Brandon Flowers

[poliphilo]

Brandon Flowers is a Mormon. Oh, right....

I've believed in some pretty silly things in the course of my life but there are some things- some organised bodies of belief- that are just too silly even for me. 

And Mormonism is one of them. Its prophet? Clearly a con-artist.  Its scriptures? Mark Twain called them "chloroform in print".

And isn't there something about never taking off your underwear? Or is that the Jehovah's Witnesses? I get those two mixed up.

You gotta read up around your beliefs. You gotta ask questions.

And if you're in your mid-twenties and you've seen a bit of the world beyond Utah and you still believe in the angel Moroni and the golden tablets and the green spectacles, it can only mean you're a bit of a fool. 

I don't mean unintelligent. I mean intellectually incurious.

Why should I want to engage with an artist who is intellectually incurious?

I feel the same way about all those Hollywood stars who are into Scientology. Travolta, Cruise: I avoid their films.

I quite liked Hot Fuss, but I think I'll be giving the latest album a miss.

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

The way it was explained to me once, by someone who married a Mormon apostate, was that Mormons have their choice of marriages -- "till death do you part" or "forever." The ones who opt for "forever" wear a certain kind of special underwear.

I imagine they get to change it, because I was then told a hilarious story about a "forever" guy who forgot to pack more of his special underwear when going to a conference and couldn't just run to the K-Mart and get some more. If they could never change their underwear, he'd have had no problem.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Do we know what the special underwear is made of or what it looks like?

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I can't help you there, although I gather it was pretty modest.

[sina-says.livejournal.com]

the holy undies (aka, "the garments") are simple off white cotton things to be worn all the time. the top looks something like a basic undershirt for the men and a little cap sleeved undershirt for the ladies. both sexes have bottoms a lot like boxer shorts. i have ex-mormon friends.

mormons creep me out. i'm also fascinated by the bizzareness of it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But they're allowed to take them off to wash them, right?

The Mormons I've come across all have that airbrushed, inhuman quality that people take on when they give up their right/duty to think for themselves.