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I think Stephen Fry put it best during a tour of Salt Lake City that was conducted by a Mormon evangelist: ---- She gave us a good tour and we saw this tabern
by RyanMcGreal 15y ago
I think Stephen Fry put it best during a tour of Salt Lake City that was conducted by a Mormon evangelist:
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She gave us a good tour and we saw this tabernacle here and this here and so on and then at one point she said, "I just want to tell you a little about the church of the Latter Day Saints." And we all politely stood and then she said how in the afterlife all families will be reunited. "You’ll be with your families forever!"
So I put my hand up and said, "What happens if you’ve been good?"
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- ArbitraryLimits 15y agoAs a former Mormon missionary, I can assure you he was not the first person to think of that particular comeback.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoComeback? As an honest question, maybe it deserves an answer. I mean, sure tongue in cheek, but any cookie-cutter idea of heaven is bound to leave some cold. So if you dislike your family, then Mormonism isn't for you?
- ArbitraryLimits 15y ago> So if you dislike your family, then Mormonism isn't for you? Yeah, pretty much. Edit: OK, that was unnecessarily flippant. I personally never heard that statement as an honest question, only as a ha-ha-only-serious comeback. It turns out that all the people I met who didn't like their families felt bad about it, and realized it wasn't the way things should be.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoWOw, that's a good answer. It even feels right. I'm not kidding, and thanks for your response on such a touchy issue.