I might have had some of it coming. It wasn't a heated debate at all. It was over lunch. The guy had a Master’s degree from the University of Chicago. But I did know a lot of the “questionable” things about Mormonism, which probably what ticked him off. I was agitating the logical part of his mind.
I was raised in Utah and have a mormon (polygamous) ancestry back to the 1830’s.
My wife is an X-mormon. She is a born again Christian. Praise the LORD!
My brother-in-law (Bishop now in the stake presidency) let his guard down once and told me if the government didn't have a law against polygamy he probably would be polygamous. He belongs to the “mainstream” branch of mormonism.
I have a friend that was raised a mormon and is still over in Utah. He is at best agnostic (I'm still working on him) Anyway, he has an analogy of people there. He said they all stand around in a circle holding hands repeating the church the church the church the church the church.
Back in the early eighties, I know of a Professor at the University of Utah in the business department said. “Utah is a closed and inward society and a place where everyone reinforces each others delusions.” (paraphrase). This was back in the early eighties things have changed a lot in Utah since. Salt Lake City is similar to Boulder, Colorado now. Which is another story.
AMEN!!!
The REST of you MORMONs reading these threads:
BEWARE!!
You could end up LOSING your Temple Recommend!
If you are even WORTHY enough to possess one!
Fantastic!!!