It's sort of a strange blend of funny and being a moron about religious stuff. I know about missions, but I always thought it was reserved for like, nuns and stuff. The Mormons are the first organization I've heard of where they let regular people go on them. How long do these missions last? But seriously, I don't know much at all about religious missions, other than what I've seen in movies and whatnot. My parents never forced me to go to church or anything... I could be a member of any religion I wanted to be a member of and they wouldn't be angry with my choice, so long as it wasn't something nutty, like satanism or a Kool Aid cult or something like that. If I came home wearing black Nike tennis shoes talking about how cool comets are, they probably would have forced me into an intervention
But anything else they'd be cool with. That's probably why I'm agnostic and have my own unique take on religion. But that's also why I don't know much about religious actions, like missions. Just the bare essentials: go on a trip, convert a bunch of people.
Quote: "Unlike a Jehovas Witness, a mormon missionary will leave you alone if you ask them too."
What about other stuff, like the "disfellowship?" Like... if you're a Mormon and you decide to try buddism for a while, can you go back to being a Mormon if you want to? Or what if you break a rule or something... are they forgiving, or do they kick you out? I'm asking because I don't know, not because I'm trying to pick a fight or anything. If the thread was about Jehovah's Witnesses, I would definitely be
fighting like my life depended on it. My girlfriend formerly was a member of their organization. I didn't really think much of it, until I found out that for dating me (a non-witness), they were going to "disfellowship" her. Basically, if you break a rule, they kick you out and literally discredit you throughout the organization, and in rural Idaho, that's pretty much her entire town. She owned a business when she lived out there, and lost a large chunk of it, all for dating me. That's when I flipped the rock over and found out about hordes of evil things they do (outlined in that link I posted, that's a rant on my personal site... go there at your own risk and note that it's entirely about religion... I didn't say any of that stuff here because of the AUP). I come from a completely different culture, and when two of those doofus' came to the door when I was visiting, I was sitting in the next room while they basically referred to me as the devil because I wasn't a Witness. One of them noticed I was sitting right there and gave me an "I'm talking about you" look. That ended when I gave him an "I'll ****ing throw you off the balcony and eat what's left off the pavement with a spoon" look. I'm not a very physically-hostile person, but the threat of going to jail and not wanting to scare Sharyn was barely enough to keep me from "injuring" them for that. Anyway, sorry lol, just remembering that made me angry, sorry for blabbing. My question is, are the mormons cool about stuff like that? Like, can a mormon date a non-mormon or is that strictly forbidden? Or if you break some rule or leave for some reason, are they cool about taking you back?
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