Interestingly enough, the Mormon's conversation starter has been evolving since I've been living in my current house. They used to start with, "Have you heard the story of Joseph Smith?" Apparently, too many people actually did know the story of Joseph Smith, so now they start of with some sort of existential question like, "What do you think the meaning of life is?"
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
