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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: dutch508 on April 05, 2016, 04:06:37 PM
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Star Member MrScorpio (64,432 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027740224
A couple of Mormons just knocked on my door...
They wanted to know if I've heard of Jesus Chri... That's when I interrupted them and asked them if they were Mormons... Which wasn't hard to notice that they were, being that they were both white, clean cut young women, both wearing name tags on their drably colored cardigans and long, unremarkable skirts that went down to their overly-sensible shoes.
One of them asked me what I've heard about Mormons, to which I told them that it all depended on whom I was talking to. I really don't have problems with Mormons, unless they're knocking on my door.... Which they had done. But as a matter of fact, back in Virginia, my next door neighbors were a couple of older Mormon missionaries who were very pleasant people. So no harm, no foul.
But today, I wasn't in any mood to be proselytized to, so I simply told them to get the **** off my property in the most polite way possible.
Sadly, this is probably the most exciting thing that's going to happen to me all day.
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Star Member pangaia (6,710 posts)
1. Bravo! Proselytized is wrong.
Not according to the Mormons. I wonder if these people would refuse to make a wedding cake fore Mormons...
Fritz Walter (463 posts)
5. Just for that, they're going to baptize all your ancestors!
That's the reason I stopped using their "library" to do Geneology research!
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nykym (1,747 posts)
7. One thing that gets them to go away
I am a male.
When they knocked on my door and asked if I knew Jesus blah blah blah.
I asked them to wait a minute while I go get my husband....
They left pretty quickly.
gay
SDJay (509 posts)
18. I Used to **** With These People
in elaborate ways, but that's when I was single, without children and had time on my hands. I'd answer the door in really old tighty-whites and act like everything was normal, one time I put on my girlfriend's bikini bottoms... they never stuck around.
Now I just politely ask them if they keep a list of houses not to bother in the future. If they do, I ask them to put me on it. If they don't, I ask them to make some sort of note and to give it to whoever organizes this stuff. Then I ask them to leave.
Most of the time they do, but every once in a while I'll get a persistent God-squadder who tries to engage me. At that point I just tell them to get the **** off of my property and if I see them again I'm letting the dogs out on them and calling the cops.
I have always found this type of stuff to be extremely offensive. Who the hell are you to think that you have the right to go bother others about their religious beliefs or lack thereof? **** off.
Warpy (87,033 posts)
24. it's their opening that gets me
"Have you heard about Jesus Christ?" Honestly, you dopes, do you think anybody in this god soaked country could possibly avoid being as old as I am without hearing about him ad nauseum? Do you think I'm stupid or that I've just recently moved out of a cave up in the mountains after a life as a feral child?
I've always wanted to ask them a few of these things in the hope of knocking their unmitigated gall down a few pegs. However, they very wisely cross the street when they get to my house.
hateful old loons.
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Warpy (87,033 posts)
24. it's their opening that gets me
"Have you heard about Jesus Christ?" Honestly, you dopes, do you think anybody in this god soaked country could possibly avoid being as old as I am without hearing about him ad nauseum? Do you think I'm stupid or that I've just recently moved out of a cave up in the mountains after a life as a feral child?
I've always wanted to ask them a few of these things in the hope of knocking their unmitigated gall down a few pegs. However, they very wisely cross the street when they get to my house.
Why yes as a matter of fact I do.
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I don't care what religion they belong to when they come to my door. I just politely tell them I'm not interested. If they insist I take some of their pamphlets, I do, but reaffirm that I'm not interested.
No need to be rude, unless you're an unmitigated ****.
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Star Member pangaia (6,710 posts)
1. Bravo! Proselytized is wrong.
Bravo! Offering to save someone's life is wrong. :loser:
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A simple "no thank you" seems to always work.
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A simple "no thank you" seems to always work.
Same here. Then again, we are not DUmmies.
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Not according to the Mormons. I wonder if these people would refuse to make a wedding cake fore Mormons...
:-) :-)
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Warpy (87,033 posts)
I would give a month's pay to pound your skull into a wall.
