Religious Question

[Irving]

Oh, so just like being a bank employee.

[Not_A_Llama]

Oh, so just like being a bank employee.

How do you mean?

[Irving]

I don't. I was too much of a stretch anyway. I'm sick and need some rest.

[Not_A_Llama]

I was just expressing my experience with people in "fringe" groups. On the Mormon point, your friend may not want to discuss it, or may not be aware of the weird stuff. The holy underwear bit is a good litmus test. I have friends that are new LDS, lifetime LDS, and ex-LDS.

Ex-LDS will talk openly about it and get a laugh, lifetime LDS will make some remark about "certain garments" and change the topic, and a lot of newbies don't know or outright deny. Some lifers will say they don't know or can't talk about it.

There is some weird shit, like in any religion. I think there's a lot more of it in LDS, because it's so new. Older religions tend to lose the weird stuff, restrain it to the very upper levers, or manage to get so ingrained in society that it no longer seems weird.

On the last point, consider that people in this country actually believe that the son of an all-mighty god died for some sheepfuckers in one of the smelliest assholes of the world. I maintain that no rational person should believe it, but it's considered "mainstream".

Just observations. I don't answer the door. If someone really needs to see me, they'll send a letter, leave a note, or yell something about a warrant.