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I hate these people with a fiery passion. And it's not even for the reasons you think I do.
A few weeks ago, I saw an offer for a "free Bible". Being in the middle of a class on the Bible for English, I took a look and ended up at the LDS website. Now, a smarter person would have probably stopped there, but genius me, I filled out the request form and submitted it, thinking that I'd get an email back.
Nope.
I'm an idiot.
Two days ago, while I was at a Speech Tournament, my mom heard a knock on the door. She looked out the peephole and saw one small young man standing there with a smile. She opened the door, then saw a gigantic slab of a man, well over six feet tall, standing off to the side.
Mormons.
After asking where I was and if my mom could get me, they began to ask for information about us. At this point, my mom told them that I was not interested and to please go away. They left, but not before telling her that they were from a town a few dozen miles away.
That was the end of it.
Until a few minutes ago, that is.
A knock on the door. I opened it without looking, and was confronted by three men large enough to be NBA quarterbacks.
"Hello! Are you Jasper?" the one in front asked. "The church received a request for information a week ago!"
No. Go away, you creeps. Get with the modern age and use internet to answer high schooler's emails, not three(!) pious hulks to my doorstep.
"I'm not interested. Please don't come again." Bam. Door shut.
I may have complaints about the ethics of the Church and its beliefs. But for their sheer inability to respect my right to privacy and borderline intimidation, makes me want to tear apart the Book of Mormon that they never gave me.
  
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Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol.
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On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol.
Nope.
At least they don't have the resources to drive to my door.
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it didn't really sound that bad. seems like your overreacting a bit.
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On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol.
We actually have this regular couple that visit us every now and then, they're really nice once you get past all the religious stuff, actually visited them once to have a cup of tea. So they're not all that bad, only about 95% are.
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I came in here expecting a long winded speech about the ideological faults of Mormonism since I saw it was a Praetorial blog, son I am disappoint. Religious people knowing on your door is definitely shitty though.
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Thank god we don't really have this in Britain, at least not around where I've lived. Sometimes we'll get people knocking on the door asking us to sign a petition that would affect the local area, but no Mormons.
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They actually sound like really nice and caring people, putting in a lot of effort just for you, maybe you should've responded to them like a decent human being instead of a complete jackass.
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That's actually hilarious. When it comes to faith, the harder you push someone to convert, the harder they push back. If that was actually intimidation, then the Mormon church is run by retards.
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On December 19 2012 06:58 Cokefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol. We actually have this regular couple that visit us every now and then, they're really nice once you get past all the religious stuff, actually visited them once to have a cup of tea. So they're not all that bad, only about 95% are.
Indeed, there are exceptions most certainly, though the only JW I've ever been able to tolerate admitted that every non JW was probably not automatically going to hell lol
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On December 19 2012 06:58 Caihead wrote:
I came in here expecting a long winded speech about the ideological faults of Mormonism since I saw it was a Praetorial blog, son I am disappoint. Religious people knowing on your door is definitely shitty though.
Oh no you didn't!
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On December 19 2012 06:56 iamperfection wrote:
it didn't really sound that bad. seems like your overreacting a bit.
I am not overreacting.
a) I simply answered what I thought was a form for a mail order, as the website purported it to be,
b) they sent five people, four of whom were of sufficient size to be EXTREMELY intimidating,
c) they never gave my the Bible.
The last one is minor, but the first two pure rudeness.
On December 19 2012 07:02 Frits wrote:
They actually sound like really nice and caring people, putting in a lot of effort just for you, maybe you should've responded to them like a decent human being instead of a complete jackass.
They should have at least emailed me before sending three football players after my mom had made it clear that they were not to visit again.
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On December 19 2012 07:05 Praetorial wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 06:56 iamperfection wrote:
it didn't really sound that bad. seems like your overreacting a bit. I am not overreacting. a) I simply answered what I thought was a form for a mail order, as the website purported it to be, b) they sent five people, four of whom were of sufficient size to be EXTREMELY intimidating, c) they never gave my the Bible. The last one is minor, but the first two pure rudeness. Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 07:02 Frits wrote:
They actually sound like really nice and caring people, putting in a lot of effort just for you, maybe you should've responded to them like a decent human being instead of a complete jackass. They should have at least emailed me before sending three football players after my mom had made it clear that they were not to visit again.
lol do you have a sign on your front door that says you must be under this height to enter.
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On December 19 2012 07:09 iamperfection wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 07:05 Praetorial wrote:On December 19 2012 06:56 iamperfection wrote:
it didn't really sound that bad. seems like your overreacting a bit. I am not overreacting. a) I simply answered what I thought was a form for a mail order, as the website purported it to be, b) they sent five people, four of whom were of sufficient size to be EXTREMELY intimidating, c) they never gave my the Bible. The last one is minor, but the first two pure rudeness. On December 19 2012 07:02 Frits wrote:
They actually sound like really nice and caring people, putting in a lot of effort just for you, maybe you should've responded to them like a decent human being instead of a complete jackass. They should have at least emailed me before sending three football players after my mom had made it clear that they were not to visit again. lol do you have a sign on your front door that says you must be under this height to enter.
The door is kinda small, actually...
But sending three gigantic dudes after my mom told the other two to leave and that we weren't interested is ignorance of social grace at its finest.
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On December 19 2012 06:58 Cokefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol. We actually have this regular couple that visit us every now and then, they're really nice once you get past all the religious stuff, actually visited them once to have a cup of tea. So they're not all that bad, only about 95% are.
How do you... do that?
I mean, that's their job, basically. That's why they came, right? They're salesmen. Perhaps nice salesmen, but they still want to sell you their religion.
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Really I think the worst thing is that you didn't get a bible. I mean if they had at least given you a bible then it would have been an actual offer that just had some unfortunate soliciting consequences. But if you didn't even get a bible it makes it seem like some creepy scam.
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On December 19 2012 07:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 06:58 Cokefreak wrote:On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol. We actually have this regular couple that visit us every now and then, they're really nice once you get past all the religious stuff, actually visited them once to have a cup of tea. So they're not all that bad, only about 95% are. How do you... do that? I mean, that's their job, basically. That's why they came, right? They're salesmen. Perhaps nice salesmen, but they still want to sell you their religion.
They don't get paid for it, they have regular jobs, the woman keeps a bookstore and her husband is a construction engineer, they're regular people and we talk about tons of other stuff these days, not much about the bible or anything like that... Besides I don't really mind since they visit so rarely it's not really a nuisance.
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On December 19 2012 07:16 Cokefreak wrote:Show nested quote +On December 19 2012 07:13 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On December 19 2012 06:58 Cokefreak wrote:On December 19 2012 06:50 farvacola wrote:
Ever met a Jehovah's Witness? It gets worse, much worse lol. We actually have this regular couple that visit us every now and then, they're really nice once you get past all the religious stuff, actually visited them once to have a cup of tea. So they're not all that bad, only about 95% are. How do you... do that? I mean, that's their job, basically. That's why they came, right? They're salesmen. Perhaps nice salesmen, but they still want to sell you their religion. They don't get paid for it, they have regular jobs, the woman keeps a bookstore and her husband is a construction engineer, they're regular people and we talk about tons of other stuff these days, not much about the bible or anything like that... Besides I don't really mind since they visit so rarely it's not really a nuisance.
Ah okay. Fair enough 
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At least you leaned a valuable lesson about privacy on the internet. Don't give out your details to people you don't know.
edit: I dare say that's worth more than a free bible too.
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Also Prae did you know that Mormons don't even give out real bibles, they give only copies of Book of Mormon which has really nothing to do with the bible.
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