Comments on: Coming Clean

By: queuno

queuno — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:43:00 +0000

Dear BYU Art Department: My wife and I would like to suggest that, eventually, you get around to deep steam-cleaning the loveseat in the ceramics lab in B-66.

Dear Deseret Towers: Remember that time in 1988 when the furniture from the lobby of V-Hall kept reappearing in the elevators just in time for the morning class rush? Sorry.

Dear Deseret Towers: My wife would like to apologize for the time her teenaged brother stayed in her room all weekend and they passed him off as a freshman staying in “R” Hall.

Dear DT residents: My wife would like to NOT apologize for popcorning you into your rooms, while you were sleeping, but she would like to apologize on behalf of her roommate, the one you affectionately called “Socks”, for her predilection to cavort in front of an open window wearing only … well, you know.

By: J. Nelson-Seawright

J. Nelson-Seawright — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:10:25 +0000

CW, no worries. As they say, the truth shall make ye fret.

By: CW

CW — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:48:10 +0000

Sorry JNS, I wouldn’t want to be uncharitable to our catholic friends. But alas I was looking a little more on the surface and not quite as deep, perhaps, as you were. Catholics don’t need an appointment, just show up at fixed times and go in the booth as soon as it is open. Whereas LDS people have to call an executive secretary and get an appointment, etc. That was the part I was comparing to McDonalds, IE you don’t need a reservation.

I have no doubt the process is more fulfilling than a visit to McDonald’s.

By: Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:14:56 +0000

By proxy.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:05:50 +0000

So, you’re coming clean about faking coming clean?

By: Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:02:18 +0000

Just a caveat: A few years ago my high school age daughter and her artsy pals had what they called a Post Secret party and created a boat-load of postcards with made-up secrets which were then mailed the following day. Within a week we saw one of them posted online.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:36:49 +0000

Dear BCC, remember that time I read only the last two comments and then posted something that was totally a threadjack. I do that all the time. Sorry about that.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:15:00 +0000

I’ve done Catholci confession as a Catholic and it was meningful to the extent that any structured theological symbol is meaningful. It is not, however, helpful in any context where I felt I was being counseled with or helped. But it may have been my age at the time more than my personal experience. The Sacrament of Confession is not counceling, where as in the LDS context, confession is much more consultative.

Confession in the LDS context should not be confused with a disciplinary council, which is an intirely different thing. I am extremely grateful for the branch president who counseled with me when I first joined the church and went to confess my sins. His warmth and willingness to help without judgment will always be an example to me.

By: Jami

Jami — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:31 +0000

I love Post Secret. Though I wish there was a PG version. I love knowing what makes people who they are and what sort of things they keep secret. Some of the secrets are so amazingly touching. Some secrets give me insight into myself or those I know and love.

The whole project seems more like a note in a bottle than a confession. It’s like finding a dozen note-filled bottles every Sunday.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:04:34 +0000

Phouchg, I would suggest that your 2nd-hand retelling of the Mormon confession and repentance process is as relevant and accurate as the retelling CW offers of the Catholic version. In fact that’s more than a suggestion — I know that your description is false.