http://www.mormonheretic.org/2009/09/23/u-of-u-really-is-school-of-the-prophets/ Stuff they don't talk about in Sunday School Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mormonheretic.org/2009/09/23/u-of-u-really-is-school-of-the-prophets/comment-page-1/#comment-3639 Mormon Heretic Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:28:40 +0000 http://www.mormonheretic.org/?p=723#comment-3639 The funny thing is that everyone refers to BYU as the "Lord's University." The funny thing is that everyone refers to BYU as the “Lord’s University.”

]]> http://www.mormonheretic.org/2009/09/23/u-of-u-really-is-school-of-the-prophets/comment-page-1/#comment-3632 Anthony E. Larson Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:44:23 +0000 http://www.mormonheretic.org/?p=723#comment-3632 It's all true. But like most universities in this country that began life as religious, sectarian institutions, the University of Utah has become a bastion of secular humanism and progressivism, two worldly philosophies that Brigham Young would find abhorrent. The lack of attendance in the School of the Prophets and inability to keep its teachings secret was symptomatic of that downward slide. So while the U of U may have begun life as a School of the Prophets, it is certainly a misnomer to allude to it in that manner today. (BTW, the same can be said of BYU, to be fair.) It’s all true. But like most universities in this country that began life as religious, sectarian institutions, the University of Utah has become a bastion of secular humanism and progressivism, two worldly philosophies that Brigham Young would find abhorrent. The lack of attendance in the School of the Prophets and inability to keep its teachings secret was symptomatic of that downward slide. So while the U of U may have begun life as a School of the Prophets, it is certainly a misnomer to allude to it in that manner today. (BTW, the same can be said of BYU, to be fair.)

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