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Bob...not registered
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Date: January 24, 2012 11:45AM
Nice and smart guy. Lawyer.
When he comes over, always the last week of the month, he brings super yummy chocolate chip cookies that his wife makes. We have a kind of funny dance that happens. He is very careful not to ask me any questions, as I think he knows my cross examination would be detrimental.
Last vist was in Dec. He talked about the extra scrutiny the church is under because of the evangelicals against Mitt Romney. He said he didn't know why people hate the church so much...so I explained it to him. It is the tradition of the mormon church to proselytize members of other churches, depriving those churches of members and revenue. Evangelical churches recognize each others baptisms, but they do not recognize mormon baptism. Evangelicals believe in the Nicene Creed, which mormons eschew.
When I finished, the kids (teenagers) looked back at him, inquisitively, and he said, "Yes, most people don't know about that subtle difference in the Nicene Creed...but anyway, if you read the Book of Mormon and pray you can know the church is true."
So, I went into the kitchen and poured myself a glass of wine, right in front of the HT (my kitchen is open to the living room), and then I started making dinner...complete lack of courtesy to the HT (of course, he was disturbing my Sunday, so he showed me no courtesy either).
At the end of the visit, he always asks me what he can do for our family. I always give the same response, "I need $1 million."
After he's gone, my 16 yo autistic daughter says things like, "I don't want some old man watching me from the sky when I'm in the bathtub." My 16 yo son says things like, "religion is bizarre." My 14 yo son rolls his eyes and gets back on facebook and my wife says, "I wish you wouldn't pick on him so much. He's just doing what he thinks is right." To which I reply, "Just like Al Qaeda."
Then we eat, and talk about what everyone is doing with their time and what's up with school, work, home, romance, etc.
I suggest that your home is your castle, and when you are done with him, leave the room or turn on the tv or grab a beer...if you are REALLY done, ask him to leave. If you just don't want to spend the time, then get back to your day.