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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have known a group of Mormon lawyers for almost a decade and not one has ever gossiped, shirked work, boasted, been caught in a lie, or lost their temper to my knowledge.  I have been to their houses, met their wives, worked closely with them on miserable cases with long days, late nights, and awful colleagues.  I have seen them each under extreme pressure and in unfair situations.  Yet, they have been unfailingly kind, patient, calm, and good.

How is this possible?

There is literally no one else I have ever known who has kept up such exemplary behavior for even a week.  Not even other religious people I know (who profess to have the "joy of the Lord" and other such nonsense, but are worse than most athiests and agnostics who profess no such moral standards).

I don't have a religious bone in my body, but I would love to learn how to maintain such exemplary behavior.  I would also love to teach it to my kids.[/quote]

Mormons spend all of Sunday at church, fast all morning beforehand, tithe a bunch of their money to their church without fail, go on meaningful Missions as young adults, and a whole host of other things *in practice* to keep their faith.  They are amazing, in terms of practicing, as you said, OP.  I have known many Mormons, and lived with a couple in my younger days (as roommates), and it is not just an "act", or demonstrated when it is "convenient" to them.  I really admire them, myself.

OTOH, I know Catholics (this is not bashing, as my husband is Catholic) - who go to church for an hour each Sunday and treat their neighbors, quite literally, like crap - attacking them at every turn.  They infinitely *say* they are a "good person", and rarely show it, or show it only when it is convenient.  Such hogwash.  I avoid those people like the plague to society and mankind that they are.

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OP here. What you describe is my exact experience of Catholics and Evangelicals. I didn't want to name names in my first post, but most Christians other than Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses are thoroughly miserable people, in my experience. I have a family full of various sects of Christians and they are just awful.[/quote]

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