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One of those two sisters explained to me their religion's origin, and their bible contains a foreword & testimonies signifying those 8 people's objectivity. They will return on August 20th to have a further chat with me about my thoughts on their holy book.
—"Agent Uranium"
Well, they paid me a visit. One of them had either grown very old since when I first saw her, or else someone else had taken her place. They seemed very nice, and certainly do more in terms of going out and preaching about Mormonism than I do with Islam.
Hilariously, I had to rush upstairs as soon as I saw their car pull up because I had a Pro-Pain t-shirt on. They play sort of Hardcore-ish music, and two-thirds of them used to play in Crumbsuckers. That shirt depicts a person I thought represented BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) holding Christ's decapitated head by his hair, like a war trophy of sorts. I replaced my t-shirt with a nice, thin blue shirt.
We spoke about various religious matters and they told me of their beliefs. We started with them saying a prayer. When we finished they asked ME to say a prayer. I recited one from our Qu'ran, but didn't translate it into English for their benefit. I regret this, since it involved a recital that only one God exists, Allah, and that Mohammed (s.a.w.) came as his last prophet.
I should have told them this so that they wouldn't think I had sneakily tried to convert them to my cause by an appeal to Allah!
I don't consider their Joseph Smith a Prophet. Apparently they still have prophets, one a man called Gordon B. Hinckley. They seem to believe really strongly in this. Any thoughts? After each prophet dies a new one appears. I almost mentioned
Buffy The Vampire Slayer but, thankfully, I resisted.
I spoke of similarities with Islam, which intrigued that older lady. She seemed slightly perturbed that Islam's last prophet preached some time during 7th Century AD. I can only assume she noticed those same similarities and wanted to know if Islam had come after Mormonism or not.
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All the boys think she's a spy