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Friday, September 30, 2005

Living in Jesus-Land. Wait, wait. Make that Joseph-Land.

I have a suspicion that an attorney that leases space at our office is Mormon. The default here is in my favor, since most everyone in this geographic area is Mormon. I seriously believe that 9 of 10 churches here are LDS.

Anyhow, I asked him the other day if he wanted some coffee. He looked horrified. "Oh no, I try to stay away from stuff like that." Oh Joseph-Smith! It's not crack. I wonder what response I would get if I did offer him crack...

This morning, as I am pouring a cup of joe, he walks into the kitchen and comments "Oh no, pounding back more coffee eh?" Then he made that weird 'tst-tst' noise. You know, the one that conveys the same message as the 'no-no-no' finger wave. If that makes any sense at all. He also has a picture in his office that appears to be his family. I don't know if there are more children in that picture or in Daughter's overcrowded fourth grade class.

This constitutes the entirety of information I am basing my suspicion on.

posted by Lex Fori at 10:46 AM

7 Comments:

  • One of my roommates is formally Mormon (we claim he still is). Last year was the first time he claims he drank more than ouzo and wine; it was his first time with the hard liquor and beer. Turns out, he's really good at shotgunning bears.

    By Blogger Arbusto, at 7:42 PM  

  • Maybe that's why he's had at least 5 people in your job in the last 2 years.
    Coffee is a basic human right, along with food, water, shelter, and always available high-speed Internet access.

    By Blogger -Ann, at 3:55 AM  

  • Y'all might be interested in the following web sites:

    http://www.MormonInfo.org
    http://JosephLied.com
    http://utlm.org
    http://mrm.org
    http://theopedia.com/Mormonism

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:54 AM  

  • Just watch the south park episode.

    By Blogger Arbusto, at 9:49 AM  

  • Hey Anonymous 7:54am... Thanks for the links. There was some information there of classic comedic value. But boy oh boy, those sites sure were christian-friendly.

    Here's my feelings on Mormons, Christians and religious people in general:

    "I have this whole theory about how religion is really just a manifestation of human vanity and our desire to be part of everything, always. That and the fact that religion acts as a free pass for society to tolerate the mistreatment of others, because the meek will get theirs in Heaven. Religion is impeding the evolution towards a just society, and convincing people that there is no need to be Alive now, because all the good living happens after death. I could go on and on, but there's not time to wax philosophic right now. I'll save that one for a dedicated post."

    From this post:
    http://exactapproximations.blogspot.com/2005/09/after-all-tomorrow-is-another-day.html

    By Blogger Lex Fori, at 11:01 AM  

  • By the way, Lex, have I mentioned you've become one of my favorite people?

    By Blogger Arbusto, at 7:41 PM  

  • Haha Lex...you are only in Mormon land. I find myself deep in the heart of the bible belt. Nothing I like better than to have a bunch of bible thumpers come to my door and I use their own bible to thump them upside the head! They just don't understand. I am trying to make that light go on, but, religion has caused them to "think" that it won't work until the filiment is dead...go figure! This is what they call "seeing the light"! haha That truly doesn't mean being "in" the light!

    CECU

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:04 AM  

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