Oh well, as Zappa said of Marie Osmond (or rather sang), “Bite, bite it Marie!”.

“She was a little bit country, he was a little bit way into black guys.”

Agreed.

If you rewrite her statement to read like this:

“Many Mormons, apart from those in religious or secular leadership positions or asipiring to them, are hardworking, family-loving citizens whose civic impulses have tended toward the constructive.”

Then it more closely matches my experience with Mormons, depending on how you define “constructive” and note that the impulses are so, not necessarily the actions.

A friend of mine puts it like this – “Mormons are some of the nicest, best-natured, most generous people you could hope to meet, but they’re stupid as sticks.” I sort of agree, but for “stupid as sticks” I read “authoritarians”.

Well, yes, but I must admit that was a different dream.

Oh my goodness. I’m guessing this woman knows about zero to nothing in regards to the history of Mormons. How about their ‘civic impulses’ to slit the throats from ear to ear of anyone they perceived as an enemy in the early days? Maybe Pegs should look into the history of Mormonism’s institutional racism or read up about practices like blood atonement. Hell, I’ll settle for her reading the Wikipedia entry on the Mountain Meadows massacre if that will set her even a little straight.

Here’s a concept, Pegs: if you don’t know something about any given subject, you don’t write about it like you do.

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: “Stop! Don’t do it!”

“Why shouldn’t I?” he asked.

“Well, there’s so much to live for!”

“Like what?”

“Are you religious?”

He said, “Yes.”

I said, “Me too. Are you Christian or Buddhist?”

“Christian.”

“Me too. Are you Catholic or Protestant?”

“Protestant.”

“Me too. Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”

“Baptist.”

“Wow! Me too. Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”

“Baptist Church of God.”

“No kidding? Me too. Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?”

“Reformed Baptist Church of God.”

“Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?”

He said: “Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915.”

I said: “Die, heretic scum,” and pushed him off.

It sounds like the same kind of wool-headed thinking that leads people to claim that Christian rock is really Satanic because the beat is inherently evil.

The rhythm really is going to get you!

Aha. Thanks.

No, I’m accounting for the percentage that would say the candidate was from the wrong evangelical church.

Wow, there’s the power of faith, regardless of what the faith is in, I suppose. It sounds like the same kind of wool-headed thinking that leads people to claim that Christian rock is really Satanic because the beat is inherently evil.

But why only 99.9% of fundagelicals voting for an evangelist Christian? Does the other 0.1% account for some tiny minority who actually consider policy?

At first glance I thought your putting Satanists ahead of atheists was odd, but after a bit of thought I agree. I imagine the “thinking” would go something like “…at least they believe in something.”

Well done.

…where do Quakers fit in there, being a peace church and all? I’d put them just behind Buddhists, I think.

1. Evangelical Christian (99.9%)
2. Mainline Protestant (65%)
3. Roman Catholic (40%)
4. Jewish (15%)
5. Buddhist (2%)
6. Zoroastrian (1.5%)
7. Mormon (1%)
8. Hindu (0.5%)
9. Satanist (0.01%)
10. Atheist (0.0%)

You Republicans made this mess. Excuse me while I laugh at your attempts to rein in your bigots.

Hey, man – Jesus is Magic.

PS – some pretty funny Jesus PhotoShopping over at LG&M.