Quote Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
I don't understand why people have such a disdain for Mormons. I really feel like most people know next to nothing about Mormons and they get a totally unjustified bad rap. I have a Mormon friend who's family moved her to Utah to be even more Mormon, and every time I've asked her about something, she always said something along the lines of "I don't know where you heard that, but I wasn't ever taught that, and never knew anyone who believed anything like that." She also loves the Mormon episode of South Park.

Mormons are just Christians who have more modern books. Joseph Smith was just a more recent profit. I always cringe when people bash the story of Joseph Smith reading testament off of plates, yet know that the same person has no problem believing in What's His Name interpreting specific things from a dewy piece of fleece. What's the deal with that? The Mormon's effort to bring Christianity out of an ancient grave by the addition of more recent stories and profits seems like a great idea and the most logical progression of any religion. I'd think it would be much more popular than people make it out to be.
I agree with you, before I moved to Colorado I had never knew any Mormans, I believed it was a large cult and they had many wives and all the typical stuff.
At my job I there were 3 young Morman guys and 2 of them I became good friends with.
They welcomed my in and extened a hand far past what anyone else in the community did. 1 of them was a newlywed and they had me over for Christmas and even had a gift for me. Everything I knew about Mormans was false.
They are good people from my 10 years of experience with them.

Now dont confuse most Mormans, those that follow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints out of Salt Lake, UT with fundamentalist Mormonism like those in Eldorado,Texas or Colorado City, AZ who pratice child marrage and polygamy.

Edit: I am not a Morman and they knew that and never tried to convert me, they have some diffrent ideas but much of what I see is the same as other Christans.