Oct
28
2009
Hot Mormon Muffins Causing Riveting Reactions!
Author: chadThe debut Hot Mormon Muffins calendar is officially out of the oven, and it’s irresistible sensation is causing quit the stir around the country. Of course when you do a project like this, as we learned with Men on a Mission, the very people that cause the stereotypes to begin with, that we have to work so hard to debunk, come out in full force with their boxing gloves on, wearing masks of course, to not reveal their true identity in an effort to protect their perfectly manufactured image.
I can understand their frustration. I used to be stuck in the same black and white world, but I continued to pretend to smile. So I completely understand the school of thought that there is no room for creative and individual expression within religion, and human sexuality and spirituality must be completely compartmentalized and separated from each other - as if to cut off ones arm to blend in with general consciousness.
What fascinates me is that this school of thought also creates a justification button in the brain of these people that makes it OK to go against their own Christian teachings to “defend” their religion by deliberately bashing the expressions and individuality of others with words of hate - as if we were attacking them to begin with.
This is why there is war in the world.
So here is a taste of the reactions from the outwardly perfect LDS community in the latest response to Hot Mormon Muffins and me, Chad, the creator:
(Keep in mind this is about a PG rated calendar with images that reflect photography from the 1940’s.)
Just a quick note Chad, You are pathetic. I feel sorry for you but not because you were
excommunicated and didn’t get your degree. I feel sorry for you because
you’ve been used by Satan. You poor guy! Poor, poor idiot!
LOSER, or may I go further to say GAY LOSER. Your father must be so proud. I
think Cleopatra was less vain. Looove the glamour shots. Adam Lambert called
he wants his hair back. LA HOO SEHER!!!
Yo Chad, get a life and quit being so hard-hearted against the Gospel, it
will do you no good. The way you portrayed the “LDS women” in that calendar
is not reality and you know it. My wife is a true, virtuous, lovely lady
and NOT at all like the immodest women in your so called art. If attention
is all you want in life, then I guess you shall have your reward.
You guys are freaking idiots. You obviously don’t know JACK about “mormons”.
Wow you guys are a joke. You call yourselves mormons? I’m 22 and i wouldn’t even dress like that. You look like trashy old moms. gross. If you don’t follow the mormon standards don’t taint that trashy calendar with the name just to get attention.
So you’re mad because your gay and the church excommunicated you for gay
relations? I bet that’s the real reason. I mean who would lose membership in
the church to publish a calendar of a bunch of ugly scrubs anyway?
You absolutley do not deserve your degree and how pathetic that you woudl
still want it.
What you say this calendar represents is a lie. Do not justify your wrong choices. You need to repent, stop listening to the counsel of the world, stop trying to counsel yourselves, and listen and follow the counsel of the Savior. I know He wouldn’t say that this is ‘no big deal.’ The creators of this calendar and this website are acting like wolves in sheep’s clothing.
I am offended. You guys are sick!
this is a horrible site!! you sell awful stuff that are about sacred things all for money. i wouldn’t want to explain this to my maker in the life to come. God bless but i hope this site fails.
As a convert to the LDS church, return missionary and mother, I give you my
very individual and open minded comment . . . “you need to figure out your
issues because they are much deeper than just an agenda to “open minds”.
The reason you lost your membership and degree were because your actions do
not support the Latter-Day Saint values.How dare you use that platform to
advance your own designs.
so sad. i feel so sorry for chad hardy. one day you will hopefully wake up
and realize what a grasp satan has on your twisted mind.
Gross. I feel embarrassed for your family…
Why dont you find something better to do with your time. Abviously you dont
have anything better to do, then to break something good, instead of
creating your own good. Your a disgrace and i am glad they x you. You
deserved it and the deploma should have been taken long before that. Why
did you choose to go to a mormon school when you’re gay. Go hang with gay
people and start a gay church. You can call it “I have AIDS”. No in all
seriousness I am not a mormon but i think it absolutely rediculus you are
trying to make soft porn popular by using the churchs name, to get
headlines. You’re a disgrace to the so called 6 generations of mormon who
came before you. My advice go build your own greatness dont break others.
It shows you have nothing going on for yourself and that your full of pride
and hate. Most gay people have all the hate but accuse everyone else of
having it. SO get over trying ot make healines and do something with your
life.
Oh wow. You’re so brave. How does you betraying your faith and the promises
you made to God and yourself make you a noble person. What you label as
intolerance on the part of the Church, is actually God’s unwilling to accept
sin. It has nothing to do with hate, but rather a refusal to defile that
which is holy.
Your calender is a joke. you’re a nutt job. The whole project is a
disgrace. Go find a project that is worth while to spend your time.
Why are you so dumb? You are a right dumb ass, you were not doing good things and you were asked to stop and then when you get a reaction you dont like it, just grown up!
Tags: Add new tag, Calendar, Hate mail, Hot Mormon Muffins, Mormons Exposed
October 28th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
I am not one who would advocate a boycott or censorship, but I seriously question the motives behind these calendars. Isn’t it enough to live outside of the mold, be righteous, and quietly receive your blessings in heaven?
