There are always a few funny comments on the blog to keep the activity going. Like this one here, from our new friend Sharon!

Wow! someone wanted to actually INVITE your daughter to an activity??? How DARE they! Are you this nasty to every religion? you are one scary person

Sharon? Can you read? We’ve had this argument before, and you are NOT paying attention. Please go back and read the archives, then return and we will discuss.

Me? Scary? I don’t think so. Believing you are superior and all-mighty and because you are doing “God’s work” you are allowed to cross any boundary and do whatever you want to WHOMEVER you want? Now that’s scary.

After all, I, a complete stranger to you, didn’t show up YOUR door and invite YOUR child to my church activity, now did I?

Discuss amongst yourselves. Back to the book. The deadline approaches.

…that when I wasn’t here posting on my blog, nothing happened. Now, it has this whole SUBCULTURE. Things are happening even when I am away.

Away doing things like, say, FINISHING that pesky book that so many people who visit here do NOT want me to write. Too bad.

Okay, back to work. Carry on, subculture…..

So, I was taking RubySue home from dance last night, and as usual, she boggled my mind with her commentary. Every time I see her she manages to throw out at least ONE question that is TOTALLY unanswerable.

So, she pipes up from the backseat, as we headed south on I-15, toward her home, “Aunt Natalie, why do church shoes have to be made in a different place and different way from regular shoes?”

Hmmm. Probably because the Church Shoes can’t hang out with the regular shoes, or they might start smoking, and doing drugs, and having SEX ALL THE TIME WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE because they will want to sin, and not live the right way. After all, if Church Shoes start hanging out with say, Boots With the Fur, their lives will become one big booty call, and there will be NO HOPE for the Celestial Kingdom there. That’s what I think.

This was a comment. Now it is a post. I felt like it needed it.

Dear Joshua and all,

1. Fact. I inadvertently published Joshua’s email address. When I cut and paste comments from the comments queue of my dashboard, it includes their email and ISP address. I did the cut and paste, and then when Joshua emailed me a few hours later realized I had not cut it out, as I always do. You can go back and check the past, if you need. You will rarely find email addresses in the comments I post on the blog. This was a mistake I made, and a mistake I corrected.

2. Fact. Shortly after I realized I had published his email and full name, I removed it. Probably before anyone ELSE could ever realize it was there. And in fact, Joshua himself included his email address and a LINK to his blog, which means he was supplying THIS to be made public. Otherwise, WHY put it?

3. Fact. Shortly after that, I sent an email apologizing to both HIM and the other email commenter, and let them know that the mistake had been fixed, and that it HAD been a mistake, and that I was not trying to expose him to ridicule. Joshua HIMSELF has done this, with his blog, MORMONSSUCK.com. It’s a public blog. It is NOT hidden, or password protected, which negates any claim he might make.

4. Fact. The FLOOD of emails came AFTER I corrected my mistake. I could post THOSE emails, and prove it, if necessary. I received 18 emails after I corrected the mistake.

5. Fact. In honesty, I responded to many of those emails. I was not always nice. However, I was NEVER blatantly rude or derisive or condescending, as Joshua has repeatedly been to me, mostly because HIS God, apparently, is better than mine in the God hierarchy.

6. Fact. Joshua accused ME of starting the name calling.

7. Fact. I proved him wrong, with the emails, WHICH I still have saved, which show he started the namecalling LONG before I called him an arrogant idiot, which, many might say, was deserved. (Want proof? Read the emails. Uh, with HIS permission of course.)

8. Fact. I have never met anyone who worshipped me. And that is as it should be.

9. Fact. Joshua has the RiGHT to consider me a bigot. That doesn’t change the FACT that he is wrong, but hey, let’s give him that. He has been wrong in many things. It would just take a little look at his emails for you to ALL realize that.

10. The bottom line fact. Joshua is a little immature, and a lot impulsive, and his attack has led to a lot of damage to his Church’s PR and “warm fuzzy” outer image.

In fact, Joshua has proved what many before him have started to show, but then wisely walked away from. He has done no favors to the Mormon Church, because his attitude is an on-the-surface exposure of the realities of Mormonism. My God is better than your God, and it doesn’t matter what YOU do, because you don’t have the authority of God. How sad.

How sad that YOU think your God trumps everyone else’s God. Why don’t we ALL share the same God?

Why is that Joshua? Why is that Todd? Why do you NEED your God to be better than my God? Why is that so important? Furthermore, why is it just as important to me that my God NOT be better than your God? Why do I NOT need to best you?

Maybe you should ask yourself that.

Or maybe you should just cover yourself in ignorance and continue on.

Maybe.

Yesterday, RubySue and Fluffy came to dinner, along with their parents, and my only brother. We were celebrating the fact that he is getting old. Of course, the rest of us are ALSO getting old, but today, we are just going to concentrate on the fact that HE is getting really, really old.

Anyway, I sat at the kids’ table with RubySue and Fluffy, because I find them more amusing then the adults. RubySue began to regale me with a story about a boy in her class who apparently has two heads, but keeps one at home in his closet. Thank goodness! Can you imagine the mass confusion in our public schools should a kindergartner show up to one of our Utah public school with TWO heads?

I can see it now. “This is the head I think with, so I leave it at home in the closet. It’s just better that way.”

At any rate, I was listening with great interest to this story, when Fluffy decided her sister had been hogging the spotlight LONG enough, and it was her turn.

“RubyDue HIT me,” she proclaimed loudly. This is a good way to stop traffic, and Fluffy is a quick learner. I’m proud of her.

RubySue turned to her sister, said, “I did NOT hit you.” She then turned back to me and said, “She lies ALL the time.” And rolled her eyes for effect.

They grow up so fast.