“One thing that disturbs me about Mormonism is the tendency to think they are better than the rest of us.”
That bothers me, too, CC. It seems to be particularly widespread among Utah Mormons. Such people are not followers of Christ.
Get out to, well, just about anywhere else, and you’ll have an entirely different experience with Mormons.
You seem to think Utah would be lost to conservativism without Mormonism. That is my point. That you think Mormonism is what makes Utah conservative....and not that the principals of conservatism make Utah conservatism.
Your view is troubling - - and it was that view that I was addressing specifically.
That's a surprising admission.
Get out to, well, just about anywhere else, and you’ll have an entirely different experience with Mormons.
I haven't lived in a heavily mormon area for many years, and never in Utah. I think though, the attitude of being "better than us" comes from the constant reinforcement to mormons that they "have the only true church" and the "restored gospel." It would be strange to not feel superior IMO.