October 29th, 2009 at 10:46 am
After reading these responses by some who claim to be righteous , I am appaled and saddend by this. It is by every right that everybody has thier own oppinion on this particular project but if you be a so called follower of Christ then you would never ever say “you guys are freaken idiots” or ” I am glad they X you” and “Go hang with gay
people and start a gay church. You can call it “I have AIDS”. What absolutly horrible things to say. Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior would never responded in this manner to anybody.
“Judge not lest ye be Judged…” is counsel to us from the Lord to be wise in choosing our associtations but to leave the final jugdement of all our souls to God and God alone. Hatred and intolerance are tools of the devil that are used even on the most righteous people. Be carefull and watch what you say.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
The calendars will be offensive to MOST members of the LDS/Mormon community. I do not believe that the participants used wisdom in their decision. I wonder how strongly they value their church membership, which could be in jeopardy.
I also wonder why Chad would choose to embarrass his parents and family, who I know personally. I wonder why Chad would choose to exploit the sexuality of missionaries and mothers and why they, themselves would stoop to be willing participants.
There is a song that the Primary children sing. The lyrics to a couple of the verses are as follows:
If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?
Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true?
Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously,
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?
If the Savior stood beside me, would my thoughts be clean and pure?
Would His presence give me strength and hope, and courage to endure?
Would His counsel guide my actions? Would I choose more worthily
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?
Since I am doing a lot of wondering tonight, I wonder if Chad and those who participated in making these calendars could have seen the Savior standing near, would they have chosen to continue their activity?
October 31st, 2009 at 7:17 am
A true story about the attitudes of a typical “christian” of ANY brand;
I own an appliance repair business.
I have some elderly POOR customers for whom I will do repairs and NEVER charge them.
I was putting my tools into my service vehicle one day and a three axehandled rearended nosy ‘church lady neighbor walks up to me and says,
“Oh, I know what you do for Mrs So & So. You are christian and will surely go to heaven.”
I said to her, “I don’t know about all that stuff. I’m an atheist and just do it because I like them and feel good about it.”
She gives me that absolutely vindictive judgemental look that THEY have in thier genes and says,
“Oh, that’s shameful. You’re going to go to hell.”
I had to get out of there before I laughed in her face.
It follows the type of reasoning that is evident in the whining posts here.
You can go to some mythical place called heqaven for what you do however, if you don’t allow your thinking to be done by THEM, you’ll go to the OTHER mythical place called hell.
They have a great comedy routine.
Too bad it has cost other so much.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 am
I normally never leave comments on random blogs but I just wanted to say I think it is terrible what other LDS members are saying to you. I’m an active member and don’t agree with what you may do but I think people are hypocrites for saying all those things to you. All the “gay” comments are completely unnecessary and I feel bad for all those who would even say those rude things. I wish you well =)
November 9th, 2009 at 7:45 am
all this hilarious hate mail sets up the next project: the 2010 Insane Hate Email Responses to Calendars Calendar
November 10th, 2009 at 11:14 am
I was born and raised in the church and after not being active for 8 years, my husband and I are about to be sealed to our daughter and we couldn’t be happier. I do not like what you are doing, but do believe that you have a right to do it. Who are we to judge. God will take care of that!!! Although if I were you I would be a little worried…just saying:)
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 am
These projects are a perfect mockery of the culture that the LDS church has created. I would have left years ago if my family had not promised to disown me in the day that I do so.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:31 am
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Interesting… the comments/emails you get… is that what being mormon is about? I’m glad I am not one. Instead, I’m Christian and would NEVER talk that way to someone. Is being judgemental part of being a mormon?? I wouldn’t mind being kicked out of a church like that… it’s not one I’d want to be part of anyways!
November 28th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Ahahahahaha………no seriously, I can’t stop laughing. As an EX-mormon, who sometimes wonders if she made the right choice to leave, you self-righteous morons-oh my apologies-mormons remind me that I did. Doesn’t feel very nice when the insult is directed towards you, does it? Not only do you cast bad light on yourselves, you also cast it on the few lds members who are living what they believe. Truth, patience, kindness and understanding. Those are the true members and I laugh aloud that you hateful few actually have the audacity to call yourselves by the same name.
The funniest part of all of this, is that in spewing your extremely juvenile rhetoric and name-calling, you are proving Chad’s reasoning behind this site. Continue your hateful blathering and in doing so, showing your smallness.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Keep up your “new” missionary work promoting the calendars. Its all good. Amazing to read the amount of “hate” in this world by these so called LDS members. We need to get you on the morning show circuit and really get things going and raise some great money for these great charities.
I will be sure to mention the web site and promote this wonderful calendar to all my family, friends and co-workers who believe in acceptance and love for all of God’s people in this world.
Bravo!
November 30th, 2009 at 2:45 am
I’m an active LDS church member and I just wanted to say I think this project is HIlarious! I don’t fully understand your excommunication in this situation and I agree that we need more bridges between differences. I am appalled - but sadly not totally surprised - by the hate mail you’ve received. Live and let live. Don’t like it, don’t look. And all that jazz.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 am
You were great! Daniele from Italy! Please keep going on. I totally agree with you.
