So I met a couple of mormons today.....

[15357]

Today, as I was returning home after a journey to the theatre to view Charlie Wilson's War, I met a couple of American mormons in the streets. They started talking to me and introduced themselves as "Elder" somethings. They told me they were from seattle.

So we talked for 10 minutes, on the weather (heavy frigging snow) and what they were doing in a country where christian missionaries are hated more than politicians, and whether or not I believed in Jesus ("I don't really think about it"). I gave them my cell phone number (dunno why, I'm ****ed) and said goodbye and parted.



And they were actually rather nice people. I was expecting more of the maniac cultist types.





I think I should have given them a warning that mormons are pretty much hated here and people are prone to calling the police if you visit them door-by-door.

Oh well, I suppose you can't judge people without even meeting them first.

 

[99.vikram]

They might sell your number to some advertising agent. Or local mafia. Or a pedophile. Or they might keep calling you until you convert. You're f*cked.

 

[15357]

****.



They seemed nice enough.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Morons?

Oh sorry, you said Mormons. My mistake.

 

[sinkoman]

Morons?

Oh sorry, you said Mormons. My mistake.

Don't worry, not much of a difference :/

 

[99.vikram]

I was watching that one episode of South Park about Mormonism. Is that story at the end true, the one that invalidates Mormonism?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Definitely.
Mormonism is the most failed protestant movement. They got it so horribly wrong, it's miserable.
They are nice people.
Just a bit bitchy.

 

[Robbo]

****.



They seemed nice enough.

HAHAH isn't that what you say after you get an STD?

 

[[Matt]]

I was watching that one episode of South Park about Mormonism. Is that story at the end true, the one that invalidates Mormonism?

Yep but that episode leaves out most of the finer and much weirder details of Mormonism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0d1HbItOo

 

[Raziaar]

And they were actually rather nice people. I was expecting more of the maniac cultist types.

You know, no matter what you hear and see on the news, or what people tell you, the fact of the matter is this...

Most of the people in this world, by and large are going to be nice people. It's just the crazy ones, the mean ones, the types who are detrimental to society are so effective that it creates a spell of suspicion that everybody you'll ever meet are going to be just like them.

 

[theotherguy]

Yep but that episode leaves out most of the finer and much weirder details of Mormonism.

Mormonism is really messed up.

But its not much more ridiculous than any other religion.

 

[Que-Ever]

Well, you're all wrong, but I'm not going to waste my time setting you straight.

 

[Gray Fox]

Tell me numbers who or what isn't hated in your country?

 

[Crushenator 500]

Well, you're all wrong, but I'm not going to waste my time setting you straight.

Wrong about what exactly?

 

[15357]

You know, no matter what you hear and see on the news, or what people tell you, the fact of the matter is this...

Most of the people in this world, by and large are going to be nice people. It's just the crazy ones, the mean ones, the types who are detrimental to society are so effective that it creates a spell of suspicion that everybody you'll ever meet are going to be just like them.

Yeah. I mean, I've heard loads of bad things about the mormons so I automatically assumed that they would all be evil cultists.

Tell me numbers who or what isn't hated in your country?

.....





Blizzard Entertainment?

 

[Que-Ever]

They might sell your number to some advertising agent. Or local mafia. Or a pedophile. Or they might keep calling you until you convert. You're f*cked.

Wrong.

Morons?

Oh sorry, you said Mormons. My mistake.

Dumb.

Don't worry, not much of a difference :/

Wrong.

I was watching that one episode of South Park about Mormonism. Is that story at the end true, the one that invalidates Mormonism?

Never seen it.

Definitely.
Mormonism is the most failed protestant movement. They got it so horribly wrong, it's miserable.
They are nice people.
Just a bit bitchy.

Mormonism has a couple million members and almost two hundred temples in tons of countries. Failed?

How can someone be nice and bitchy?

Yep but that episode leaves out most of the finer and much weirder details of Mormonism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0d1HbItOo

Wrong.

Mormonism is really messed up.

But its not much more ridiculous than any other religion.

How is it messed up?

There you go, crushie.

 

[Stigmata]

It makes even less sense than normal Christianity.

