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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
this debate about proxy baptisms reminded me of something I saw in the pewforum survey:
Jews are 1.7% of America.
Mormons are 1.7% of America.
Seems to me that Mormons will soon pass Jews in numbers, since Jews take in very few new converts.
Pretty soon we will have our Miltons and Shakespeares.
But even without them, we hold serve with goatnapper.
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The lack of great artists amongst Mormons is a philosophical question which I've posed to Jewish friends. The question, other than lack of numbers, revolves around whether we've had enough suffering?
And Jews have been oppressed that they can look to circumstances with irony and levity. As Mormons we tend to shy away from irony and caustic humor. We're dry, boring and too often of pioneer stalk without color.