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When my second daughter was Christened, our priest asked the Godfather if he was Catholic. The reply was "No, father, I'm a druid, and he's a buddhist," pointing at me. The priest looked at me and said "Son, you'll get better." When we finished the ritual, we all went to the back and drank a bottle of wine.

That's my favorite recollection to share with the Mormon missionaries. I also cherish asking them about the Word of Wisdom. Is it okay to drink iced coffee? If I'm not LDS, will I go to hell if I drink coffee? Is grandma in hell because though devout, she was English and drank tea pretty near every day of her life?

Pure Land Buddhists think that this is the best it gets (to the pure, all things are pure) and Catholics and Jews seem born to guilt, and Mormons get their own planet, and Sufi's live on their own planet, some of the Christians highlight their differences, some follow The Word to the letter, and all in all, the whole world seems permeated with folks who know in thier heart of hearts that they are right and everybody else is either nuts, or headed for an eternity in hell.

Well, I'm probably going to hell just for posting this. Flame on, a good dose of guilt just might force me to midnight mass in the blizzard :o)