Brick, preferably.
Age? I give a rat's ass. Gender? You don't care about it so, neither do I. :bird:
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I think this person has confused Mormons with Jehovah Witnesses in constructing the bouncy.
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I think this person has confused Mormons with Jehovah Witnesses in constructing the bouncy.
Ankle length dresses? Sounds like Amish to me. The Amish are known terrorists. :-)
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I've never known Mormon girls to do the missionary work. Only the boys.
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Same here. Then again, we are not DUmmies.
The Mormons and the JoHo's make their rounds in my neighborhood from time to time and I've always found them all to be quite pleasant. I know what they are doing, it's their plight, so I can appreciate their conviction and at least be cordial to them like any other decent human. But like you said, that's why we aren't DUmmies
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I don't care what religion they belong to when they come to my door. I just politely tell them I'm not interested. If they insist I take some of their pamphlets, I do, but reaffirm that I'm not interested.
No need to be rude, unless you're an unmitigated ****.
And saying, "No, thank you. I'm, not interested." probably takes you far less time than it took for MrS to type out his silly rant. Mormons and witnesses "proselytize" door-to-door. Big whoop! They also understand how to respond to a polite, "No, thank you." And witnesses, BTW, keep records of every house visited. After a few refusals over a year or two, they don't knock. I would not be surprised if the local Mormon stake does similarly.
As for that bogey-word, "proselytize", religious groups who claim to be Christians all recognize and try to follow a certain command given by Jesus: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all peoples ...". That's reality, and folks like these DU-people aren't going to change it by whining.
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Bravo! Offering to save someone's life is wrong. :loser:
Good point! I don't know what unpleasant side of eternity Mormons believe is in store for those who reject Jesus, as they understand him, but whether a professed Christian believes in a literal Hell or annihilation, SDA or JW style, what kind of monsters would not try to warn people and urge them toward a much better eternal state?
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I think this person has confused Mormons with Jehovah Witnesses in constructing the bouncy.
I've never known Mormon girls to do the missionary work. Only the boys.
Not knowing MrS' understanding of religious people and their views, that seems very possible, now I see your mentions. Mormon missionaries, in the US at least, tend to be following up requests for literature and other expressions of interest. Cold-calling, canvassing a neighborhood door-to-door, is more the style of Jehovah's witnesses. Like Skul, I've not heard of young Mormon women serving as missionaries (the little badges, "Elder Smith" ad "Elder Jones" worn by 18YO and 19YO men are amusing; I'm not sure what kind of badges would work if young Mormon women were missionaries). OTOH, all witnesses of more or less all ages who are able are expected to go door-to-door (or work at tables in malls or airports or other facilities that allow it).
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Not knowing MrS' understanding of religious people and their views, that seems very possible, now I see your mentions. Mormon missionaries, in the US at least, tend to be following up requests for literature and other expressions of interest. Cold-calling, canvassing a neighborhood door-to-door, is more the style of Jehovah's witnesses. Like Skul, I've not heard of young Mormon women serving as missionaries (the little badges, "Elder Smith" ad "Elder Jones" worn by 18YO and 19YO men are amusing; I'm not sure what kind of badges would work if young Mormon women were missionaries). OTOH, all witnesses of more or less all ages who are able are expected to go door-to-door (or work at tables in malls or airports or other facilities that allow it).
I have lived many places and the only cold door-calls I got was JW. And I am pretty sure they don't do that any more.
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Just another example of the DUmmies proving they are hateful and miserable creatures.
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I have lived many places and the only cold door-calls I got was JW. And I am pretty sure they don't do that any more.
I've been out of touch with the witnesses' doings for a long while. If they've stopped with the cold-call door-to-door approach, that's a huge culture change. They've been taught since the 1930s that door-to-door is THE right way for outreach.
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I have lived many places and the only cold door-calls I got was JW. And I am pretty sure they don't do that any more.
I've had JWs show up a couple of times in the past year or so.
There are also several churches in the area that send people around when they are having membership drives or other special occasions.
