04 Jan 2014, 12:20 pm
Raptor wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
It's part of Mormon practice to store food and things away for emergencies where food would be scarce. Personally, I think that's a very wise practice.
This was in the early 80's. I think Mormons were a rarity in the UK at that time.
I was just a kid, but I was more fascinated by the fact that they used to have Mormon people from the US stopping with them and they had the best mountain bikes that I had ever seen.
In fact I think Mountain Bikes were a rarity at that time too.
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04 Jan 2014, 12:22 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
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04 Jan 2014, 2:59 pm
04 Jan 2014, 3:22 pm
Raptor wrote:
That guy was far too annoying to listen to for more than a minute, if that long. 
Personally, I don't particularly like for ANY church to send its members out door to door as if they're peddling girl scout cookies. Around here it's not just the Mormons who are guilty of it.
Skip to 2:50.
Personally, I don't particularly like for ANY church to send its members out door to door as if they're peddling girl scout cookies. Around here it's not just the Mormons who are guilty of it.
05 Jan 2014, 2:54 am
05 Jan 2014, 9:43 am
thomas81 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
It's not doctrine, it's consoling. People do it because it's a wise thing to do. Be prepared. It's not actually part of the religion.
Anyway, the problem with this thing is that it doesn't show hypocrisy because the motivation between the two is completely different. Mormon missionaries are seeking to help people, these atheists are specifically trying to hurt people. The mormons know this is parodying them, so of course they are being annoyed. I'm surprised some of them even tolerated that much of the guy's BS. The hypocrite is the one who does unto others what he does not want done unto him, Mormons are grateful for their gospel, especially converts, they aren't being hypocritical by preaching. Ever heard the mantra "don't be an as*hole"?
05 Jan 2014, 11:13 am
AspieOtaku wrote:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bWz74h518[/youtube] 
Turnabout! Very cute.
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05 Jan 2014, 3:17 pm
Ganondox wrote:
thomas81 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
It's not doctrine, it's consoling. People do it because it's a wise thing to do. Be prepared. It's not actually part of the religion.
Anyway, the problem with this thing is that it doesn't show hypocrisy because the motivation between the two is completely different. Mormon missionaries are seeking to help people, these atheists are specifically trying to hurt people. The mormons know this is parodying them, so of course they are being annoyed. I'm surprised some of them even tolerated that much of the guy's BS. The hypocrite is the one who does unto others what he does not want done unto him, Mormons are grateful for their gospel, especially converts, they aren't being hypocritical by preaching. Ever heard the mantra "don't be an as*hole"?
Don't you think the mormons know by now that their door-to-door preaching is considered annoying by most people? I'm sure they must have figured that out by now, yet they still do it. People are mocking them because THEY are the ones who are annoying people.
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05 Jan 2014, 10:18 pm
Ganondox wrote:
thomas81 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
It's not doctrine, it's consoling. People do it because it's a wise thing to do. Be prepared. It's not actually part of the religion.
Anyway, the problem with this thing is that it doesn't show hypocrisy because the motivation between the two is completely different. Mormon missionaries are seeking to help people, these atheists are specifically trying to hurt people. The mormons know this is parodying them, so of course they are being annoyed. I'm surprised some of them even tolerated that much of the guy's BS. The hypocrite is the one who does unto others what he does not want done unto him, Mormons are grateful for their gospel, especially converts, they aren't being hypocritical by preaching. Ever heard the mantra "don't be an as*hole"?
i dont think the guys in the video are trying to hurt anyone, i think they're trying to prove a point. It was an experiment, not intended to be a prolonged belligerent campaign of some kind.
The fact that the people in Utah reacted hostily without even trying to repudiate their claims sort of proves their point. Mormons like to dish out proselyting, but they don't like to recieve it.
Its not even because they are atheists, had it been muslims, Jews or catholics knocking on their doors they would surely have reacted in a similar way.
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06 Jan 2014, 2:35 pm
trollcatman wrote:
Ganondox wrote:
thomas81 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us, who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
It's not doctrine, it's consoling. People do it because it's a wise thing to do. Be prepared. It's not actually part of the religion.
Anyway, the problem with this thing is that it doesn't show hypocrisy because the motivation between the two is completely different. Mormon missionaries are seeking to help people, these atheists are specifically trying to hurt people. The mormons know this is parodying them, so of course they are being annoyed. I'm surprised some of them even tolerated that much of the guy's BS. The hypocrite is the one who does unto others what he does not want done unto him, Mormons are grateful for their gospel, especially converts, they aren't being hypocritical by preaching. Ever heard the mantra "don't be an as*hole"?
Don't you think the mormons know by now that their door-to-door preaching is considered annoying by most people? I'm sure they must have figured that out by now, yet they still do it. People are mocking them because THEY are the ones who are annoying people.
Yes, they do. Actually, most missions aren't based around door to door knocking anymore, now it's mainly based around sending missionaries to people who have expressed interest. How they operate depends on the area, some areas they still do knocking, but not in others. If you find it annoying you can just try to illegalize any type of door to door knocking of that kind, the mormon's won't mind, they will just move on to a different tactic.
thomas81 wrote:
Ganondox wrote:
thomas81 wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
babybird wrote:
We had a family of Mormons living near us,
who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
who used to collect tins of baked beans and keep them down the cellar.
I'm not sure if that has something to do with their religion, or whether they just liked baked beans.
Or maybe they were just looking for a source of renewable energy.
Probably they were survivalists awaiting the apocalypse, and were stocking up on canned goods.
Mormon doctrine commands them to store food reserves for emergencies for themselves and other families.
Its part of the religion.
It's not doctrine, it's consoling. People do it because it's a wise thing to do. Be prepared. It's not actually part of the religion.
Anyway, the problem with this thing is that it doesn't show hypocrisy because the motivation between the two is completely different. Mormon missionaries are seeking to help people, these atheists are specifically trying to hurt people. The mormons know this is parodying them, so of course they are being annoyed. I'm surprised some of them even tolerated that much of the guy's BS. The hypocrite is the one who does unto others what he does not want done unto him, Mormons are grateful for their gospel, especially converts, they aren't being hypocritical by preaching. Ever heard the mantra "don't be an as*hole"?
i dont think the guys in the video are trying to hurt anyone, i think they're trying to prove a point. It was an experiment, not intended to be a prolonged belligerent campaign of some kind.
The fact that the people in Utah reacted hostily without even trying to repudiate their claims sort of proves their point. Mormons like to dish out proselyting, but they don't like to recieve it.
Its not even because they are atheists, had it been muslims, Jews or catholics knocking on their doors they would surely have reacted in a similar way.
If you watched the video some of the people were in fact listening to him, it proves nothing for the reason I gave. Yes, he was trying to prove a point, but his point remains unproven because he was purposely setting out with the intent to annoy people, not to actually proselytize anyone.
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