Mormon Missionaries
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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