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sb
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Date: November 03, 2014 11:03AM
So I had dinner with a catholic coworker last night that is from NYC but was visiting family in Gilbert. They decided to attend the temple open house, because their momo neighbor invited them to tour "one of the most beautiful buildings in the world."
This is her report:
"Mormons seems to have two modes when you ask them about their church: NEVER talk about it or sales mode."
"As my grandmother's living room kept going on and on, we asked where the chapel or basilica was, we expected a cathedral, with stained glass windows, it turns out this giant doubletree lobby with white carpet WAS the temple"
"My mom blurted out: this is like the nicest conference room ever"
"as went went up the stairs your eyes meet the most homoerotic picture of Jesus I have ever imagined, he has a man kneeling down in front of him and his eyes are closed and he is leaning back slightly, it was the most sacrilegious thing
I have ever seen"
"We looked at all the art and there was not one woman depicted, no wonder people feel mormon women are underrepresented, I mean not even a woman in the crowd? are they so clueless as so ignore 50% of their membership?"
"They could tell that we were not mormons, they greeted us very seriously and they treated the Xanax-blonde mormon women with huge smiles."
"They asked us if we had questions, I asked if/why women were not allowed to be in the artwork, I got the coldest stare I have ever seen and they ignored my question"
"They mentioned the temple clothes and that there was a video we could watch, I went home and watched it and laughed: how can they be so sacred and secret and NOW, SUDDENLY they are like -oh yeah lets make a youtube about it, it reeked of an inferiority complex"
"They can't seriously think that educated people will join them?! I had a lower opinion of them after, they now there with scientologists and Jehovah Witnesses "
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2014 01:44PM by sb.