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No religious proselytizers, but I do find local Democrats on my doorstep from time to time. A shot from the garden hose usually sends them away.
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I'd answer the door in really old tighty-whites and act like everything was normal, one time I put on my girlfriend's bikini bottoms... they never stuck around.
:thatsright: Please...where is the key to the supply closet for the mind bleach?
I haven't seen door-to-door religious visitors in many years. I usually just say that I'm very busy at the moment, but would be glad to read through their literature later. I'm not out to discourage or hurt anyone who means no harm.
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You have to be some kind of coward to be angry at people coming to preach religion. Do Dummies feel that threatened by someone elses' ideas? Dennis Prager taught me a valuable lesson about 15 years ago via listening to his radio show, reading columns, etc.... it changed my view about Christians when I realized what it was they were doing and what it meant to them. I understand preaching the gospel to be about love and wanting to protect my soul. I actually appreciate the sentiment and would happily follow any JW or Mormon house to house and put Jewish curses onto anyone who was rude to them lol.
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I'd like to know what the Hell's going on in Lamond's neighborhood up over there in Detroit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/06/house-of-horrors-police-find-apparent-sex-slave-chained-to-strippers-pole-in-detroit-home/
'House of horrors': Police find apparent sex slave chained to stripper’s pole in Detroit home
When police searched the run-down, two-story house on Tuller Street in Detroit, they found something that took even longtime cops by surprise.....
.....The woman noted that Travis had been pocketing her $700 Social Security disability check each month......
I think Lamond's got more important things to worry about than missionaries knocking on his door; the way it seems, he'd probably be better off dealing with missionaries than this sort of neighbor.
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I'd like to know what the Hell's going on in Lamond's neighborhood up over there in Detroit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/06/house-of-horrors-police-find-apparent-sex-slave-chained-to-strippers-pole-in-detroit-home/
I think Lamond's got more important things to worry about than missionaries knocking on his door; the way it seems, he'd probably be better off dealing with missionaries than this sort of neighbor.
The Detroit police may want to have a look at Lamond's basement, while they're at it. That looks like his kind of game.
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The Detroit police may want to have a look at Lamond's basement, while they're at it. That looks like his kind of game.
I mean, seriously, you know how Lamond's always harping about this injustice and that injustice, usually taking place hundreds of miles away from where he's at, way outside of his neighborhood, while this sort of stuff seems to be going right under his nose, maybe even in the house across the alley from his.
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Not knowing MrS' understanding of religious people and their views, that seems very possible, now I see your mentions. Mormon missionaries, in the US at least, tend to be following up requests for literature and other expressions of interest. Cold-calling, canvassing a neighborhood door-to-door, is more the style of Jehovah's witnesses. Like Skul, I've not heard of young Mormon women serving as missionaries (the little badges, "Elder Smith" ad "Elder Jones" worn by 18YO and 19YO men are amusing; I'm not sure what kind of badges would work if young Mormon women were missionaries). OTOH, all witnesses of more or less all ages who are able are expected to go door-to-door (or work at tables in malls or airports or other facilities that allow it).
Well, I need to ring in here.
My dear sweet 80 year old mother is a JW, and I used to play basketball with the Mormon Missionaries for a couple of years.
Boys 18 and up can be Missionaries. They are expected to do so. Girls, 21 and up can also be Sister Missionaries. Cold calling is basically the duty of the boys. Girls will too, but cannot enter a home unless it is to talk to the females of the house. Boys serve 24 months, and girls serve 18 months. Retired elderly couples can also serve, but their duties are usually not so much in proselytizing, but administration of duties and care, of the kids. Their record keeping is not the best. Having an autistic adult in my house, I have asked them repeatedly not to come unannounced. Her insistence on sameness dictates that no surprise attacks occur. I have sent them away at least a half dozen times, asking that they not do it again.
But, the JWs, have "territories" which are little maps of your neighborhood, with a place for notes at the bottom. If you ask them not to return, it will be years before they try again.
Just my Twin Pennies...
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I've had JWs show up a couple of times in the past year or so.
