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Anonymous
And it doesn’t mean it did happen. Mormons aren’t built like that and everyone here knows it. |
Anonymous
Oh... OK. I guess if DCUM knows it that's what matters! Read my follow up post. They were removed from door knocking duties. Their church elders did not take kindly to their approach. And some are only nicey nice until they draw you in. Do you know nothing of the abuse that goes on among their believers? They certainly are "built like that". |
Anonymous
Move on. Nobody thinks Mormons put their foot in your door. |
Anonymous
| I open door and tell them I am broke but could use some cash if they have any. They pretty much run away |
Anonymous
Try learning something. ANYWAY. Op, put up a NO RELIGIOUS PEDDLERS sign. That generally works. If someone persists, find out which church they are with, then call the organization and tell them to put your address on their do not disturb list. My brother just tells them he's a Satanist. They can't get off of his doorstep fast enough. |
Anonymous
This whole thread is fake and attention seeking. Ooh watch out the scary Mormon will put his foot in your door! Lol whatever. |
Anonymous
How long ago was this? Do you still open the door for any random person who knocks? Lesson learned. |
Anonymous
I'm sure you're capable of figuring out what you can do with your opinion. Even religious people can be @$$$$$$. |
Anonymous
Mormons on mission are the biggest nerds in the world. The chance one became aggressive with you is non-existent. Fun fact, Jon Heder (Napolean Dynamite) is Mormon and went on a mission. Mormon missionaries don’t know each other before they get assigned to travel together. If one of them stuck his foot in your door and disregarded their rules for interacting with the public, the other one would have informed their leadership immediately. They don’t go on missions near their homes, either, nor are they both from the same church. You are invested in this, so enjoy, but it’s really sad. (not a mormon) |
Anonymous
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Probably Jehovah’s Witnesses. They’re harmless and all you have to do is open the door and say “thanks but I really enjoy my own church/synagogue/mosque/temple/I don’t believe,” watch them nod, and then you smile and shut the door.
Takes all of 30 seconds to politely get rid of them. I don’t get being so riled up that you come on DCUM to whine for the rest of the afternoon. |
Anonymous
| YOUR religion doesn't belong on my front door OR IN MY GOVERNMENT. |
Anonymous
Your lack of acceptance that a Mormon could be an aggressive jerk is what is sad. You probably think Warren Jeffs is a wonderful man and wrongly persecuted. |
Anonymous
| Growing up, my dad always invited proselytizers inside and gave them the hard sell to convert them to his religion. Sometimes they would be in our living room for hours. |
Anonymous
I am well aware that people posting here hate religion and freedom of speech. You are wrong, as usual. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/6/16/23165897/inside-the-supreme-court-case-that-saved-door-to-door-missionary-work-jehovahs-witnesses On June 17, 2002, the court ruled against a small Ohio town’s restrictions on door knocking, deciding that efforts to make religious missionaries, political canvassers and others obtain permits violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech. “It is offensive not only to the values protected by the First Amendment, but to the very notion of a free society, that in the context of everyday public discourse a citizen must first inform the government of her desire to speak to her neighbors and then obtain a permit to do so,” wrote Justice John Paul Stevens in the majority opinion. The decision sent a message to government officials trying to limit unpopular or controversial public expression, said Frederick Gedicks, a law professor at Brigham Young University. He added that the case also showed why it’s important to speak up in defense of constitutional rights, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses have repeatedly done. “Often, our practices don’t live up to our ideals. The Witnesses are some of the folks who expose that. Through this case, they forced (the country) to live up to the ideals of the freedom of speech clause,” he said. Atheists are on the wrong side of freedom, both of speech and religion. A Supreme Court brief filed in support of the Jehovah’s Witnesses by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outlined how difficult it could be to navigate anti-solicitation laws. Depending on the town you were in, you might have to provide anything from character witnesses to fingerprints to $25 in cash to gain the right to go door to door. “A citizen shouldn’t have to go to the government to ask permission to go to their neighbor” to raise a concern or share what they believe, Polidoro said. Four months after oral arguments, the court issued an 8-1 decision against the permit rules. It said Stratton’s ordinance unlawfully interfered with both anonymous and spontaneous speech and did little to address security concerns. So keep raging against freedom and making up stories about Mormons and Warren Jeffs, it shows who you all really are: people who hate everything our country was built on. |
Anonymous
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So it’s ok for people to knock on my door of my personal property and interrupt me to tell me about their god.
But it is not ok for me, in this free and open forum, to say there isn’t a god. Well that makes perfect sense. |