One of the many moments of “wow” that we had in Salt Lake City. This picture was taken in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building book store. They also sold clothing here that you had to be a member of the church to buy.

So far the impression that I’ve gotten about Mormons is the following: their religion may be silly and/or misogynistic (not exactly a unique charge) but, just like most religious people, as individuals we’ve found them to be super nice and friendly and open about their faith or lack thereof.

We had the following exchange with two of the missionaries at Temple Square in the center of Salt Lake City. There were pairs of missionaries walking the grounds and approaching tourists like us and offering information. I didn’t think to turn the camera on until we were halfway through with it, so for background- the video starts after Scott asks a question about different levels of dedication to the faith. As in, people who go to church every Sunday versus those you only see on Easter and Christmas.

I swear to god, that moment in the middle was an accident. These are chaste women!