There are also several churches in the area that send people around when they are having membership drives or other special occasions.
Mormon toaster ovens as prizes?
I guess I eluded the JWs.
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Mormon toaster ovens as prizes?
I guess I eluded the JWs.
I was talking about the basic Christian churches, Baptists, Methodists and others.
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Well, I need to ring in here.
My dear sweet 80 year old mother is a JW, and I used to play basketball with the Mormon Missionaries for a couple of years.
Boys 18 and up can be Missionaries. They are expected to do so. Girls, 21 and up can also be Sister Missionaries. Cold calling is basically the duty of the boys. Girls will too, but cannot enter a home unless it is to talk to the females of the house. Boys serve 24 months, and girls serve 18 months. Retired elderly couples can also serve, but their duties are usually not so much in proselytizing, but administration of duties and care, of the kids. Their record keeping is not the best. Having an autistic adult in my house, I have asked them repeatedly not to come unannounced. Her insistence on sameness dictates that no surprise attacks occur. I have sent them away at least a half dozen times, asking that they not do it again.
But, the JWs, have "territories" which are little maps of your neighborhood, with a place for notes at the bottom. If you ask them not to return, it will be years before they try again.
Just my Twin Pennies...
Interesting info!
Watchtower President Rutherford - your Mother may have memories of him, if she grew up in the witnesses - made door-to-door their principle means of outreach. The witnesses are or organized as you say. Each Kingdom Hall has an assigned territory, with a goal of visiting every home in it once or twice a year. They keep records of visits, and commonly keep track of home sales, so as to be able to visit the new home owner(s) not too long after they move in. Rural congregations probably find that goal a challenge. OTOH, I'm not sure how territories are handled when multiple congregations share the same Kingdom Hall. I assume they subdivide the original territory.
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I've never had any Mormons come by the house, but ever so often the JWs do show up. I'm polite to them. They are polite to me. Doesn't take but a minute of my time.
I'm always astonished at how those of us who are labeled "intolerant" have much better manners than those who are self-proclaimed "tolerant".
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I'm always astonished at how those of us who are labeled "intolerant" have much better manners than those who are self-proclaimed "tolerant".
Oh yeah, definitely.
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I've never had any Mormons come by the house, but ever so often the JWs do show up. I'm polite to them. They are polite to me. Doesn't take but a minute of my time.
I'm always astonished at how those of us who are labeled "intolerant" have much better manners than those who are self-proclaimed "tolerant".
My former neighbors are Mormon, when they lived next door, we had their church elders over quite frequently. We even had them stay for supper one night, and in return, they helped me repair my road where the stream had washed it out (happens yearly).
The JW USED to come around once/twice a year, until I greeted them at the door, after pulling an all-nighter and having about 30 minutes sleep. I must have looked really, really rough, because they haven't been back. This was in 2001... :lmao:
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I've never had any Mormons come by the house, but ever so often the JWs do show up. I'm polite to them. They are polite to me. Doesn't take but a minute of my time.
You don't make them wait on your doorstep for 5 minutes while you change into worn out "tightie whities" or your wife's/GF's bikini bottoms (like that one DU member claimed he used to do)? You're so ... tolerant.
I'm always astonished at how those of us who are labeled "intolerant" have much better manners than those who are self-proclaimed "tolerant".
I realize that was probably sarcasm, but I figured out in the late 90s, when it was the Buzz-Word of the Year for a couple of years that the Tolerance Game was just that, a rigged game. So Libs and Progs showing their intolerance seldom surprises me, unless accompanied by a Himalayan mountain of hypocrisy.
Edit: Fixed a typo.
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Kudos for title; Mrs Corpio faces death- barely survives attack by Mormons... :-)
In My old neighborhood, the Baptist's (church up the street) and JW's seem to alternate months during the summer. If I saw them coming I would not open the door, other times I'd take the literature and thank them for visiting. One really hot summer I saw them coming but met them with bottles of cold water.......90 degree heat and dark suits ? That is conviction. :cheersmate: