Mormons Are Weird - Tumblr Posts

I had a friend in middle school who was Mormon and at that time, I strongly identified with the Lutheran faith and attended an ELCA church. And even as a politically conservative, Christian 13 year old, I got into some intense religious debates with this girl. And she was prepared for every single one because the teenagers went to church every morning before school for Bible study and my Bible knowledge, as the daughter of someone with a ministry degree, absolutely paled in comparison to their level of indoctrination. So I present to you, a short list of weird things I learned about the Mormon faith as a teenager:

1. They think Heaven has levels. And everyone goes to Heaven regardless of religion, it's just a matter of which level. It's my understanding that the only way to go to Hell is to be an Ex-morman.

2. They don't drink caffeine or alcohol. My friend did drink Mountain Dew occasionally, so I think caffeine may have been more of a personal preference. The bizarre thing about this is that everyone knows how heavily featured wine is in the Bible. These people took communion with water rather than have a teaspoon of wine.

3. They have a holy book that I later learned was "translated" by Joseph Smith from an Egyptian scroll of hieroglyphics, which only he could understand. The only problem is that we eventually found the Rosetta Stone and lots of people learned to decipher hieroglyphics, and as it turns out, none of the information in that book matches what the scrolls actually say, something Mormons choose to conveniently ignore.

Per what I've seen on social media, my friend ended up going to the same college they all go to (you know which one) getting married young (shocker), and surprisingly, getting divorced young. I don't know if she still identifies as Morman, but I have learned that attacking people's core beliefs will just make them double down on them. It is my hope that she has had some time to critically examine her faith through a new lens.