They will meet me at my house tomorrow. What do they want? They have caught me outside plenty of times but Im always on the run. Their perserverance shall be rewarded with 2 ears. Im not much of religious person. Only serious replies.
Seriously. This. Mormons love basketball. Make sure to tell them you know everything about their religion because you've seen the musical.
I happen to know that either during the final Houston years for Hakeem, or perhaps shortly after he retired, he invited a couple of missionaries from LDS to have dinner with him. I don't know how he got in touch with them or what happened. But they had dinner and he basically just listened to them and asked them questions. I think everyone was very respectful and they probably all learned something from each other. I'm not exactly sure what kind of conversations you will have.
i've had conversations with them before. didn't invite them in, but we conversed for quite a bit outside and exchanged views on religion. they respectfully went on their merry way after we were done. didn't get to talk rockets tho... i think that was still in the franchise/yao era too.
I'm Mormon and went on a mission when I was 19. It's a crazy but great experience. 2 years, all missionary and service work on your own dime, (you have to save up before you go and/or get your parents to help pay for it) you don't even get to call home except for Mother's Day and Christmas. No dating, pretty much nothing but teaching and door knocking. You meet a lot of great people, occasionally get yelled (or shot) at, but it's definitely life changing. But yeah, invite them to play basketball.
damn breh, that sucks. if you're working on your own dime, then what right do they have to prevent you from calling home? also what benefits do you get from your missions, religion aside?
Well I mean, it's voluntary. People know what they're signing up for. No material benefits, that's kind of the point. It's meant to be a sacrifice, the "benefits" are all spiritual, so you can't really tease out the religion.
This is my argument with anyone knocking on my door: Christianity offers: wine + bread. Mormonism offers: wives. Islam offers: wives + virgins. I chose Muhammad, he has the best rewards program.
Also served an LDS mission in 2001-2003. Just be respectful of their beliefs, as long as they are respectful of yours. Some of my favorite people that I met during my two years never had any interest in my faith, but were just awesome people. Kindness is always appreciated - there's a lot of people out there that go out of their way to be jerks to missionaries. And yes, I'm aware that there have got to be some jerk missionaries out there as well - but by and large they're just nice kids who feel strongly about their message.
Be respectful but beware... if you show any type of interest or even are too polite as to seem interested they will not leave you alone going forward. if you are not interested respectfully let them know immediately.
@cheke64 .... Be advised, if you get converted, your dancing prowess will go up exponentially!!! ....... ....... .......
I'm just curious if people actually believes LDS promotes and accepts multiple wives, or if they are just playing on the old, warn out, untrue stereotype for laughs?
just an advisory, clutch breh is mormon iirc. it was discussed once like last decade ago. btw what are the core differences between lds and catholicism? both believe in jesus christ as savior ya?
