I'm not sure- I forget to look for the Mormon head tattoo when talking to my friends.
Really?
Is this an inappropriate question? I am asking about something that was discussed on NPR this morning. You are the first poster who has seemed bothered by it.
Typically, if you know someone pretty well, you will know something about their religious beliefs or lack thereof.
I didn't know that a lot of my friends in high school were Mormon until I started getting wedding invitations, hearing about college picks, or hearing about mission trips. So a lot of that was after graduation. Most of my high school was evangelical, so being Mormon wasn't really something that would make a person stand out.
Sure. There was a Morman church in my rural KS hometown across the street. Several of my friends growing up we're Mormans and one of my MBA classmates is.
I can see the DC temple from my building, does that count?
I knew a handful in HS. But I also grew up in a smallish southern town where everyone knew what church you went to.
Now? There is one guy I work with who I am pretty certain is, but only bc he sends out emails about the temple's light display at Christmas. I can't say I really know the religion of many coworkers though. Like I found out my boss was Jewish after 6 years working for him, and only bc he mentioned his daughters bat mitzva. And another one when he couldn't eat the mussels at happy hour. And my catholic coworker only bc she comes to work on ash Wednesday. Religion just doesn't come up.
We know a ton of Mormons. My supervisor is a Mormon, though he's a liberal and only has 2 kids, which makes him unusual.
We go hiking in southern Utah pretty frequently, and I've read a lot about the histor of the Mormon church and regional history of Utah.
Suuuuper nice people. Almost compulsively, overly, sickeningly nice. Maybe I'm too snarky for ther tastes, but I sometimes wonder if everything is a facade of fakeness from most of the Mormons I've met. The LDS church's stance on women (best at home, barefoot and pregnant) as well as the cultural acceptance of this fact and the social pressure to women that their place is in the home makes me batty. Utah has the highest Prescription rate of anti-depressants of any state.
PBS Frontline did a FANTASTIC piece on the Mormon church a few years ago. I highly recommend it: www.pbs.org/mormons/
I could go on and on.
Politically, I don't care what religion (if any) the US President is. His job is the affairs of state, which is separated from church in the US.
I heard that too and was surprised. I don't have any Mormon friends at this very moment, but I knew a few in grad school (in CO) and when I lived in MD.
The director of the law library I work for is Mormon, and the branch manager at the last library I worked for is Mormon. So, maybe it's just a library thing!
I didn't until I moved lived out West. There were none as far as I know in my small rural town in IL. My boss when I lived/worked in WY for a summer at 16 was the first one I knew. IN general I didn't meet many until I lived in Vegas which has many Mormons. Now i know several & my SIL is an ex-Mormon but I don't know any practicing Mormons in Denver. My circle here is pretty heavily Catholic.
Post by UMaineTeach on Aug 29, 2012 15:52:54 GMT -5
the small "gas stations and churches" town I grew up in had a Mormon church. I went to school with a girl I didn't know was Mormon until her wedding pictures hit FB. But before Mitt in the last few years I didn't know much about Mormons - I just figured they were like any other protestant Christians.