And don't call me Mormon

[daytonadan1983]

As I always tell people, one wife is more than enough. The thought of more than one is terrifying.

It wasn't that bad growing up. Come home from school and go "Hi Dad! Hi Mom! Hi Mom! Hi Mom! Hi Mom! Who are You? Mom? Really, Dad?" ............

 

[Mwilliams685]

Mormon has enough of a negative connotation attached to it, I guess.

I am not Mormon. In my experience, people who aren't Mormon have a hard time figuring out the distinctions between it and, say, Catholicism.

One has issues keeping priests off of boys. The other has issues with polygamist cults. I imagine this is what they're trying to run from. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[daytonadan1983]

We're the ones rooting for BYU and thought the Jazz had a chance against Jordan and the Bulls.

 

[SportsHack1818]

One has issues keeping priests off of boys. The other has issues with polygamist cults. I imagine this is what they're trying to run from. Unless I'm missing something.

The LDS Church (yes, I am still going to refer to it that way) does not have issues with polygamist cults itself. It has issues with polygamists IF they still try to pass themselves off as Mormons, because they are two completely different things. Yes, the polygamists are rooted in the LDS Church. But it's not like they are a "branch" on the LDS tree, like, say, Jesuits are to Catholics. I hope that makes sense.

 

[vicd]

vicd, did you ever see the Mormon episode of South Park?

And I was going to share the awesome story of how I got out of teaching Sunday School while I lived in Utah, but since vicd kind of disrespected my beliefs, I'll defer.

daytonadan1983, I apologize.
Have you ever seen Tabloid by Errol Morris? I'd be curious if you ever heard the tale of Joyce McKinney and the kidnapped Mormon missionary?
I would love to hear your tales of Sunday School if you'd feel like telling them.

 

[daytonadan1983]

Yeah, I heard that one....

Anyhow, as you know...Basically, Mormon was the last prophet in the Book of Mormon. He was also the military leader. IMO, he sucked at both, because the people were unrighteous and were obliterated in the final battle.

But Mormon finished his abridgment of the history, and it became the Book of Mormon.

My point: You can suck as a spiritual and military leader, but if you're a really good copy editor, you can still get a religion named after you...

The brethren appreciated that as much as me hanging a Florida Gators flag from my town home while they flew BYU and Utah flags.

And that's why I worked for the Salt Lake Tribune instead of the Deseret News and ran church basketball instead of teaching Sunday School. Worked out for all of us.

 

[Alma]

I think that most people realize that members of the LDS do not consider Pope Francis their spiritual leader.

That'd be true of Lutherans too though.