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Esse poema por sí só traduz a importância do seu projeto sobre “Men on a Mission”.Traz a luz a questão do belo,e se os ex missionários podem trazer um pouco mais de beleza e harmonia através das fotos do calendário:Por que não?
GUARDAR
“Guardar uma coisa não é escondê-la ou trancá-la.
Em cofre não se guarda coisa alguma.
Em cofre perde-se a coisa à vista.
Guardar uma coisa é olhá-lha, isto é, iluminá-la ou ser por ela iluminado.
Por isso, melhor se guarda o voo de um pássaro
Do que um pássaro sem voos.
Por isso se escreve, por isso se diz, por isso se publica,por isso de declara e se declama um poema:
Para guardá-lo:
Para que ele,por sua vez, guarde o que guarda.
Guarde o que quer que guarde um poema:
Por isso o lance do poema:
Por guardar-se o que se quer guardar.”
(Antônio Cícero. In Ítalo Moriconi,Org. Os Cem Melhores Poemas Do Século. Rio de Janeiro:Objetiva,2001 P. 337.)
Cláudio Lopes - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
claudiolopes_07@hotmail.com
OBS: caso seja possível, envie o meu e. mail ao ex missionário Jordan.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:53 am
The restored gospel of Jesus Christ IS and always has been LOVE. The rest is water under the bridge! Well done Chad….. I’m a hot temple recommend holding mom of two, maybe I can be Mrs July….. Modesty is hot! Besides…everyone at the local Utah pool half nakid every summer is fine then so should a calendar! Maybe there is a different LDS gospel to understand? They dont address this in Sunday school…. hot is hot… we should be able to call a kettle black!
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
To Tom Egbert:
It’s interesting that you choose to cast a stone as if you are without sin - and to have the audacity to assume that Jesus is on your side, and not on ours. Since you know my parents so well, how have you come to the conclusion that they are embarrassed when they have told me many times how proud they are of me for being true to myself - and have remained by my side while the “righteous Mormons” like you cast judgment.
There is another Primary song that goes:
“Jesus said love everyone, treat them kindly too.
If your heart is filled with love, others will love you.”
December 24th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Many of this hateful comments are from members, that still have to learn in the gospel. They are not representing the church or its leaders. In my ward no one would have sent you a hate-mail like this, but also no one would buy such a calendar. Your provokation is good for nothing, thats it.
December 27th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
being a member i believe that the leaders of the church are called of the lord to lead and guide the church. they recieve revelation of what is appropriate behavior and what is not.
those who dont agree with their stance on gay marriage or the appropriatness of the calandars have the right to disagree with the leaders. i n fact they dont have to agree on the commandments as written in the scriptures or anything the brethern say or have said.
but if they feel strongly or disagree strongly about these issues or any other issue, they should remember, this church is not a social club where you vote on what is right or wrong nor do we vote for the leaders. they must ask themselves if the church is true. if the current leadership of the church are called of god as were the ancient prophets and apostles of old were, or are they just a bunch of senile out of touch old men. if they are the latter, then those who disagree should perhaps form their own church that would be more to their liking.
December 27th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Gary - I agree the church is not a social club, but many members and leaders treat it as such. God does not discriminate. Church leaders have, and they continue to do so. The reason why people disagree with the “lords anointed” is because they are acting and behaving like men, and not servants of the true message of God, which is love.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Although I personally think the idea of it is pretty funny, I can understand how this would be thought of as Extremely offensive by the Church. It just seems like a line that was crossed that shouldn’t have been. Being an active member, a calendar featuring good looking, half dressed men….or good looking women with low cut tops, would be much less offense than Good looking, half dresses “Mormon Missionaries” and Low cut Mormon “Muffins” (obviously refering to breasts). Missionaries are held up to a higher standard. They are our loving, rightous, gospel spreading, Godly army. The calendar really cheapens the image of a missionary into something else. And Hot Mormon Muffins??? Ditto.
I have also seen hypocrites in the church that are quick to accuse, name call, and be unjust. My experience hasn’t been that it is the norm though. In fact for the most part LDS members are good, honest, rightous people…..Of course I have never lived in the LDS mother land of Utah. Maybe it is different there. I think being a member of a Godly church with ungodly people is part of the plan. Sometimes when we are treated unjustly we just have to accept it, still try to love them and move on. That is something we can definitely learn from Christ.
In the end…Take care Chad. I wish you the best.
Aaron
January 5th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Too many people choose to follow the letter of the law and not the meaning of the law. Sexy doesn’t equal Bad. God created us in His image and we are all beautiful! If we can glory in our individual beauty and not become obsessed with it, that’s a good thing, right? Chad, I applaud you and your actions. I agree with our ex-fellow Mormons in only one respect: God will judge. I believe he will always side with acts of beauty and love over ugliness and hate. Best wishes ~ Kim