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funny Julia Sweeney TED talk
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:29 am
by _Sethbag
Click here to listen to Julia Sweeney talk about God. Partway through she spends a few minutes talking about her conversation with Mormon missionaries. It's really funny, and it helps see how "normal" people view such a conversation, where Mormons talk about what they believe. She got the LDS doctrinal angles surprisingly correct, too, and it just sounds pretty stupid.
I think most of you will enjoy it. :-)
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:22 pm
by _Who Knows
I believe this was posted a couple weeks ago.
in case you were wondering why the lack of responses...
But yes, it's pretty damn amusing.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:28 pm
by _Mercury
I heard this talk originally on NPR during This American Life.
Good stuff!
Re: funny Julia Sweeney TED talk
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:33 pm
by _Jason Bourne
Sethbag wrote:Click here to listen to Julia Sweeney talk about God. Partway through she spends a few minutes talking about her conversation with Mormon missionaries. It's really funny, and it helps see how "normal" people view such a conversation, where Mormons talk about what they believe. She got the LDS doctrinal angles surprisingly correct, too, and it just sounds pretty stupid.
I think most of you will enjoy it. :-)
I have listened to her before. She is pretty entertaining and thought provoking.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:23 pm
by _The Dude
LOL Thanks for posting this -- I missed it the first time around. I once had a similar moment of reflection (to Sweeny's) when the Jehovah's Witnesses knocked on my door in Provo.