Slightly off topic, but something regarding door to door religous salesmen.
We found the perfect fix when I was in college. After the second early morning wakeup from the Jehova crew while we were all trying to sleep off a hangover from hell, we posted a sign on our front door that read "It's not premarital sex if you don't plan on marrying her"
I'm not sure if they changed their route as a matter of coincidence but we were never bothered again.
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I've seem some Mormons do that here in Pincher Creek.
I think he's saying that the local church members don't go door to door like Jehovah's Witnesses do, which is accurate.
Those members who do go on missions (the one's you see around Pincher Creek) are from somewhere else.
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I think he's saying that the local church members don't go door to door like Jehovah's Witnesses do, which is accurate.
Those members who do go on missions (the one's you see around Pincher Creek) are from somewhere else.
My understanding is that a small percentage of Mormons remain in their home town for their mission due to physical disabilities or some other illness. I know one guy that did his mission in Salt Lake City, which just seemed weird to me.
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They are quite often placed on their missions depending on their attributes. We knoow a very nice Mormon family, originally from Italy, they converted from Catholicism. Their son was sent to Italy due to the fact that he could speak Italian.
Also, the families are responsible for most of the expenses their sons incur while on their mission.
Our daughter dated a Mormom for a year. They never drank caffeine either. However, once a year, on New Year's Eve, the family and their friends had an "anything goes" party for their kids and they could have whatever junk food and carbonated drinks that they wished.
Religion, as a whole is a bit of a joke. This particular one to me for some reason is the biggest of them all.
I take it you have never heard of Scientology?
I honestly don't know a ton about the Mormon's, but I have a hard time believing it is more ridiculous than Scientology or even Catholicism for that matter.
I grew up Mormon (haven't been practicing for 20 years now) and here is how my parents explained the caffeine thing to me:
Basically, the scripture in the Book of Mormon states that the body is a temple and one should not subject it to drugs that alter your mental state. This general rule applies to illicit drugs, cigarettes, and caffeine - which the Mormons are "famous" for.
Like any religion, there is a huge range of how strictly people adhere to, or even interpret the scripture of course.
Don't quote this as fact. This is just how it was explained to a 12 year old.
My best friend is Mormon and we got to talking about religion one day and this topic came up. The reasoning behind it is that they are supposed to avoid anything that be addictive (Caffeine, Drugs. etc.)
not sex though, once you're married, have at it like bunny rabbits in a european commerical! (or so I'm told)