There you go, Que.

 

[Que-Ever]

It makes even less sense than normal Christianity.

There you go, Que.

So, what are you confused about.

There you go, Stiggy.

 

[Warbie]

'Those who remained neutral in the battle were cursed to be born with black skin'

 

[evil^milk]

Most of the people in this world, by and large are going to be nice people. It's just the crazy ones, the mean ones, the types who are detrimental to society are so effective that it creates a spell of suspicion that everybody you'll ever meet are going to be just like them.

Yeah.

For me to say this is kinda deceptive actually, given the bash-your-culture thread. But that's what it boils down to. Popular culture will have you on mental cruise control so you fail to see the good around you and you feel paranoid and defeated.

 

[Krynn72]

Well, you're all wrong, but I'm not going to waste my time setting you straight.

Wrong.


Dumb.


Wrong.


Never seen it.


Mormonism has a couple million members and almost two hundred temples in tons of countries. Failed?

How can someone be nice and bitchy?


Wrong.


How is it messed up?

There you go, crushie.

Wrong.

 

[Jintor]

Wrong wrong wrong wrong... wrong wrong wrong wrong!

You're wrong!

You're wrong!

 

[jverne]

Wrong wrong wrong wrong... wrong wrong wrong wrong!

You're wrong!

You're wrong!

WONG!!!!

 

[<RJMC>]

you should have kicked theyr asses whit some cool taekwongdo kick

 

[Acepilotf14]

Scrubs rocks.

 

[ericms]

Wrong.

I can play this game too.

Well, you're all wrong, but I'm not going to waste my time setting you straight.

Wrong.


Dumb.


Wrong.


Never seen it.


Mormonism has a couple million members and almost two hundred temples in tons of countries. Failed?

How can someone be nice and bitchy?


Wrong.

Never seen it.

 

[Sulkdodds]

And they were actually rather nice people. I was expecting more of the maniac cultist types.

Manic cultist types always seem nices. Jehovah's witnesses? Perfectly friendly. Amiable. Loveable, even. But do not be fooled: in my experience, many of these people are batshit fucking insane and when you look very deeply into their eyes you can see it staring wildly back out of you.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Man, I ain't talking about judgement. This isn't about me. I'm telling you that what I saw behind those eyes was not human.

 

[Raptor_Jesus]

who said all mormons are bad people?

 

[Acepilotf14]

God.
But only behind their backs.

Also, don't we have a Mormon on Halflife2.net? An active member, I think. Forgot who it was.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Yeah, we do, funnily enough. Actually, they've posted in this thread. Guess who it is.

 

[Geogaddi]

Que, you wouldn't be wasting your time to respond to those claims. Some of us have open minds and would actually listen to you.

 

[nurizeko]

I was born into the Mormon church, if getting into trouble on Sunday for the fun of it and never really buying into the whole believing it thing counts.

I left at 13.

Its funny because they always sent an American or Canadian Mormon family to be bishop, the very image of Mormon familial perfection every one.


I left at 13.

Well meaning bunch, but as far off as any religion.

 

[Krynn72]

I left at 13.

 

[theotherguy]

How is it messed up?

There you go, crushie.

1. Polygamy

2. Cultist enclave in Salt Lake City

3. Esoteric language

4. Annoying missionaries

5. Founded by a 19th century charlatan

6. Believes in Jesus

7. Believes Jesus not only went to Jerusalem, but to the americas

8. Promotes racism

9. Promotes conservatism

 

[Jintor]

Yeah, we do, funnily enough. Actually, they've posted in this thread. Guess who it is.

...Uriel?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Yeah, we do, funnily enough. Actually, they've posted in this thread. Guess who it is.

...Zombie turtle?

 

[taviow]

...zombieturtle?

 

[Pesmerga]

Don't worry, not much of a difference :/

Hey, I have two mormon friends. They're not morons.






They're just a little behind.

 

[Stigmata]

Yeah, we do, funnily enough. Actually, they've posted in this thread. Guess who it is.

For the record: it's Que-Ever, guys. Uriel is a Mormon too, but he hasn't posted in a while.