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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:24 PM
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door-to-door Mormons!
I thought it was nice of them to identify themselves on little name tags so I could tell them "no" before I'd even finished opening the door...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:27 PM
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1. I see elders out and about here alllllllll the time.
But they have never, in 4½ years, ever come to my door.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:28 PM
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2. Yeah, the name tag thing is sort of nice. Its required of all solicitors
in the village I live in.

My favorite reply is...Your folks killed some of my ancestors at Mountain Meadows.

It's not true, but then since neither side is dealing in the truth that seems fair.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:00 PM
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12. Mountain Meadows Memorial
is on the courthouse square in Harrison AR, as many of the folks killed started out from this part of Arkansas.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:38 PM
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18. Well that's interesting, I thought they were mostly from Missouri.
Families that the "Dannite" mob thought had been involved in getting them run out of that state.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 07:47 PM
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20. Historical marker
on AR 7 just south of Harrison gives details, and the memorial gives some names, I think....its been a while since I read it. But realize that Harrison AR is only about 30 miles south of the MO line.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:30 PM
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3. I say "I'm catholic and was born saved". That gets them and others
like them to leave in hurry.
Try it sometime.

Disclaimer: I got this tactic from a DUer some time ago and cant take credit for it. I cant for the life of me remember who that DUer was though.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:32 PM
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4. we have them all the time on their bikes wearing white shirts and black
ties and pants, they are not as bad as the Jehovah's wittness people that come by with copies of "The Watchtower"
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:42 PM
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5. I'll give them that.
They weren't as obnoxious as the JWs.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 07:51 PM
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21. They were the model for the "Geek Squad."
--IMM
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:08 PM
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25. thats pretty funny because everytime i see the geek squad beetle i think
of the mormon uniform.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:44 PM
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6. Psst -- they run from female breasts.
Don't ask me how I know this to be a fact... just trust me. ;)
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:01 PM
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14. BWAHAHAHAHA!
:D
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:40 PM
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19. Thanks for the suggestion, CornField!
Does that work with any religious group? I have some fundie relatives I could live without.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:58 PM
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35. Very true.
If you get them too touch your boobs they might get sent home for bad behavior.
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:45 PM
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7. my friend was raised Mormon (his mom was)
after his parents divorced he moved in with his dad. One day the Mormons came to visit and to ask why he hadn't been attending services. Needless to say, they weren't happy when they found him drinking Coffee and listening to Ozzy Osbourne
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:46 PM
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8. Mormons don't drink coffee?
What kind of messed up people are they? :wtf:
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:50 PM
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9. they don't do caffeine.
I used to work with one when I was in IT. His beverage choices were pretty limited...
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RevolutionaryActs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:54 PM
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10. Wow.
Crazy.
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:11 PM
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16. I used to work for a Mormon boss
She drank hot cocoa in lieu of coffee and liked chocolate. I didn't like her, but I couldn't be evil and tell her that chocolate has trace amounts of caffiene in it. In retrospect, my negative feelings toward her haven't mellowed with time, and now I wish I had told her--just for purely informative reasons, of course.

:evilgrin:
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 07:52 PM
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22. I worked with a Mormon at a coffee shop
Never drank the coffee or the soda. So apparently they can make the latte but just not drink the latte.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 07:57 PM
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23. I can't imagine an IT worker not having caffeine injected
intravenously....wow!

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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:13 PM
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27. it was odd, yes.
Decent guy, though, for a conservative, and a good Java coder. We had some good political discussions.
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 05:55 PM
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11. A while ago I read an article about Mitt Romney saying
there was criticism of him for drinking Vanilla Coke. Apparently many felt no good Mormon would drink caffeine.
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:02 PM
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15. mormons can drink pepsi
LDS owns a lotta stock am told....only reason they can give
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:11 PM
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26. Take it from a former Mormon....
Edited on Thu Mar-17-05 08:21 PM by aQuArius
raised in Utah, there's a LOT they don't do. They're usually very friendly people, though.
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:17 PM
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28. NOOOOO! Not Coffee!
LOL! Yes, I know about the caffeine thing.
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cyberpj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:00 PM
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13. I lived with one for a while - til he told me only the men can become
Gods!

I'm serious folks.

They believe that.

Anyone see the South Park episode on Mormons?

Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum.....
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 06:38 PM
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17. Up until 1978 blacks and indians couldn't become Priests...
...which any white male would be. The IRS was looking into their tax exempt status and the President had a convenient "Revelation" from God.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 07:59 PM
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24. I remember this...it was similar I guess to the "revalation" that
the Mormon church had back in the 1800s that did away with official church recognition of polygamy so that Utah would be admitted as a state.

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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:18 PM
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29. oops, wrong reply
Edited on Thu Mar-17-05 08:19 PM by aQuArius
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:43 PM
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32. Those "Revelations" are funny that way, aren't they?
...coming in just in time to keep them out of trouble! ;-)
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:03 PM
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37. That's horrible
They should have just kicked out all the black people and forced them to form their own dominations and ordain their own ministers in a segregated fashion, like most protestants do to this day. :crazy:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 10:29 PM
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40. They didn't do that because they want the tithe money and members.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:00 PM
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36. Only the men?
That isn't true. In fact, they believe men can only become gods IF they are married to a woman who is a co-equal God with him. It may be wierd to you but it isn't sexist.
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:19 PM
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30. I was raised in UTAH & I am a former Mormon...
Edited on Thu Mar-17-05 08:19 PM by aQuArius
A lot of my (guy) friends from high school were told by their parents that they wouldn't get ANY financial help for school unless they went on a mission. So, when I see them I usually speak to them briefly and most of the time they know someone I am related to or we can find a common link if they're from Utah. Then, I let them know I know about the church and I am not interested and they are on their way. BTW- If two "elders" (male missionaries) come to the door and you are a female at home by yourself, they're not allowed to enter your house anyway.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:24 PM
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31. Name tags? The starched white shirts aren't enough of a giveaway?
Or the clean-cut, usually white faces?
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ulysses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:49 PM
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33. they had on black coats
but since I wasn't expecting any FBI agents tonight, I did figure they were proselytizers. :D
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 08:54 PM
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34. Yes it is. The politicians usually don't do that
when they go door-to-door.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:27 PM
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38. i always invite them in
with 5 big, barking dogs by my side i lean over the fence and relate the bibilcal story of daniel in the lion's den and how faith in God protected him.

usually its somethng like "come on in guys, the dogs won't bite, after all how do you God didn't put me and the dogs here to test your faith?"

classic.

most folks don't like these young men, but i respect what their faith has motivated them to do, leave home for a year or two and preach what they believe.


gee, if only more so-called liberals would have such faith in their ideals.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 09:54 PM
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39. Once about 10 years ago two of them came up to me on their bikes,
dressed the way they dress. I made a crack about Donny Osmond and they didn't seem to know who he was. (They were too young for the Osmond Brothers days.) I was slightly amused.
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