Here’s the background: I keep a copy of the Book of Mormon around the house for those great moments when those young Mormon missionaries, ironically called "Elders," drop by unknowingly to try to convince me that they believe in the same Jesus that Christians do and that one day, if I’m really good, I can hope to go to heaven and be my own god. They are never successful at it, of course, since I tell them the only time I have a "burning in my bosom" is when I eat too much pepperoni pizza before I go to bed.

So today, we notice there’s a Book of Mormon in the car. We try to figure out how it got there and get a meek confession from my 8-year-old Bethanie. It turns out, she had grabbed it off my shelf and taken it to church on Sunday. As I’ve been told, it went something like this:

Mrs. Stacey: "Bethanie, look up Matthew in your Bible."

Beth: "I can’t find it in here, maybe this is just the Old Testament."

Mrs. Stacey: "Let me see that. Uh no, baby, that’s a different book altogether."

So, the pastor’s daughter is caught bringing a book from a cult to church. Needless to say, we’ve told her NOT to take books off our shelf anymore.

For the record: the Book of Mormon is a work of complete fiction written by polygamist Joseph Smith, some of it lifted directly from the Old Testament, otherwise filled with errors and inaccuracies that has been constantly revised to try to align it with the teachings of the Mormon church, with absolutely no archaeological evidence found to support any of its outrageous claims. Elders, feel free to drop by any time. 🙂

7 Replies to “Should she get Connection Cash for that?”

  1. We spent the night at a Marriott Fairfield Inn in San Antonio Monday night and guess what we found next to the Holy Bible in our room? The Book of Mormon. In Phil Cooke’s blog page -http://www.philcooke.com/Branding_Mormons -he discusses how Mormans are positioning themselves as Christians:

    “. . . It’s interesting that Mormons are going to great effort to identify themselves as ‘Christian.’ . . . For Mormons to be associated with mainstream Christianity helps them be perceived in critic’s minds as less strange, less cultish, and more normal. They also know that most people today have very little religious knowledge, so calling themselves “Christian” is just fine with most people . . . ”

    And now they are getting their book in hotel rooms next to the Bible.

  2. Nice post…It is scary how many folks think the Mormons are just another Christian denomination! These guys are the worst of all cults!

  3. At least you can chalk it up to curiosity… If my boys swiped a book from my shelf they’d probably be attracted to the collection of Calvin and Hobbes comic books… Yes I indulge in higher IQ reading 🙂

  6. Leave your daughter at church one time and she feels so abandoned that she abandons the faith and turns to Mormonism…(and that is assuming it’s the same daughter in both occassions!)…

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