[lbo-talk] religion in the US

[John Thornton]

Tim Francis-Wright wrote:
> B. wrote:
>
>   
>> According to that Pew Survey Doug posted, Mormons are
>> actually a little nuttier:
>>
>>
>> "Only among Mormons (57%) and Jehovah?s Witnesses
>> (80%) do majorities say that their own religion is the
>> one true faith leading to eternal life. 
>>
>>     
>
> It gets better.   54% of Mormons surveyed responded that
> "there is only one true way to interpret the teachings of
> my religion."
>
> This must mean that the Utah Mormons and the Missouri Mormons
> (Community of Christ, fka Reorganized LDS) must *really*
> hate each other.  Or that there is less debate about getting
> to be god of your own planet than I thought.
>
> (For comparison, 77% of Catholics, 82% of mainline
> Protestants, and 90% of Jews responded that "there is
> more than one true way to interpret the teachings of my
> religion.")
>
> --tim francis-wright

Utah mormons and Missouri mormons really do seem to hate each other.
Every mormon I've met became extremely agitated if you confuse one 
'sect' with the other.
Much more upset than a baptist if you ask them if they attend an 
Assemblies of God church or something like that.

John Thornton