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Marr

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6. We make jokes about alien abduction believers and sasquatch fans, don't we?

Reply to Zalatix (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 05:02 PM

Jun 2012

Mormonism is relatively young, and so doesn't benefit from the reverence that plain old age gives to a lot of other religions. I think it's pretty funny that so many religious people can so casually laugh at Mormonism and call it ridiculous, when it's no more silly than their own religion.

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Found this on fark. [View all] Swede Jun 2012 OP

Aside from Mormon-bashing, what other point is there to this "joke"? Zalatix Jun 2012 #1

You're unfamiliar with the "Morans!" cliche guy? Really? Electric Monk Jun 2012 #2

I know that one quite well. I also know Robbedme is a Mormon. Zalatix Jun 2012 #3

How is gender or race or ethnicity the same as religious belief? Duer 157099 Jun 2012 #4

All four are 'protected' status by Federal law. Zalatix Jun 2012 #5

We make jokes about alien abduction believers and sasquatch fans, don't we? Marr Jun 2012 #6

"We don't make jokes about Jewish people, do we?" progressoid Jun 2012 #10

We do? Where? Zalatix Jun 2012 #11

This took me about 5 minutes. progressoid Jun 2012 #12

If the mormons could keep out of other people's lives xfundy Jun 2012 #7

+1! uponit7771 Jun 2012 #8

Is it about these Mormons, too? Zalatix Jun 2012 #9