[quote=scaredyclassic]All of the Mormons I’ve worked with universally are super nice people, good humored, sharp critical thinkers. I just can’t get how they can read that book and not say “hmmmmmm. No”.[/quote]

Brainwashed at an early age, combined with something wired into us that, if tickled, results in us believing some wacky tale. Same as any religion though, they’re ALL the same – fill in the unknown with some crap and people’s brains just turn to mush and all reason goes out the window.

I always find it funny when religious people bash on Mormons, Catholics, Muslims, Scientologists, etc. for how crazy their story is while they themselves choose to believe some bizarre tale spun by a science fiction writer, a con man from Chicago, or some asshole a few thousand years ago claiming he is the son of God himself.

You could have a religion where a clown on a unicycle the size of the universe rode around in the Heavens and when he tooted his horn the unicycle turned into the universe and we were all created. You’d have true believers with genius level IQs explaining why you can’t disprove his Clown God religion. Meanwhile, someone else would be saying that, no, it’s a bear that eats honey and farts souls that’s what really created everything, you’re crazy to think that it’s a clown!

It’s bizarre to me to live in this world where intelligent people are talking about these stories like they are true. It’s almost like people talking about which television show they like better, but the crazy thing is they actually believe the show is real. And then not believing in one of these crazy stories is considered weird and in some areas/times, grounds for ostracization, discrimination, or even death. It’s bizarre…truly bizarre.