biking missionaries nearly meet God.

[Crankin]

Oxsback, I am sorry I offended you, but what you are saying about women certainly does not match with my experience in Mesa. I could tell you a lot of things, but I won't.
Again, I am sorry.

[deeaimond]

Some of these young people don't just have to do missionary work in the US, we get many many of them out here in Singapore too! usually in the US summer hols. I feel sorry for them, dressed in their white shirts and pants in this super humid heat trying to catch hold of the asian people in public places
(here its against the law to bring religion door to door, in fact if u annoy someone enough in a public place and they call the police you can get in trouble). Sometimes people don't even really understand what they say coz of the lack of english or strong accents...

To be honest I also give them a wide berth, simply because they are generally very polite about their evangelizing and I don't want to be rude. I just wanna save them from one less rejection a day...

oh, recently a couple here was sentenced to jail for inciting racial hatred.

their crime? -they desseminated booklets about Christianity to some household mailboxes. These contained phrases that condemned other religions. Some people of other beliefs complained and the booklets were traced to this couple. They were successful professionals too!

[Cataboo]

One more aspect of American culture that we export to the rest of the world. As an american, I apologize for it. (Nothing against mormons, just against missionaries in general, and yes, I know that there's missionaries from other countries and that many missionaries do a lot of good while they're trying to get converts)

[deeaimond]

One more aspect of American culture that we export to the rest of the world. As an american, I apologize for it. (Nothing against mormons, just against missionaries in general, and yes, I know that there's missionaries from other countries and that many missionaries do a lot of good while they're trying to get converts)

Oh silly, no need to apologise, christianity was brought here way before americans started... european missionaries, spanish, english.. all came here before the americans.

i just feel sorry for the poor mormon boys. must be such a culture shock for them. coming out of middle America (an assumption) I just hope they gain insight into different cultures while they're here to broaden up their perspectives.

[babynoahsmom]

Oh silly, no need to apologise, christianity was brought here way before americans started... european missionaries, spanish, english.. all came here before the americans.

i just feel sorry for the poor mormon boys. must be such a culture shock for them. coming out of middle America (an assumption) I just hope they gain insight into different cultures while they're here to broaden up their perspectives.

As this is supposed to be a cycling thread....We too have them in Arkansas. We actually have a Morman church? in our small town. I see the boys cycling also. I agree that they should be required to take a bike safety course. They seem clueless as to how close they come to getting killed sometimes. They should also be made to take a Redneck avoidance course if they are going to send them to our state. (lol) I feel sorry for them too and try to remember that they are some mother's son.

[skhill]

My brother's boyfriend grew up Mormon and did a mission, and it was a great experience for him. The missionary part of things he didn't much care for, and he soon afterwards left the mormons, but there's no other way a kid from Hickville KY would have gotten to spend a year in Montreal. He came back fluent in Quebecois, and with a passion for travel. But he hasn't been on a bike since....

Anyway, I find the Mormon missionaries to be a lot more polite and friendly than most of the other missionaries who go door to door in my neighborhood. And they're easier to get rid of than some of the others. I'd rather deal with them than the Southern Baptists who also come through. Also, they're among the few bike riders wearing helmets in my neighborhood, so they can't be all bad.