Posted by:
behindcurtain
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Date: August 20, 2014 03:49AM
I live in Provo, and BYU is the most attractive place there. I love to walk around campus and look at all the beauty. I love to go to the magnificent library, which is much nicer than the Provo City Library, and I like to stay there until midnight.
Most people like the college they graduated from. People like to participate in Alumni activities and contribute money to their alma mater.
How should we view BYU? Should we just reject it completely, like we reject Mormonism? BYU is financed largely by tithing, which comes from bilking gullible Mormons. BYU owes its existence to fraud, but BYU itself is not a complete fraud. Universities are a vital part of society; they make life better. Not all of BYU is paid for by tithing; tuition also pays for part of it. Not all BYU students or faculty are Mormons, although most are.
I have fond memories of BYU growing up. Not only did I go to college there; I also did a lot of things on campus as a youngster.
It is good to feel part of something larger than yourself. Since religion cannot give me that feeling, I have to get that feeling elsewhere. BYU feels like "home" to me. And I think this feeling will continue, since I don't have to pay any money to enjoy the campus and the library. If anything, I feel even more at home at BYU because I feel I lost my Church "home". I would feel guilty going to Church, but I do not feel guilty walking around BYU campus.
Maybe it's because I don't have to worry about grades anymore; I don't have to worry about studying or graduating. And I don't have to worry about being a perfect Mormon anymore, because I now know that the Church is not true. So BYU is fun because I don't have those pressures, and I can just enjoy it, but I wonder if it is okay to enjoy it when I know that the people who keep the university afloat are still under the Mormon delusion.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/20/2014 04:15AM by behindcurtain.