Monday Morning Mormon Meeting

No Mitt Romney?

http://www.political-buzz.com/

I guess they won't be serving coffee.

Aye, this be a real Postum moment, o' real Postum import!

the LDS Church's 13 million members globally falls somewhere between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Seventh-Day Adventists

Or put another way: The number of Americans with "no religion" is almost 6X the number of Mormons.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-american-religion-ARIS_N.htm

Or course, we're not "real Americans," so I don't suppose it counts.

What did Hinckley do to deserve the medal?

It's great to see a nut-case cult grow to be a "major religion" in only a century or so. This meeting with Presidents stuff is great; gives the Scientologists real hope that in only 50 years or so they too will be hobnobbing with a head of state. If the Raelians didn't keep killing themselves off, they'd no doubt be working out their protocols for their eventual state dinner invitations.

"...far short of the Roman Catholic Church's 1.1 billion).""

Correct me if I'm wrong on this - you being the religion expert - but doesn't the Catholic Church count every single last person who was ever baptized Catholic while just about every other church (certainly the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) count only those who are active members of a congregation. Kind of skews that 1.1 billion (and 60 million American Catholics) number and any meaningful comparison, doesn't it?

Amy, is this meeting is just a polite “nice to meet you” get-together? Or is Obama slyly trying to win some support / fracture the social + fiscal conservative base just a teeny tiny bit? Given Republican fanaticism for their tenets (literally), is this group becoming a cult / future religion? I'm hesitant to call it an offshoot of Christianity since many don't really follow His words (give to the poor, turn the other cheek, etc.). Then there's Commandment for not coveting thy neighbor's…. (if only moderation would let us write all of the fun words, sigh) But seriously, Amy, do you think the R party is literally trying to become a sect?

"This meeting with Presidents stuff is great; gives the Scientologists real hope that in only 50 years or so they too will be hobnobbing with a head of state."

You're joking, right?

http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/cultgate.html

To be smarmy: Remember commenters, a few people know that LDS people don't use coffee, tea, alcohol. I mean the, we on the sooty coast know that. Save the comments for when you have something to say about LDS people or their church.
BTW, Adventists & other Christians don't use caffein or alcohol. It is an American tradition. If you just learned of that, good for you. But, it's old hat to many of us. Oh, yes LDS & Adventasts don't use tobacco either.
Dealing with these people can be & very often is very pleasant.
If you like coffee, booze & smokes-wait till you complete your conversations with LDS or other abstainers to have your Joe, smoke or booze.
I got to know, respect & love these people when I had the health to do some things about hunger & poverty. They have useful experience.

Amy, re: your nice earlier Gary Busey post, did you find a copy of the SNL Billy Carter skit?

[Yawn] So? Are there also plans to meet with the High Klagon of the Foursquare Assembly of Inbred Snake-handlers?