It is worth distinguishing those religions that are more abusive to their benighted followers, not to mention others outside the faith.
WD wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 23, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
>>
>>> Why are Mormons so pro-Republican
>> Because their religion is completely crazy?
>
> But when you think about it, there's nothing inherently crazier about
> Mormonism over any other religion. I'm not sure what kind of criteria
> you could use to distinguish between crazy vs. non-crazy leaps of
> faith.
>
> Over the years, I've come to know a handful of Mormons pretty well.
> Even if Mormonism is crazy, Mormons themselves are in pretty good
> shape (politically not so much). My experience is that they're
> uniformly friendly. And many of them are well-educated;
> well-traveled; and well-spoken about their religion (it's the mission
> trips). What surprises me is how conservative they are in light of
> the discrimination they've had to endure historically.
>
> Last year, PBS ran a good documentary about the Mormons. It's a
> sympathetic portrait that helps you see the appeal of even their
> weirder theological stances. I thought it was worth the time, anyway.
> (The whole thing is available at http://www.pbs.org/mormons/view/ )
>
> -WD
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