2007-07-27 10:37:50 · 32 answers · asked by Nijg 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I live in Utah, and most are fine. But if you guys think christian morality being turned into law is a problem where YOU live...LOL MAN, you should try it here!
2007-07-27 10:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I think they're just as rigid and self-righteous as every other branch of the Christian Church.
I do know that Utah has a greater percentage of people on anti-depressants than any other state. That's is correlation, and does not mean Mormonism is the cause, but it suggests some connections between the two, which of course, would need further study.
I worked with one particular Mormon who was interning in a home-based counseling program. He couldn't stand it for more than a few weeks, because he had a great deal of trouble talking to unmarried parents without casting judgment on them. I thought that kind of attitude served as a great wall separating him from others. He may have had it whether or not he was Mormon, but his statements were that he could not sit with these people who were so different from the way he was raised. Funny that they had no trouble sitting with him.
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2007-07-27 10:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt, Mormonism is the silliest sect that I have ever encountered. The Book of Mormon is such patent nonsense that you have to be really slow to believe so much as a word of it, and it is apparent that a lot of the LDS practices have been invented out of whole cloth, since the BoM advocates none of them.
2007-07-27 10:46:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have nothing against Mormons, but I can't stand the religion. It is one of the most ludicrous ideas I have ever heard. The people are nice though.
I just moved to Utah. haha Matt J. you are totally right.
2007-07-27 10:43:37 · answer #4 · answered by alana 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not much... Mormons are like like the people who claim that the Earth is not only flat, but it's also on the back of a giant turtle.
2007-07-27 10:43:22 · answer #5 · answered by Belzetot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the Mormon. For the most part, I think the same thing that I think about most beliefs in deities.
2007-07-27 10:41:07 · answer #6 · answered by Jess H 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No nuttier than many christians or other believers. I mean the whole religious origin story with the tablets and the seeing stone and the salamander sounds silly but no more so than the tablets and the burning bush and the stick/snake.
2007-07-27 10:40:57 · answer #7 · answered by Dave P 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most of the Mormon's that I have met are polite and friendly.
2007-07-27 10:58:17 · answer #8 · answered by The Happy Atheist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oddly, while I find their beliefs to be absolutely hysterical, I also find them to be perhaps the best representatives of faith as well. They seem to be very family oriented and tight as a community. I can admire that.
They often come to my home and try to convert me, and I love inviting them in and grilling them. And, they have always been very kind and non-judgemental - even though Im destined for Hell if I keep up my atheism...
2007-07-27 10:42:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Read my profile, I WAS Mormon.
Perhaps the lack of DNA or architectural proof of the Book of Mormon in South America would be my reason to laugh about them, but the copying of Mason temple rituals is funny too.
2007-07-27 10:45:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