Re:In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
by ArbitraryLimits on Friday December 16, 2011 @12:05PM
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As a former Mormon missionary, I can assure you he was not the first person to think of that particular comeback.
Re:In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
by JoeAltmaier on Friday December 16, 2011 @02:12PM
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Comeback? As an honest question, maybe it deserves an answer. I mean, sure tongue in cheek, but any cookie-cutter idea of heaven is bound to leave some cold. So if you dislike your family, then Mormonism isn't for you?
Re:In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
by ArbitraryLimits on Friday December 16, 2011 @04:12PM
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> So if you dislike your family, then Mormonism isn't for you?
Yeah, pretty much.
Edit: OK, that was unnecessarily flippant. I personally never heard that statement as an honest question, only as a ha-ha-only-serious comeback. It turns out that all the people I met who didn't like their families felt bad about it, and realized it wasn't the way things should be.
Re:In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011
by JoeAltmaier on Sunday December 18, 2011 @08:57AM
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WOw, that's a good answer. It even feels right. I'm not kidding, and thanks for your response on such a touchy issue.
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She gave us a good tour and we saw this tabernacle here and this here and so on and then at one point she said, "I just want to tell you a little about the church of the Latter Day Saints." And we all politely stood and then she said how in the afterlife all families will be reunited. "You’ll be with your families forever!"
So I put my hand up and said, "What happens if you’ve been good?"
http://bigthink.com/ideas/17866