My wife who stays home with our 2 young children recently met some Mormon women in our neighborhood. We recently moved to the suburbs. They are all very nice, and I'm glad she made friends as she struggled at first.

They have clearly told her "We'll be your friend either way, but we really want you to join us, etc." So again, very nice, but have a motive. She's into it now. She's gone to church a couple times, reading part of the Book of Mormon, etc.

She's never been an atheist (possibly believes in intelligent design), but we always agreed all organized religion is made up.

So now she is considering one of the most obviously made up ones of all. Basically, she's spending all this time with these people who live it and she likes their company, sense of community, etc.

I'm fine with the friendships, but I cannot handle her being dumb enough to not just laugh at how absurd the Joseph Smith story is, how the "prophets" get "visions" whenever something needs to change, etc. I made the mistake of saying "I thought you were smart" which hurt her feelings. Now, anything I say no matter how logical is met with resistance.

Can anyone give me some very simple soundbites / points (similar to what Armin does in a general sense in his book) to quickly show her why the whole thing is ridiculous?

Thank you very much!