A New Land
I need to go to bed, but I'm really not that tired. But tomorrow will be a long day, so I should go to bed. And while I talk myself into that nice thought, I'll write this.
I have moved from the land of Jehovah's Witnesses to the land of the Mormons. Granted I'm not in Utah, but Arizona has a pretty large population of Mormons. There's an LDS church on almost every corner, like Starbucks. Similar to the south where there is a Baptist church on every corner. Get what I'm saying? I work with at least one Mormon in my group, and he's pretty low-key. He doesn't talk about it to me, which is good. And through the advent of Leigh, Cassie, Josh, and I, he's becoming more social. Good for us. I also met a Mormon guy ny first day at NEO (New Employee Orientation). He's very nice, and we go out for lunch about once a week. And I got a Book of Mormon out of him. Odd.
Now I think I would be content to work and see these people for the summer, and most likely learn a little about Mormonism, since I am somewhat ignorant of it. (But ask me anything about JW's and I can probably give you an answer). But my friend Leigh (yes, there are two of us here, a little strange) is on a quest to "educate" (it used to be "corrupt") the Mormons. Apparently a very good friend of hers converted a year or two ago, and she got married last year and is now pregnant. Leigh told me that this friend has only known her husband about a year. Total. Their engagement was around a month. Creepy. So Leigh has been upset, worried, pissed off, and working on her vendetta since then. I ended up giving her my Book o' Mormon since that was the one piece of literature she lacked, and I got myself a new one so I could do some research. She's kind of reeled me into this little vendetta, though I believe she's a little more serious and persistent about it than I am. I'm more interested in learning about it, perhaps some intelligent debate (maybe debates that don't last two-three hours), and maybe some enlightenment or "education." I wouldn't turn that down. Anyway, the two of us plus my NEO Mormon friend are going to lunch tomorrow, so that should be interesting. Though she did say she was going to leave Jeff (my friend) to me if I wanted to "educate" him.
But I am doing research on Mormonism so I can understand the way they think (if that is possible). So if anyone can give me a push in the right direction, I would be grateful. I know about www.thewatchman.org which is a good site, but I don't know any others.
I talked to my JW friend today. It's been a long time since we've spoken or IMed. She seems to be doing well and is taking a semester off school to travel a bit, and she said she was going to start therapy. I'm very very happy to hear the latter. That must have been very hard for her to admit and to actually go through with it. Gosh, that was over a year ago when we were talking about all that... how time flies.
And now it's late and I am tired. Enjoy your Friday! Cheers!
I have moved from the land of Jehovah's Witnesses to the land of the Mormons. Granted I'm not in Utah, but Arizona has a pretty large population of Mormons. There's an LDS church on almost every corner, like Starbucks. Similar to the south where there is a Baptist church on every corner. Get what I'm saying? I work with at least one Mormon in my group, and he's pretty low-key. He doesn't talk about it to me, which is good. And through the advent of Leigh, Cassie, Josh, and I, he's becoming more social. Good for us. I also met a Mormon guy ny first day at NEO (New Employee Orientation). He's very nice, and we go out for lunch about once a week. And I got a Book of Mormon out of him. Odd.
Now I think I would be content to work and see these people for the summer, and most likely learn a little about Mormonism, since I am somewhat ignorant of it. (But ask me anything about JW's and I can probably give you an answer). But my friend Leigh (yes, there are two of us here, a little strange) is on a quest to "educate" (it used to be "corrupt") the Mormons. Apparently a very good friend of hers converted a year or two ago, and she got married last year and is now pregnant. Leigh told me that this friend has only known her husband about a year. Total. Their engagement was around a month. Creepy. So Leigh has been upset, worried, pissed off, and working on her vendetta since then. I ended up giving her my Book o' Mormon since that was the one piece of literature she lacked, and I got myself a new one so I could do some research. She's kind of reeled me into this little vendetta, though I believe she's a little more serious and persistent about it than I am. I'm more interested in learning about it, perhaps some intelligent debate (maybe debates that don't last two-three hours), and maybe some enlightenment or "education." I wouldn't turn that down. Anyway, the two of us plus my NEO Mormon friend are going to lunch tomorrow, so that should be interesting. Though she did say she was going to leave Jeff (my friend) to me if I wanted to "educate" him.
But I am doing research on Mormonism so I can understand the way they think (if that is possible). So if anyone can give me a push in the right direction, I would be grateful. I know about www.thewatchman.org which is a good site, but I don't know any others.
I talked to my JW friend today. It's been a long time since we've spoken or IMed. She seems to be doing well and is taking a semester off school to travel a bit, and she said she was going to start therapy. I'm very very happy to hear the latter. That must have been very hard for her to admit and to actually go through with it. Gosh, that was over a year ago when we were talking about all that... how time flies.
And now it's late and I am tired. Enjoy your Friday! Cheers!