Everything I said was wrong, everything a defending Mormon said was true, even a lie about me and my children by one of my Mormon neighbors who knew he was lying. It didn't matter where or which approach I used. They Always reacted exactly the same. It has always been the same, in letters, on the phone and face to face. Something clicks when the Mormon feels the church is challenged in any way.
Minds seem to go blank.
Often, eyes dilate and a testimony is chanted out almost by rote. I remember all those years of Fast and Testimony meetings. Member after member standing and repeating the previous testimony almost word for word. Over and over, month after month, year after year. Any person familiar with hypnosis knows the signs.