IMHO, all organized religions are a bit silly...but everyone has a right to their own beliefs as long as they don't infringe on someone else's equivalent right.

However, I lived in Utah for a number of years and one of the things that stands out in my memories is the Mormon philosophy of helping others, whether they are LDS or not. I was part of the Federal relief effort that went to Rexburg Idaho when a large dam burst above the town, causing a tremendous amout of destruction and filling what was left of the town with a few feet of mud. Bus loads of Mormons came up from Salt Lake and, starting at one end of a street and going to the other, cleaned up all of the roads, yards and the interior of the homes (with permission, of course).

Having a religion is one thing, but living the precepts of that religion is quite another.