "n" word when referring to black people...the word sickens me and always will...I love my dad...he loved and supported me and our family with fatherly kindness, integrity, and great religious faith...catholicism-sand ground in my spiritual digestive tract for many years...probably still does...<br /><br />This sort of societal-religious bigotry still lives in our midst...<br /><br />The word I find most demonstrates society's ongoing bigotry is "tolerance"...This word is used by religious believers as way to justify quiet bigoted attitudes...Tolerance says "oh..well..ok...(heavy exhale) even though you are different than me, I will allow you into my space with your...contrary ideas...NOT-white skin...any other of your beliefs different from mine I judge not-"Truth"...<br /><br />I would like to believe prejudicial attitudes are fading ... but the occupy wall street movement has demonstrated that mainstream society continues to hang onto old fear-stimulated beliefs that...."If there was a better idea for YOUR life.....I would have it."michael morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410891595453473987noreply@blogger.com