> In response to the original question, I read the Book of Mormon and
> I thought it was pretty bad.
>
> Ideals are ideals, and they can be conveyed via coloring books or
> Nabokov,
> so I'm not really talking from that standpoint, but as pure literature,
> the
> book was something like the screenplay for Forrest Gump.
>
> Symbolism seems to be repeated every page or so.
>
> Again, nothing against the ideals, but just the way it was written and
> presented made me feel like I was being approached by an ex-con
> car salesman.
>
> It seems strange to me that so many people are becoming Mormons
> and sticking with the program after reading the tract.
> Again, back to my earlier question...are there any statistics about
> how many religious adherents actually read the literature their beliefs
> are based on?
>
> eEc
> Mormons are a strange breed of extropian; they believe they can become
gods by having lots of children! Really!
(a Mormon Yahweh quote): "As you are, I once was; as I am, you too
can be."