Plus the bar and casino would be repurposed into scrapbooking stations. I did read that some passengers organized a Bible study group which was very comforting during the ordeal.

Wow, got a bit of a superiority complex, do we? I’m honestly having a hard time determining if this was parody or not.

If mormons were in charge of the cruise ship, any white middle class male would have been well taken care of and happy.

My 4th year of girls camp, church policy had changed and we were supposed to use a church-owned camp, if at all possible, instead of a boy scout camp. So 3 stakes traveled 4 hours north to go to a “more appropriate for girls” camp with cabins and toilets and such.
On the second day, they announced the water supply had cut out. No toilets, showers, or easily-obtained drinking water for 350 girls. Yes, we knew how to boil/treat our water and make peach cobbler with a dutch oven, but that doesn’t change the fact that conditions quickly got gross.
On the third day, they announced that the water pipes were fixed (yay) but the girls staying in the cabins with the shag carpet had lice. By the end of the next day, over 100 girls had lice. We went home from girls camp early and defeated.

Some things just happen, and some things can’t fixed by priesthood power.
Assuming that a group of mormons would be any more capable than those on that cruise ship (of, for that matter, be better educated- cruises aren’t exactly for the lower class) is just… ugh. It’s just gross.

I think LIZ has a point.

Oh, settle down. You’re over-reacting. Nobody’s better than anybody. But Mormons are all about being prepared and we’re damn well organized (which, frankly, kind of bugs me). It’s conceivable that a cruise ship filled with Mormons would be pretty proactive in a case like this.

I didn’t take what she said as bragging at all, mcq (and Anon). It was an idle speculation, based on how our religion works (which, frankly, bugs the hell out of me, “works”). Geez, everybody is so sensitive.

It’s true, though, that we are as human as the next person and could go “Lord of the Flies” pretty quickly.

You know, I’m an idiot. I took my daughter on a Carnival Cruise and I will never go on Carnival again. Oh, and it was spring break, too. AND I opted for an inner room with no windows. AND my daughter was coming off drugs. AND we went to Ensenada. That’s four days of my life I’ll never get back.

I’m with the people who are about suing the hell out of Carnival.

As to LIZ’s initial premise, it has to be true that a ship filled with observant Mormons in a crisis might weather the storm a bit better than a ship filled with spring-breakers. Then again, perhaps the same could be said for observant other faiths, too. Christians working together, instead of against each other.

Why do you think Carnival didn’t have boats come in to truck people off the ship? It seems more could have been done.

Anyway, get off your high horses, guys. And mcq, if we ever truly do have a civil war or all that apocalyptic stuff on TV, you better believe a lot of people will wish they lived in Utah.

If you notice, no one’s disagreeing that we Mormons frequently show those mad skillz. I’m just saying it makes us look bad to say it about ourselves.

EMHMD: Did you just make a reference to a gay stereotype? ;)

I thought it was funny. I have a non LDS friend who has said they would rather be around the LDS in a crisis over anyone else.
This was a lighthearted article and no one was saying anything about being superior over anyone else.