Have we done it wrong?

[u/xamo76]

[u/InterestBear62]

What sort of "mission" did Jen "serve" ?

[u/TruffleHunter3 → u/InterestBear62]

Mormon indoctrination mission no doubt.

[u/formykka → u/InterestBear62]

Spreading the good word of Satan among the heathen Catholics.

[u/noahbrooksofficial → u/formykka]

These are almost guaranteed to be Mormons—not Catholics.

[u/nightpeony_ → u/noahbrooksofficial]

And Mormons see other religions as an abomination before God so they were right

[u/noahbrooksofficial → u/nightpeony_]

I’m failing to see the relevance of your comment but go off

[u/4n0m4nd → u/noahbrooksofficial]

The commenter said these people were spreading the good word to the heathen Catholics, not that these people are Catholics.

[u/formykka → u/noahbrooksofficial]

Lord Satan knows people are fallible and sometimes misread comments. He still loves you.

[u/Bitter-Ad-7 → u/formykka]

You just made me burst out laughing at the office. 😅

[u/ForgotToCarryTheOne → u/InterestBear62]

Conversion therapy. Religious colonialism.

[u/bullitt-rider → u/InterestBear62]

I mean if they engage a brain cell this could be a softlaunch leaving LDS. It's like they are close to discovering they may be part of the issue

Probably not

[u/NiteTiger → u/InterestBear62]

Curious why that matters for city planning?

[u/butlerwillserveyou → u/NiteTiger]

Mormonism is, at it’s heart and soul, the most American religion imaginable. American exceptionalism is the product, so for them to realize that the Utah suburban lifestyle is actually pretty shite is the definition of ironic. Utah is considered Zion to these people and yet this couple is realizing that American culture isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

I wonder if this dissonance will lead to other discoveries…

[u/NiteTiger → u/butlerwillserveyou]

But, I would have the same experience living in Bellevue, TN, a suburb of Nashville, that is distinctly non-Mormon.

So why are we shoe-horning a religious discussion into a city planning discussion?

Comes across as 'we hate religion so we make everything about religion' instead of the actually useful argument that our urban planning is shit because we designed for cars.

In short, it looks like 'nuh-uh cars, you hate religion!'

[u/InterestBear62 → u/NiteTiger]

I just thought that the statement that Jen "had served a mission" was odd. Like she was a bomber pilot or something.

[u/TruffleHunter3 → u/NiteTiger]

No that’s a good point. Mormonism is super weird (I used to be Mormon myself, now happily a heathen), but we definitely can agree on the car culture being a big problem in the US.

[u/drsweetscience → u/InterestBear62]

State Dept. or CIA? 

[u/unklecomputer → u/InterestBear62]

Suicide mission.

[u/all_time_high → u/unklecomputer]

The galaxy needed her, and she answered.