No, not possible, stop it now and you need to go confess this sin to a sportsbar bartender muy pronto because he has the proper authority to absolve you and counsel you out of this self abusing behavior.
one the beauties of being an ex-mormon is to learn to think for yourself. if you are waiting for any of us to spoon feed you what you are supposed to believe then you might as well go back to mormonism.
I am trying to think for myself. But just wanted to get your opinion on whether cheering for BYU is equivalent to cheering for mormondom. If i went with your suggestion to think for myself only, there would be no use for this board, but this board helps to let me know what others think too.
i'm afraid you can't compare your cheerleading dilemmas vs real crises such as messages from people trying to find peace and solace after their wives chose the cult over them - for example.
i understand there's room for jokes, light weight conversations about whatever, but cheerleading advice?
you see the imbalance and you knew exactly what i meant on my first post.
i mean, so what if rooting for byu means rooting for mormonism. go for it. live *your* life in your *own* terms. make up your own rules as you go along. if people agree with your views, fine. if they don't, that's cool too. there are no prophets to follow here except yourself. i mean that. you have tremendous potential, be the light by being your own light.
I can't help the way I was born. I'm actually the first one in a long line of Mormon hillbilly ancestors to go to college. I'm pretty proud of that degree. I dun finished kolig.
I went to BYU, and when I left, I stopped cheering for them. I had a good time there, skiing, going to parties, dances, having fun in the dorm, and I even liked some of the classes. I did not like the dress codes, rules, students cheating on tests, and ratting out each other. My dorm room was robbed, my car was broken into and robbed twice, my bicycle was stolen, my skis, some clothes, and jewelery were stolen (my own roommate was stealing from me), a mugger broke my wrist, I had an attempted date rape, and when I transferred out of there, I felt that I was leaving a war zone. I loved the other universities! I would never send my children to BYU.
Dang, I never got robbed and my car was never broken in to. I went to the U for college, and a Midwestern school for law. My law school was near a big city with a lot of crime, too.
I guess we can't assume BYU is safe and crime-free just because the Mormon ideal is total honesty, obeying the law, and all that. Of course, I'm sure the BYU fans will tell you that a non-Mormon must have got on to campus and that this is an isolated incident.
To be fair, my sister attended BYU in the 80's, and they told the incoming freshman during orientation not to get complacent. Even at BYU, there have been rapes.
I'm a BYU football fan, and I think a lot of BYU alums who have left the church still cheer for BYU. I don't believe that athletic success in anyway reflects on religious beliefs.
I'm not about to give up my BA from BYU, so why should I give up my sports affiliation?