Thursday, September 15, 2005

Singles Ward 2


I have heard from several people that they enjoyed my piece on the Singles Ward. So I thought I would do what Hollywood does, and that is if something is successful you simply make a sequel, but I won't take it as far as reality TV shows or Land Before Time.
I was thinking about Singles Ward and the way they just totalize who you are and announce to the whole world that you have no one. Especially when you consider the purpose of the church as an organization is to have eternal progress, which requires you to be married. If you are not married you cannot progress. You cannot become what you were set out to do. That is pretty heavy, and they just brand that on you without shame. Along the same lines, why don't they have a drunken ward, or an adulterers ward, or how about the prideful ward (which attendence would probably be quite low, because most people would be too prideful to attend.) That way you can meet other people with the same problems and together maybe you could resolve your issues and join the perfect family ward. That is what people in the singles ward do!
It is actually quite comical. Every month during testimony meeting in a singles ward, some girl gets up and announces to everyone crying her eyes out that this is her last week in the singles ward because she is getting married. Every girl in the congregation is thinking, "I hate her and am completely jealous of her graduation," and every guy is thinking, "I hope my wife is not that emotional."
You don't believe me? Come to a singles ward on the first Sunday of the month. I would love to hear you agree with me, because I am a very prideful single adult. In fact, if they did have a prideful ward I wouldn't know which ward to attend, the singles ward or the prideful ward. I guess I can't get anymore single, but I could become more prideful. Yep, I am in the right place.

1 comment:

Scott and Natalie said...

You need to do some stand up comedy my man!