I think there must be two Americas

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. That ws interesting

I had not really thought about the divide from a historical viewpoint.

I would add re: Mormonism that religion doesn't seem to be the primary their focus. It's like the religion part of the religion is somewhere down at the bottom of their important views on stuff. The social structure is at the top. I can't remember any Mormons actually having religious discussions. It was all social. No arguments about the existence of God or anything like that.

A Mormon Sunday service isn't very religious. It's more like a town hall meeting that the Bishop presides over. There aren't any symbolic crosses or anything like that in the buildings. It's all very plain. Parents were reading books to their kids. Kids were running up and down the isles. A new family in the Waard put on demonstration of their musical abilities. A little girl got up and taled about spirits up in heaven that were waiting to be born into human bodies. Business was discussed.

People come to the service more to socialize. It seemed very odd to me because I was raised Methodist where there is actually a religious service on Sunday.

People were always nice to me but I was not included in anything. I was always an outsider.