I just now finished over a maybe 7-10 min converstation with two mormon missionarys around my age (20). I knew they were here to try and get me to go to their church. I stated a few times I am baptist but I haven’t gone in like 4 months.
The one who was doing all of the talking thought they were sent here by god to get me to come to their church. I then stated that I think god sent them here to tell me to go back to my own church which is what I truly think. So he laughed at that and told me “No he sent us to get you to come to our church.”
So it was a odd and funny chat and every other time I seen these sort of missionarys I told that I am not intrested and close the door. I thought they were bad enough but when they think your lightened up to them they really go over board.
Anyways thats my two cents on this issue most people seam to have to deal with. I think I’ll check out the college age groups of myown church this sunday.
thats happened to me a couple of times. sometimes i think my parents over-taught me when they taught me to be polite, because every time it happens im always inclined to listen to thier spiel because i dont want to be rude.
The only experience I’ve had with Mormons was when one of them came by my house. I didn’t have my glasses on, so I thought they were some sort of package delivery company. So after I took their pamphlet, I realized what happened but was too embarrassed to hand it back.
Yes, I’m just using this thread to relate that story, not to contribute to the conversation I didn’t actually read. I’m terrible.
They don’t come to my house anymore, I have asked them to not come by, as it is a waste of time on their behalf!! I haven’t heard from them in 2 years!!
I wasn’t going to but I was bored at the time and just surfing the internet. I have no idea why I even let them, well him get into a conversation with me. Anyways in the end I told them “I don’t think its a good idea” commenting on him wanting me to read one chapter from the book of mormon. I think I really pissed them off when I told them I thought god sent them here to inspire me to go back to my baptist church.
Another funny part was I told them I just finished watching the movie “Contact” which I kind of had to explain to them very quickly.
So anyways next time I am going to dismiss them very quickly or debate with them. Either is fine with me.
You know, I’m starting to feel bad hiding from them…
But they’re like religious telemarketers, and I just cannot hang up on a telemarketer if they get me to the phone, I’d have to convince THEM to leave… which I’m terrible at. Heck, I ACCEPTED reading material when I was too embarrassed to admit I thought he was the UPS guy.
Well, luckily they always seem to try the front gate, which is almost always locked… but they side gate NEVER is, and I’ve wondered why they didn’t try that way. Maybe because they saw me spying through the blinds and when I didn’t answer the little taps they used on the front gate they took the hint.
I’m just feeling terrible… possibly just today. Also, they decided to come around the time they start delivering the mail and I don’t want to go out there.
Two mormons showed up on my doorstep and they gave me a religious magazine and told me about their church and all and their meeting they be holding. Next time there is a knock at my door, I will try and remember to look through the peekhole to see who it is. I hate being bothered.
I’ve seen the All About Mormons episode. i do know they have family days, Sunday and Mondays. The kids are not allowed to play with friends on those days and I wondered if they really do spend time together like that. Do they really have that weird belief about the translation in a hat?
I don’t believe anything I hear in South Park but it sure makes me wonder if it’s true or not since they do take facts and use them in the show but sometimes they make it funny or they stretch it.
Ok, the more I think about it, the more I may be mistaken. They may have been another religion… but, they came in a bunch of vans with satchels over their shoulders and walked around my neighbor(take that, spelling bee I SO got cheated out of in third grade)hood.
I always listen and try to be polite. Unlike salesmen, they actually have noble intentions, even if it is inconvenient.
Also, as an aside not directed at anybody in this thread, I hate when people make so much fun of mormons. I was raised Catholic, but some of my dad’s side of the family are mormon. I don’t really know them, but they always seemed nice enough. Anyway, people make fun of how goofy their religion is. But, every religion has it’s wierd beliefs. Take Christianity. We believe that a guy was killed on a cross and had his physical body rise to the heavens. That’s also pretty wierd. I’m not criticizing any religion, and don’t want to start a religious debate. But, criticizing mormons for having wierd beliefs seems to lack self-awareness, IMO.
All relgions are made fun since they all require faith in something that sames insane to others. Its something that you just learn to live with and shrug it off. I told the two guys that came here I respect their views and I hope they respect mine. It just seams that they got mad since I dismissed them after talking to them for a little bit.
Anyways to me its not as bad as talking to a telemarketer and saying your looking for something and just putting the phone done and don’t bother to come pick it back up until they hung up lol.