You're looking at the primary chorister for the Pleasant Hill 2nd ward right here. lol. (and we switch to 8:30 on Sunday. ewe!) I went to Ricks for a while and was married in the Oakland Temple.
Awesome! Don't you just love those Primary kids? They know more than you think they do and understand better than you realize.
I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure Brian would damn us all to hell if he could. I went to most of high school in Michigan (where they still believe we all have horns and sacrifice animals and such) and the born again christians and the southern baptists like HATE us. I have been treated so unkindly by many people of those religions that I'm basically afraid of them now (sad to say) and I would be terrified to tell Brian that I was LDS.
Really? I was home-schooled throughout high school, so I wasn't really aware of what people think about Mormons; I didn't even know what people say about us until I hit 18 and started attending Institute (weekly scripture study classes - for those who don't know) and we had a discussion on what we'd heard people say about us. I sat there thinking "What? Horns? Devil's church? You gotta be kidding. We do
so believe in the Bible!" and such like that.
You think that's how Brian might be, huh? That would almost be interesting to see what happens.
I've met Howie and Leigh a couple times and they know I'm LDS and my friend is really good friends with them. They respect our beliefs, but it's just not their thing.
Oh, you lucky duck you!
I think AJ would be curious and ask questions because he's sort of a soul searcher, and I think both Nick and Kevin would just be sort of indifferent as long as you didn't try to preach at them or anything.
I don't know how many people would be interested in a story about that, (besides us Mormons of course) but from an LDS standpoint I know I've thought about that before, I'm sure it would be as big an adjustment for them as anyone who converts to our religion, except they would have a lot more pressure because they're always in the media and the media would have a field day with news like that. Why do people gotta hate on us so much? lol
I don't know. All the same, we really shouldn't be so afraid to share who we are. One of my favorite scriptures is Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
(See? Proof that we
do believe the Bible to be God's word just as much as we believe the Book of Mormon.)
If one of the guys happened to become Mormon and people turn away from the group because of it, I'd be very sorry to hear that. I didn't stop listening to their music when I learned that Brian was Baptist and Howie was Catholic. You go Boys! These guys are talented and took that God-given talent and have become a fifteen-year phenomenon.