[lbo-talk] Re: wackos infighting

[wrobert at uci.edu]

There also is a fairly long history of presenting Mormons as an exotic and
threatening force (The most notable example I can think of is the first
Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet"... entertaining stuff)

                      robert wood


> In a world of wacky religions, the Utah Mormons really do stand out a
> bit--
> the special underwear; the secret rooms in the temples; the unvarnished
> racism in the Book of Mormon; the battle of good and evil between the
> spirit-babies in heaven; and, not least, the notion that good Mormon
> men get to be God of their own planets someday.
>
> Were I a conspiracy fan, I would think that Mormons invented Scientology,
> perhaps the only religion to involve hydrogen bombs in its creation myths,
> to make their own religion seem a bit saner.
>
> --tim francis-wright
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