Mormon

Brigham Young continued to lead the Mormon church.

How many wives does this Mormon have?

Dan was an active member of the Mormon Church.

"English has a lot of French words because of the Mormon Conquest." "You mean Norman Conquest." "Yeah, whatever."

Mormon missionaries work in pairs.

Sami grew up in a close-knit Mormon community.

Those who leave the Mormon church are considered apostates.

Religious people may like the article "The Tongue of Angels?: Glossolalia in the Mormon Church."

The Mormons believe in a Third Testament, The Book of Mormon, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith, in like Early Modern English of the King James Version of the Bible. The text, Mormons claim, contains writings of prophets who lived in the Americas about 1500 to 4000 years ago. The text was said to have been revealed on golden plates in an original language called "reformed Egyptian." Historical authenticity is challenged, but nevertheless, its dubious authorship is seen as divine inspiration. The Mormons believe in polygamy. They encourage the study of extensive genealogies, so that people know their place in family. Subliminally, Mormons believe in the limitations of human intelligence. Religion is from the creative side of the brain. This sect is otherwise called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their door-to-door promoters are often handsome men in suit attire.

I went later than usual, after noon, to the Lulu Island pizzeria on the greyish 23rd of March of 2022. At the cashier, in front of me, were handsome Mormon proselytizers, one thick and the other thin, ordering pizza. They had ties and eyeglasses on. Facing away, at the counter, the thinner one, still waiting for his order, sat to the left of the thicker one, already devouring his pizza. From his pizza, the thicker one handed the other a pineapple chunk, which he gulped. Metaphorically, they were like Lojban and Esperanto, or Animism and Buddhism, maybe. I ate two slices and drank a diet coke at my usual northwestern corner. A woman reminiscent of my mother came in to order. Maybe, my mother was like the pagan Earth Mother Goddess for some.