Welcome to a new Bloggernacle Times Feature entitled, “The Ridiculous and The Sublime.”  This semi-weekly feature scours the ‘nacle looking for posts and comments that embody all the things I love about Mormon blogs or, at least, the nominalized adjectives that form the title of this post.

Let’s begin with the good stuff, “The Ridiculous”

As it is the day of St. Valentine, we are gathered here to discuss the true meaning of love.  What is its substance?  Ethereal, yet binding; whimsical, yet enduring; love is a many splendored thing.  But that doesn’t ruin our opportunity to cheapen it on the internet.

It appears that the language of our love revolves around either hard-core nookie or mission lust.  Really, it is only a matter of time before someone starts marketing a related dvd on late-night TV.

For the record, I can only comment on the FMH thread from afar as this commentator’s virgin-ears have avoided the spectacle.  However, I can say that the two children that have issued forth from the loins of Mr. and Mrs. John C. were conceived when they kissed at the threshold of the temple.  At least as far as you know (or ever will).

Turning our attention to “The Sublime”

Rebecca, at FMH, offers a heartfelt, powerful testimony, regarding her own reaction to Joseph Smith’s version of the FMH sex thread.

Julie, at T&S, also clearly fed up with all the sex, tries to combat euphemismania in the Bible.

Kaimi, also at T&S, is apparently the only bloggernacle male who didn’t first become aware of his future mate in the mission field.

Finally, Caroline’s letter to Bonnie Parkin has led to a discussion of the “softer sex” that may belong on the ridiculous side of the scale.

So, we have learned that we are all primarily concerned with sex and Battlestar Galactica.  Just like the rest of the internet.  We truly are a “peculiar people”.