It's hard to be LDS
Who said this? Well...indirectly it was Romney. During an interview with Christianity Today, the then candidate was asked what he thought of those evangelicals who feared his presidency would make the church seem more acceptable [presumably to mainstream Christians]. His response was that his religion was hard--with its WOW, it's tithing requirement for active members (on the gross, he said), etc. So, no, there would be no mass conversions. So, how about it? Is it really hard to be LDS?
Is there? Mormonism has been accused of being an "American religion", and I think there's good reason for that. Roman Catholicism smacks of a religion emerging from a Jewish base with heavy Roman influence. Islam is so Arabic that it's easy to forget the country with the most Muslims is in Asia (Indonesia). What does Wicca look like without the Celtic culture? When I read footnotes and commentaries to scriptures (not just our own) I see that the commentator spends most of her time trying to se
