I got Mormons today!

Awesome I love when they show up. Two young guys, I talked to them for like 10 minutes. I know I had at least one of them ready to bail on their religion. He would nod and smile gleefully every time I made a good point and then struggle to put that face away. It was like I was verbalizing all the deep thoughts he had but never really acknowledged.

I went over all the old arguments but I stumbled into a new one as well that they weren't ready for. I said it was cool that at least they believe in miracles as recently as the 1800's whereas everyone else thought Jesus could turn water into wine but nothing of the sort had happened in nearly 2000 years. So I asked if they thought miracles would happen again in the future while cameras were invented, they said yes. So I said in the future the whole world's going to be covered in cameras so a miracle will eventually be caught on tape right? They said yes. So I said how is it fair for god to have me live in a time where faith is necessary for my salvation but in the future the evidence will be in video form and everyone will be able to be saved without faith? Their answer was faith.

I brought up the fact that belief without evidence was not a noble or righteous ambition when we first started the conversation but of course that's all they had to go to so I just made a string of rational points and let them know that their built in answer was a great tool for religious authorities to control their flock, and it is designed as a way to not have to question or examine the difficult problems. I was pretty cordial the entire time though, and I related to / empathized with them as an ex-Christian School attendee. Saving the world one Mormon at a time!

 

Good for you! I would not have that kind of patience.

Your thread title makes it sound like you went out and purchased a few today.

 

Joseph Smith was a prophet dum dum dum dum dum.

 

Missionaries don't come to my house anymore. Mormons are nicer than Jehovas Witnesses, though. JW's push way harder than Mormons and almost force themselves through the door. I wanted to smack one who told me I looked like I needed God once.

 

I thought maybe he caught something infectious,,

 

I had a real close call once when I was a teen ....two young female JWs came to the front door...I aint gonna say what I was doing on the couch..I'm pretty sure they didnt see..they musta thought it was weird though the way I was talking through the lower screen and wouldnt stand up

 

i don't get mormons, but my last jw just handed me a flier and went on his way.

i think i answered the door in my underwear though, if that had something to do with it...

 

http://www.godsmack.com/

 

If god hasent choosen 144,000 souls by now ....fuck god: slacker.

 

i used to be a jehovas witness
:leaving:

 

lol I was struggling so hard to not bring up the South Park. I was sure they wouldn't have seen it, but even if they had, offense would have assuredly been taken.

One of the best episodes though.

 

yeah , i thought yert bought somthin..


didn even know what mormons were..

now i know...
kinda..

 

you can order the book of mormon. FO FREE!

i can almost recite their commercial perfectly

 

lol they have a commercial

:rofl:

 

yes. if you call the toll free number, you get not only the book of mormon, but also a video featuring a very attractive jesus

 

Undoubtedly a white version even though he was born in the middle of Palestine.

Not to pry Whim but ... when / why did you leave?

 

i left because it was cramping my style

 

I used to be a Mormon.

 

i love you

 

Offspring of nutty converters need to stick together:cheers2: