WHAT!?! No Christmas???

[Dagwood]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

They had a path were people walked down and saw the Christmas story. It is amazing that even they know what parts of their doctrine are completely goofy and need to be kept hidden from the general public. But besides that there is much to like about them. I can imagine what would happen if the UPC adopted the "standards" that the Mormons do -which is basically moderation in all things. For the most part they are extremely friendly, healthy (because they teach healthy living -there are VERY few overweight Mormons and most women who have 4-7 kids under their belts look like they were never pregnant once!), and usually well off financially (moderation in spending!).

As a former Mormon (from the age of 10-12), I can vouch for those remarks. Doctrines aside, I'd never met nicer people. Talk about family structure! They've got it. And, the financial structure is there also. Although my next door neighbors were looked down upon from other neighbors because of their questionable living conditions (i.e. not-so-clean house, very plain-clothed people), other friends of ours lived in and built a beautiful home backing up to a golf course and were very fashionably dressed. However, both families displayed the same spirit of humilty, kindness, and compassion alike. It didn't matter who had what finances; most of the Mormon folk were extremely nice and outgoing, and they'd do almost anything to help someone out with no strings attached...

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Dagwood

As a former Mormon (from the age of 10-12), I can vouch for those remarks. Doctrines aside, I'd never met nicer people. Talk about family structure! They've got it. And, the financial structure is there also. Although my next door neighbors were looked down upon from other neighbors because of their questionable living conditions (i.e. not-so-clean house, very plain-clothed people), other friends of ours lived in and built a beautiful home backing up to a golf course and were very fashionably dressed. However, both families displayed the same spirit of humilty, kindness, and compassion alike. It didn't matter who had what finances; most of the Mormon folk were extremely nice and outgoing, and they'd do almost anything to help someone out with no strings attached...

We're surrounded by them in our neighborhood and I it shows in many ways. For one thing even though we have a public school in the middle of our community it might as well be a nicer private one since there is so much parental involvement. They have an annual "bring your dad to lunch" day and the cars line the streets all around the school. I doubt there would be much of a showing at most other campuses.

Maybe you can vouch for this but there is so much they DON'T condemn, yet seem to have very few problems with -at least less then non-Mormons. Things such as alcohol consumption, they don't condemn it yet I don't hear of many drunks. Likewise dancing and proms are a-ok yet you never seem to see the wild Mormon kids cruising down the streets in their beaters throwing things out the windows and mooning other cars.