Had the Bhagavad Gita, an admittedly surprising choice for a redneck from western Maryland, and Xavier went for the Book of Mormon, which also perplex...d me. Naturally, he had his reasons, which he didn’t hold back.“I’m writing a sort of essay or pamphlet on how Western religion is the cornerstone of American racism. The Book of Mormon is the poster child for this. The racism is so deeply woven into the text that one cannot understand Joseph Smith or Mormonism at all until one grasps the racism. What I mean is that they’ll run to the nearest stations and ships that will take them in. What we need to do TODAY is send out the fastest ships to all the stations and big rigs and let them know what’s happening. Then launch everybody else and hope they can make it. We need to do this by messenger. We have to assume that ALL communications are being monitored.”“Who’s going to pay for all that fuel?” This was from the biggest fuel supplier on the station.“Nobody sport. This is your contribution. "This is Mark and I'm Dan," he returned.My wife turned to me, "Sara, since you appeared interested in him, why don't you and Mark go over to their table and get to know each other."I went off with Mark as Dan sat down with my wife. It was hard to concentrate on him because I kept looking over to my wife and Dan. Mark commented, "Don't worry Sara, my mom and dad are divorced, and I noticed you mother wasn't wearing a wedding ring. . . (I had failed to notice that). If she had been, we wouldn't. I need to know”“Pa, I was going to tell Angie after we were married.”“Well, Jack, tell me then.”“Okay, but Pa, won’t this make you nervous about your future if everything is out into the open?”“I consider you family. That’s enough for me. Angie does need to know, although you can tell I’m a little concerned, and some about you too.”I was speaking, “Pa, you don’t need to be. To continue; about the first time I met Angie she told me she had called her mother that afternoon before she was injured..