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In reply to the discussion: Interesting knock on my front door. 2 young men, dressed almost alike, identified themselves [View all]IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)124. My wife and I were doing a loy of heavy cleaning one day when the doorbell rang ...
... My wife swung open the front door and exclaimed "What the f&&k do YOU want?
We never got approached by another Mormon missionary again.
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Interesting knock on my front door. 2 young men, dressed almost alike, identified themselves [View all]
Ninga
Aug 2012
OP
Without question, these two young men were gentlemen with scrubed faces and smelling like nutmeg
Ninga
Aug 2012
#4
You really think that? Obviously you have never lived in a Mormon controlled area.
Safetykitten
Aug 2012
#71
Yes, I have heard of Mormon missionaries. However, this is the first time they have missionaried in
Ninga
Aug 2012
#7
So no Mormons have ever done missionary work in Ohio huh? Maybe they just found out about it.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2012
#59
Romney sought & recieved approval from the Holy Prophet in 2005 to run for President.
braddy
Aug 2012
#66
Oh, don't sweat it. This was a fun thread. We need more of those these days. :-)
TheManInTheMac
Aug 2012
#117
i.e. maybe not partisan but glad for *any* kind of public and media attention to their cause
UTUSN
Aug 2012
#122
I doubt very much that the LDS's are having their missionaries function as political activists.
cbayer
Aug 2012
#6
Really? Hasn't Romney taken a big hit from the Christian right as not being Christian?
Ninga
Aug 2012
#9
The missions these kids take are pretty sacrosanct and they are promoting Mormonism.
cbayer
Aug 2012
#11
I wouldn't put it past them to stump for Rmoney as they are proselytizing.
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#53
I'd think more positively of them if they stopped the creepy conversion attempts
Generic Brad
Aug 2012
#113
Yes, and I don't think it's a big deal to assume that..They didn't answer the question either.
whathehell
Aug 2012
#34
My wife and I were doing a loy of heavy cleaning one day when the doorbell rang ...
IggleDoer
Aug 2012
#124
I see Mormon missionaries in San Francisco all the time with their white shirts and badges
kimbutgar
Aug 2012
#26
I'm hoping to find tickets in my Christmas stocking this year !! It's playing in Chicago.
auntAgonist
Aug 2012
#63
They may be rare in Ohio, but they are as thick as flies on fresh shit here in West Virginia
1-Old-Man
Aug 2012
#44
I have seen A LOT more of them on the streets this year (there are no coincidences)
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#45
If I see missionairies coming I tell them to "get your creepy asses off my property"
just1voice
Aug 2012
#49
They come here constantly, I used to be civil, the last pair I just said I'm a Democrat and
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#51
I was in Ohio (Columbus, near Ohio State U) back in 1976 and a couple Mormon missionaries dropped by
progree
Aug 2012
#58
i was visited ny mormon missionaries when i lived overseas in a small village. we were both
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#84
sometimes DU is just as cuckoo as Freeperland . Mormons proselytize like many other religions.
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2012
#93
I remember visiting my Italian relatives in Italy. I happened to be looking outside the window
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2012
#105