ChicagoHeathen wrote:

As far as I know, Nation of Islam doesn't send out missionaries like that, and certainly not to convert white people. Are you sure, klm, that the guy is part of Nation of Islam and not some legitimate (marginally legitimate) religious group?

I once saw them standing on a street corner with a bullhorn, talking about how black people are the lost tribe of Israel... :rolleyes:

bytebear wrote:

Hey all. I was a Mormon missionary nearly 20 years ago. It's a full time 2 year mission, so it's not like it's just easier to get out and knock on doors on holidays or weekends. We knocked on doors whenever, and chances are the reason you see Mormons more often on holidays is because you are home, when normally you aren't. 9 out of 10 homes knocked, no one answers.

Vindication:D

bytebear wrote:

Hey all. I was a Mormon missionary nearly 20 years ago. It's a full time 2 year mission, so it's not like it's just easier to get out and knock on doors on holidays or weekends. We knocked on doors whenever, and chances are the reason you see Mormons more often on holidays is because you are home, when normally you aren't. 9 out of 10 homes knocked, no one answers.

Vindication:D

bytebear wrote:

Hey all. I was a Mormon missionary nearly 20 years ago. It's a full time 2 year mission, so it's not like it's just easier to get out and knock on doors on holidays or weekends. We knocked on doors whenever, and chances are the reason you see Mormons more often on holidays is because you are home, when normally you aren't. 9 out of 10 homes knocked, no one answers.

For some reason, I never thought of that. I guess I didn't want to think that they come around more often than every couple of months! All the more reason to not be a home-body.

I do recall that a couple months ago, I came home one day, and nearly every apartment in my building had a little tract from the Jehovah's Witnesses stuck into one of the door cracks. It was obvious that most people were not home when the missionaries stopped by. And what became of those tracts? Nearly everyone cast them onto the floor of the hallways, where they remained until, a few days later, I got tired of seeing them in the hallways and kicking them with my feet and decided to pick them up and throw them away.

I also recall the first time I ever dared tell the JW missionaries that I was an atheist. Their response was, "So you're a scientist?" and while I explained to them that I was not a scientist, they pulled out a JW tract that condemned evolution and Charles Darwin and thrust it into my hands.

I also recall the first time I ever dared tell the JW missionaries that I was an atheist. Their response was, "So you're a scientist?" and while I explained to them that I was not a scientist, they pulled out a JW tract that condemned evolution and Charles Darwin and thrust it into my hands.

Not to derail the thread, but I always find it fascinating there are folks in the 21st century who deny evolution. We also have a token beliefnetter who's geocentric and believes the earth is the center of the Universe.  I can't quite wrap my mind around it some days.