LDS (Mormons) in the news - again

Oy!

Why does this keep happening? I see something like this about twice a year and I cringe every time.

"The fundamentalist FLDS sect has been sundered by a major state raid that by Saturday had brought out 183 boys, girls and women for questioning about their well-being." Read more: http://www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_8823648

The group is not considered authentically Mormon by the much larger Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, based in Salt Lake City. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abandoned polygamy in 1890 and has never held some of the beliefs of the breakaway Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which teaches that women are property.

This is an outlawed sect (the FLDS), not the real deal.

Let's lighten up now with Jeff Foxworthy on Mormons. He's pretty apt although I don't recognize a few of them. :)

> > > > >>This is to all of you that may be a Mormon, that may
> > > > >>know a Mormon, that may live in Utah, that may have
> > > > >>lived in Utah or have heard about Mormons.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If all your dishes have your name written on them with
> > > > >>masking tape...You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you postdate your checks while shopping on
> > > > >>Sunday..................You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you believe Heck is the place for people who do not
> > > > >>believe in gosh...You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If your Mom was pregnant at your sister's wedding
> > > > >>reception...............You might be a Mormon
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you pray that your food might "nourish and
> > > > >>strengthen your body" before eating
> > > > >>doughnuts..........You might be a Mormon
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you think Jell-O is one of the basic food
> > > > >>groups......You might be a Mormon
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If at least one of your salad bowls is at a neighbor's
> > > > >>house.......You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you've ever written a "Dear-John" to more than two
> > > > >>missionaries on the same day............You might be a
> > > > >>Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you were frustrated when your son "only" got
> > > > >>accepted to Harvard......You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >> (LOLOL - Harvard is soooooooo second to BYU or even Rick's in their eyes)
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you have one kid in diapers and one on a
> > > > >>mission..........You might be a Mormon
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you have never arrived at a meeting on
> > > > >>time..............You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you have more wheat stored in your basement than
> > > > >>most third world countries....You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >> or in your garage and under your couches, end tables, and every surface you can
> > > > >>put a skirt over...
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you've already got your order in for volume 50 of
> > > > >>"The Work and The Glory"...You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you think it is all right to watch football on
> > > > >>Sundays as long as a direct descendant of Brigham
> > > > >>Young is playing.......You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you have to guess more than five times the name of
> > > > >>the child you're disciplining...........You might be
> > > > >>Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you automatically assume that BYOB means, Bring
> > > > >>Your Own Burgers...You might be Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you go to a party and someone spikes the punch with
> > > > >>Pepsi...You might be a Mormon.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>If you arrive to an activity an hour late and are the
> > > > >>first person there............You might be a Mormon


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