re: #344 DaddyG

Bingo. I have very close friends with a family much like our own who happen to be Muslim. Prior to 9/11 their kids didn’t face anything more strange than the misconceptions my own LDS (Mormon) family faced. The occasional born again telling us we’re going to hell, etc. Nothing earth shaking.

Since 9/11 I have worried about the kind of crap their kids have had to face.

Riddle me this: If they are subjected to threats and bullying in their youth will this increase or decrease the chances of any one of them sympathizing with radicals?

I suspect Glen Beck is not doing any good for the Mormon image. What I find interesting is that his “preaching” is much more closer to the vein of evangelical rhetoric, than that of the more low-keyed approach Mormon’s seem to take in their evangelizing.

Has this become a topic of discussion in you ward or among you fellow Mormon brothers?