tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post7982950254169443780..comments2023-10-28T08:26:04.665-07:00Comments on A thoughtproduct in the life of...: "Former LDS students are not eligible to receive an ecclesiastical endorsement"mistahdoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-88675453258651281382015-04-18T14:57:49.155-07:002015-04-18T14:57:49.155-07:00Hi Spencer,
Thanks for the comment. We did "...Hi Spencer,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. We did "appeal to the school leadership's sense of mercy and humanity so well taught in the church" in November 2014 (see http://www.freebyu.org/letter-to-byu/). The decision makers did not relax or modify the school's policy; instead, BYU's spokeswoman reaffirmed the intent to continue to burden the religious freedom of LDS BYUmistahdoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565026922565152435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-5514629724909753472015-03-18T15:15:38.549-07:002015-03-18T15:15:38.549-07:00The church is currently struggling on many levels ...The church is currently struggling on many levels with how to handle former members, whether to expel them, make room for them or somewhere in between. Indeed many accounts are heart-wrenching and can only be described as inhumane (sometimes on both sides). A faith crisis can be exquisitely painful, and can lead to loss of family, friends, community, housing, employment, education and identity. Spencernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-85290688247405658832013-11-12T19:48:48.836-08:002013-11-12T19:48:48.836-08:00Tyler, did you really read the post? Besides the ...Tyler, did you really read the post? Besides the vague ad hominem attack, you basically restated the quote Brad was addressing, without identifying what was insufficient about his rebuttal. The only thing I see you have added is the possibility of petitioning. I think Brad has laid out pretty well that leaving the church is very much frowned upon by the Honor Code Office -- I doubt they are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847440472042684174.post-31740163345949104202013-11-12T04:39:41.728-08:002013-11-12T04:39:41.728-08:00Brad,
It saddens me to see where your life has gon...Brad,<br />It saddens me to see where your life has gone since our time at EFY. I decided to read the honor code after reading your post. In the honor code there exists the ability for a student to petition for an exception to the ecclesiastical endorsement rule. It makes sense to me that if you leave the church, the endorsement you received no longer represents who the ecclesiastical leader was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11784763088008070142noreply@blogger.com