well done!

the entire idea behind http://alldeadmormonsarenowgay.com/ is pretty weird. But I get it! Marrying someone after they are dead, or baptizing them, etc. is pretty weird, too. At least to me. How did anyone think that this would be considered a good idea? I wonder if there are any theological underpin...

youkrst: I see what you are saying. But if it really is non stop torture, incest, etc, we don't need to drop in leaflets, we need to send in the cops. Our laws should be helping us with that today.

As the author points out, at least some of the attempts to do that have ended poorly.

I thought I had already posted this, but don't see it.... US history is full of violence. Race riots, tax riots, Whiskey rebellions, etc. We just don't hear about it too much because it doesn't make the history books. One of the more interesting places to get info is the history of New Orleans. The ...

this is a struggle for most religions. I saw something interesting where the science advisor to the pope recommended against making a statement about evolution (i think it was evolution). his reasoning was that science is changeable. Who knows, maybe we'll scientifically find an idea that works even...

you'd think they'd do a leaflet drop from a helicopter with messages showing that it's not normal or acceptable behaviour so the kids would get a clue that they don't have to accept it, maybe a "get me the hell out of here" number.... I'm sure anything of the sort would bring cries of out...

wow, that was a short chapter! It would have been a lot shorter if the author didn't say there wasn't official explanation for the Church's change of heart to non whites three times.

Was this really enough material for a chapter?

Yikes! The pedophilia stuff is downright scary. I was getting sick to my stomach as I read the story of Laura at the end of the chapter. It's interesting that it is almost always patriarchal. The matriarchal type is so rare, it makes the news: http://www.ibtimes.com/polygamy-remixed-one-woman-marrie...

, however, Fitzgerald tries too hard to be funny at times, and the humor somehow gets in the way. Maybe Fitz. wants this book to be easily assessable to all readers and his little snide remarks may be his way of achieving this. Ah HA! I think you have put your finger on it! I was expecting this boo...

I guess we can tell why the Bosnians, Serbs and Croats were at each other's throats after 40+ years of peace!