He says he'll pray for me. He sees me getting older and fears I soon may be beyond rescue.

I leave, knowing what I've always known. True believers can be civil to each other, they can even join hands. But they can never join hearts. That's just a pipe dream of people who don't know true believers.

Wringing your hands over being accepted by other religions is a waste of a good pair of hands. Better to use them to hold to your ideals. Let the Founder sort it all out.

Unlike politics, in Christianity, his vote is the only one that counts, anyway.

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Jerry Johnston is a Deseret Morning News staff writer. "New Harmony" appears weekly in the Mormon Times section.

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E-mail: jerjohn@desnews.com