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Mormonism makes me NOT want to kill myself. It gives you me a purpose in life, even a purpose within my religion. It’s a very interactive church.

Re: my last post

THANK YOU! Your statement actually aligns with current averages. Religion has a protective factor against youth suicidal ideation, even in LGBTQ+ youth. Here's a fun little graph:

In this survey, Latter-Day Saints were shown to have a rate of suicidal ideation of about half compared to their non-religious peers.

I made a very angry post about this in September, and you can check it out here if you'd like. It talks about mostly the same information. I love my data and information, especially when it implies the opposite of what anti-Mormons claim :)

BYU Gothic

You know the MARB. You’ve had religion, math, physics, CS classes, and church in the MARB. There are many classrooms. But you only have been to 206. Or was it 207? It doesn’t matter there all the same, and you can’t leave.

You’re free at 11 on Tuesdays. But you can’t do anything. You can’t go to your professor. You can’t go to the Cougar Eat. You must go to the devotional. Wasn’t that a good devotional?

There’s a building on your schedule that you’ve never heard of. You found it on the first day from an online map. After the semester is over, that building doesn’t exist. You ask others about it and no one knows what you’re talking about. 

Everyone wants a ROC pass. You don’t know what a ROC pass is. Everyone asks you if they can borrow a ROC pass. The sports season ended last month, but there’s another game next week. Well parking is going to suck this weekend.

The talmage has 1 floor. It has 2 floors. It has 3 floors. There’s also a basement. There’s only 1 floor.

You see someone new. The chanting begins. What’s your name. Where are you from. What’s your major. What was your name again. What was your name again. 

You want to make friends. Sorry he’s engaged, he can’t give you his number. Someone else asks you out, and yet they get offended because you want to be friends. I can’t hang out with you, I have midterms. Better luck next semester.

You notice the desks were bigger last time. And last class your paper kept falling off. They keep getting smaller. You just decide to keep your computer on your lap. 

There is nowhere you can sit in the testing center where the sun will not be in your eyes at some point during your test. 

There’s one person that has been in more than 3 of your classes before. You don’t know their name but you’ve seen them and have made eye contact multiple times. You will see them again.