“Men are that they might have joy.”
Have you ever noticed that when you’re enjoying yourself, it’s probably a sin?
Sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll… Normal things that normal people enjoy, alcohol in moderation, R-rated movies, chatting with friends at the pub, having a hobby, women having a career.
And Mormons are told that we’re never doing enough church stuff. Read scriptures more, pray more, fast more, do more family history, go to the temple more, spend more time in your calling, more home and visiting teaching. It’s not only exhausting, it’s dour.
That was my thought too. If i remember correctly, he inherited a rock farm, realized that being a rock farmer fucking sucks, so he started a con instead, and it somehow turned into him being head of a religion that conveniently enough enabled him to do whatever he wanted.
Source: Last Podcast on the Left. Their series on mormonism is fantastic.