"Who is it?"

"Missionaries"

"R U LDS?"

"Yes! Are you a member?"

"No, I resigned."

"Can we do anything for you?"

"No, thanks. Be safe."

"Thanks. You, too."

All through my closed apartment door.

I thought missionaries couldn't roam around apartment buildings randomly knocking on doors. I live in a pretttty seedy building in an even seedier neighborhood, and I sure as ish would not go knocking on my neighbors' doors out of the blue.

For some reason, I thought random apartments are off limits. Is that not the case?

(Full disclosure for those who don't know me: I'm a nevermo who almost converted. This board kept me from doing so. Thanks, y'all!)

Nothing is off limits!

You should have asked if they were giving away candy and soda in exchange for getting baptized.

You know how they'll ask, "Is there anything we can do for you?"

...

Old video but I thought of it when I read your subject line "Knock Knock Knock"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ioi0qN0HUs

EDIT: NSFW



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Did you notice from the comments that Mormons are offended by the salty language, and not the fact that people are laughing at their magic underoos?

Beth, have you seen this? Mormon missionary parody of Adele's "Hellohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckLqfX62u_I";?

BWAHAHA Poor Elder Pete and that smile - looks like it hurts.

Beth Wrote:
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> BWAHAHA Poor Elder Pete and that smile - looks
> like it hurts.


Did you notice that the other one was called Elder Berry? Any relation to ours?

Love that video Berry much. I'm a sweeter Elder Berry I think.

I can't remember this guy's name - um - he's an Aussie who had a TV show about religion (I think he ended up going a bit nuts). Anyway, he went to Utah pretending to be an atheist missionary.

Ummm...Jon... ugh (don't get old)

Beth Wrote:
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> I can't remember this guy's name - um - he's an
> Aussie who had a TV show about religion (I think
> he ended up going a bit nuts). Anyway, he went to
> Utah pretending to be an atheist missionary.
>
> Ummm...Jon... ugh (don't get old)


I was thinking about Steven Fry's "Mormon Encounter"

It's all happening!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfCtGFgRSk

And here's what I don't get, if you get your own planet, and your kids get their own planets, and your siblings get their own planets, and your grandparents, aunts, uncles, everrrrydamnbody you were every related to who makes it to the CK get their own goddamn planet, how they hell are you together? You're managing a fucking planet! That has to be a bit time consuming, especially populating the damn thing, so, yeah. Forget the planet thing not making sense. The being with your family thing? Who has time for *that*?



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You're not old, Beth (says Tom, who's older ;-)

Hope you're well.

Do NOT disrobe for them, Beth, even if offered candy or salvation.

Maybe I should have checked them out.

They're legal, right?

The Mormon missionaries will knock anywhere they are allowed to and often, places where they are not allowed.

I live in a private community that has a posted "No soliciting" policy. Even so, I've had to report or warn off Mormon missionaries on occasion. Closed and locked doors to our condo buildings do help to keep out intruders.

It was wise of you to keep your door closed while talking to the missionaries. I do that whenever a stranger knocks on my door, until/unless I have verified that the individual has a legitimate reason for doing so (i.e. community management, repairman, etc.) I would never open the door to some random solicitor or missionary.



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Good lord, don't they realize the danger of mormons mixing with non-mormons?! I mean, any random non-mormon could open a door and expose a mormon to all sorts of anti-mormon-ness! Yes, yes, I know that mormons should be allowed to knock on doors that they identify as doors of their choosing, but holy joe, how do they know that their testimonies won't be attacked by someone only pretending to he a mormon!

1. Apartment buildings in poor areas are about the only ones not locked tight by security. Yet those were the places with highest crime and people (some, well, one person) had fears.
2. The only place where someone refused to open the door to speak with me was in one such building - as I was a candidate for public office. In the best areas, the front doors weren't even locked to the homes, even when the people weren't home! The crime rate in those areas was essentially zero.

I thought this was going to be a thread about my car engine.

My "knock knock" mishies were no joke either. When they came by one spring evening the year I first left church activity mid-1990's, my children were doing their homework and it was after dinner. The last thing I needed or wanted was a pair of 20 something Mormon missionaries at my door!

I told them through the door to go away, I wasn't interested. They asked me, "Would you like us to take your name off the church rolls then?" I answered them I'll do that myself when I decide to, not before.

They were pissed I didn't answer the door. I was glad I told em off through the door and told em to go away. What right did they have to tell me they would take my name off church records for not answering the door? I hadn't been called to a church court. Little bastards.

It made me feel good knowing they didn't have power over me, and that I could acknowledge owning my power for myself and my family's autonomy. It was a defining moment in my breaking away and declaring my personal boundaries from the Mormon cult.

:)



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