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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's okay because it's a made up "religion", like Scientology.[/quote]

Hahahahaha name one religion that isn’t “made up.”[/quote]

Read "Under the Banner of Heaven" and "Going Clear." L. Ron Hubbard just took a page out of the Jospeh Smith playbook. They are both transparently made up religions. [/quote]
this probably sounds offensive, but whatever. Granted I only know three Mormons (and their families) but all three of them are super smart and accomplished. one of them is my neighbor. his PhD is in nuclear physics or something like that from UC Berkeley. And his wife has a master's degree in French literature. Genuinely nice people, very well put together, super sweet and well behaved kids. It just...like... damn, for folks who believe that Joseph Smith made the correct translation for the Book of Mormon off of hieroglyphics on a golden plate in upstate New York... ya'll sure are educated and have your sh*t together.

I really don't get it. [/quote]

Former Mormon here. I see where you're coming from, but think of how many people believe in the literal virgin birth or any number of christian beliefs. In the US we are very entrenched in Judeo Christian monotheism so it's hard to see just how weird it is, but if you take a step back, it's weird. [/quote]

I'm Catholic, we believe some pretty bizarre things.  I once found myself trying to explain "adoration" to someone who had very little experience with religion.  "So, usually after the priest turns the piece of bread into Jesus's body, then we eat it.  Unless you have wheat allergies or celiac, then you shouldn't eat it, because even though it really truly actually is a piece of Jesus's body, it will still give you anaphylaxis. . . . Why?  . . . . Well that's a mystery.  Anyway, sometimes no one eats it and we put it in a box, and then you can sit and look at the box, and adore it. . . . "  I mean, I do it, but if you step back and try to explain it?  It's weird.

But I'd totally go see a musical making fun of us.  I can see why mormons like the Book of Mormon. [/quote]

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