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LivinginJapan
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Date: April 20, 2014 10:18PM
Here are some translations of reactions (by Japanese people) about this organization (or TSCC) that I found online. This is from a thread that was talking abou Goeigo. Goeigo has locations (makeshift classrooms) nationwide.
"The Mormons, right? They're basically not allowed to consume caffeine. That means, they can't even drink tea! That's so horrible."
"The fact that they are trying to claim to teach English, rather than convert you, ironically makes it sound more fishy/suspicious."
"I've been there, and they tried to convert me. If you just want to learn English, I don't recommend it."
"I've been there too, and while the religious pushiness was irritating, the conversations weren't bad per se."
"Go there only if you want the Mormon church to know your personal information. I heard they are relentless in terms of tracking you down."
"If they truly are doing this as a volunteer, like a volunteer organization as they claim to be, then why are they collecting personal information of their students? It makes me suspicious about how they will use that info."
"I think the Mormon 'religion' is like the 3rd worst cult you could ever join; the worst would be the Aum cult (responsible for the sarin gas attack in 95), the 2nd would be the Moonies. 3rd, the Mormons."
"Here's my experience going there....On my first day, I had some basic explanations about their service, then I got a nametag, then we sang a religious song, then we prayed, and then we started conversing in English. Anyway, I was made to read some some of paper about the Mormons. It's not forcing you to be a member, but they also said that as a student of Goeigo, I had to listen to some elder talk about Mormonism, every 2 weeks. At least in my case, I wasn't specifically prolysetized."
"If you ever see a Mormon, ask them if they know about Mormons and Pyramid Schemes. I swear that they will vehemently deny that, and say that it's supposed to be called 'Multi-Level Marketing'."
"If you want to just chitchat in English, you'd be better off going to a Philippine Pub (note: nightclub that employs Filipinas as the hostesses)"
"I've been to Goeigo before, but never tell anybody your phone number or your address. There's also allegedly a Mormon who's pretending to be a another student there, that might use that info to recruit you. If there are social events that you get invited to, during your time at Goeigo, don't go to those Mormon social events."
"They may be able to 'teach' you English for free, but the members of the church must pay 10% of their income to the church. So, if you only earn 2 million yen a year, you have to pay 200000 yen (note: about 2000 dollars) a year to the church if you become a member. That's not cheap at all."
"I went to the Goeigo class briefly, then I didn't go after that. Anyway, I got phone calls from them, and after I ignored those calls, they came to my house! They're like stalkers, basically."
"The 'We teach English for free' thing is a bait. If you become interested in Mormonism because of that, and you join the church, you have to pay 10% of your income to the church. You're better off going to a proper English conversation school, even if it costs money."
"I'm a Japanese Mormon, but I'm becoming skeptical of Mormonism. When I tried to join Goeigo and take classes there, they told me that I hadn't paid tithing, so I couldn't attend. Yet never-Mormons can attend for free."
"I went to the Goeigo classroom in Sagamihara city a few times. There was no outright push to join the church, but we did have to pray. That said, from my experiences, I don't think it's useful to improve your conversational abilities."
"They seem to have a lot of money to create an organization like this, given that the believers must pay 10% of their income. But the Mormon church doesn't seem to understand that there is no way that a 'religion' that bans tea would be able to go mainstream in Japan, a country that has a long history and culture revolving around tea. They must be complete idiots to
not understand that."
"When I was at the train station this evening, I saw some really suspicious looking foreign guys passing out flyers about this so-called free English class."
"Seriously, what kind of loser joins the Mormon church in this day and age??? If you become baptized and become a Mormon, it's like walking around with a T-shirt that sayd 'I'm an idiot who can't say no'"