Mormon Missionaries

I mean, I never have any issues with them. Usually they talk to my family.

Yesterday me and my younger sister (she's 11) were riding our longboards and having fun and they pulled over and asked if anyone was home. We said No and they asked my little sister if they could share a message with her. She said OK and they talked about the holy spirit and how it made you confident in the things you do and if you screw something up, that God will fix it.

Obviously I didn't agree since I'm not super-religious but I'm just a realistic. There is no miracles to me, only coincidence and I've matured a great deal in mt life to deal with the cards I was dealt. I understand some people need religion to guide them but I prefer not to try to falsify my own beliefs.

They asked my sister if she had been reading her books, if she knew what a prophet was, if she had been praying and she hasn't been doing ANY of this because she's really not interested in the religion even though she accompanies my mother to mass every Sunday.

So they told her to pray to God for the answer and they were making my little sister so uncomfortable. She was looking down and chewing on her lip and looking so pressured. Now, I've talked to her about baptism and she doesn't want to be baptized and she told me that the Missionaries pressure her so badly she feels like crying.

I was being respectful and listening to what they said and when they turned to me and asked me things about the church I told them as nicely as I could put it that I didn't like their religion. I've even looked into it; I've looked into many religions but don't they think that having 3 older sisters and my mother baptized that I wouldn't know a thing or two about Mormonism?

They asked me if I had any friend's addresses that needed a visit from them and I told them none of my friends really had religions and they were spiritual. (Truth be told my friends are smart enough to know a fairy - tale when they see one). This is when I got really mad because the one that had been primarily talking actually laughed at that. He laughed at the idea that someone wasn't religious. I glanced at him briefly and said "I'm just being honest here, not trying to be rude but you guys make my sister really uncomfortable. She has no intentions of getting baptized and she only goes to church to be of some company to my mother.

My little sister affirmed it and they shook my sister's hand as they walked out but not one out of the three shook my hand. I was spoiled product, right? Unfit, and unholy.

We walked away tensely and silently and now I'm blogging about it because I want to hear what you think and what your views on religion are.

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CAPS4SAMMEH
#1
ew religion! Gross.
Derpicorn1007 #2

Oh geez... That sounded like fun to experience...
My dad told my sister and I when we were young that if we didn't want to go to church, we wouldn't. Since he hated going and my mom wasn't so fond of it either, they didn't really care when we said we didn't want to go.
I don't really believe in a god, I just believe if you are a good person, you go to heaven and if you were a bad person you went to hell.
I'm just glad people like that don't walk up to me and talk to me about religion ._.
and there's this guy who is a comedian and he is religious and he talks with an atheist... It's so funny xD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtVzj9y-bo
hano_21 #3
the bottom of it believe in whatever u want and ignore anyone makes u feel spoiled product or unfit
cuz that's what i'm doing for the past 4 years :)
and sorry for my english and REALLY long comment kekeke~
hano_21 #4
ah I had one of those experience
oh w8 scratch that let me say that again
I ALWAYS AND I MEAN ALWAYS have those experiences
I'm Muslim and I'm EXTREMELY proud and 100% believing in my religion
and WHENEVER i go srsly those kind of ppl will pop in front of my face u name it Mormon or Jews etc
and they will talk and talk to me and i'm 24 yo that means i KNOW and FULLY UNDERSTAND my believes and when they feel that i'm just being respectful letting them finish wherever they're saying and the fact i'm only hearing not listening they will srsly give me dirty looks and they will go to my sisters 18 yo & 11 yo
my 18 yo sister will just be her true self and say "hey i'm Muslim there's no way i'l listen to u"
and then they will go to my 11 yo sister and she looked REALLY SCARED
and they talked to her and she said thank u sir but i think i'm comfortable in my religion even if u think i'm a kid i think being comfortable is enough for me
what REALLY pissed me off i remember someone saying "don't let ur parents lie to u and take u to hell with them" I WAS SOOOOO PISSED OFF i started screaming at him saying that i think i just respected him enough and he needs to take his leave and he said i'm brain washing the kid , i mean like wth? really? i didn't attack him saying he will go to hell even if i believed that
cuz i truly believe everyone should believe whatever they want.
and my 18 yo sister talked to me yesterday she's living in Korea now she's studying there and when they knew my brother and her r Muslims and sadly there's not much of Muslims in Korea they PAY THEM A VISIT EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS even when they told them respectfully that there's no chance they will change their religion and they will be so glad if they stopped those visits and they said okay but THEN they are w8ing for them downstairs EVERYDAY and they're feeling REALLY uncomfortable
i mean srsly what u faced is NOTHING compared what we're facing.
Lancelot
#5
I respect every religion but I find Missionaries to be a bit annoying, I mean if you want to convert you will, right?
2minforeverandever
#6
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion (Don't worry, it's not spam. It's a comic about religion that I agree with heavily. Plus it makes me laugh, and it might make you laugh too. You sound sad. You're not spoiled product. You just have your own thoughts and opinions.)
rurika #7
They shouldn't be allowed to talk about these things to an 11-year-old without her parents being there - this is so wrong!
I don't like people who try to impose theirs religious views on others. I believe in God but I would never push my views on my atheist friends!
aniangel07
#8
ah, I know which ppl you are talking about. they seem to be everywhere. lol well, in my opinion every person can do and believe what they want. but I think its really not ok to be this obtrusive.

ayway, I don`t get to meet them where I live because I`m at work and all, but my mother. lol they ring the dor bell every now and then to ask if they could place something in our mailbox. my father once started a discussion with them too and they even had to bring their elder because my father strongly argued with them (and they couldn`t answer anymore lol).