After both living in a neighborhood with many mormons, later dating one for 6 months, then talking with many non-Mormons who live in SLC, I have come to the conclusion that while these people will defend their religion to the death, it's a really bad way to live. Members of their religion hold aloft the entire anti-depressant drug market in Utah. When you extract them individually from their environment of peers, they become disoriented and unable to function in society for a time. Just like any other religion, they villainize symptoms of problems, and not actual causes, thus never really fixing anything, just creating jobs for people who wish to fight the war on sex, drugs and rock & roll.
I could go on, but despite my utter dislike for my ex, I won't completely defile all of the things she entrusted to me.
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