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]]> By: A Gentle Reader http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-466 A Gentle Reader Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:27:26 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-466 I grew up in a missionary family in Taiwan, and that said, I completely agree with this post. Even the Protestant fundy missionaries would get pissed off at the Mormons for their pushy ways, somehow without seeing that they were doing more or less the same thing in a slightly different way. I grew up in a missionary family in Taiwan, and that said, I completely agree with this post. Even the Protestant fundy missionaries would get pissed off at the Mormons for their pushy ways, somehow without seeing that they were doing more or less the same thing in a slightly different way.

]]> By: filination http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-459 filination Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:34:11 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-459 :O :D Yep, know exactly what you mean... :P :O :D

Yep, know exactly what you mean… :P

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]]> By: Brad http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-438 Brad Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:42:31 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-438 You have to ask yourself, though, why so many missionaries are successful in converting others to their faith. Some, perhaps many, missionaries believe they are giving others a precious gift. A sizeable percentage of those being proselytized to must also agree, since Mormonism (a wacky bag of beliefs by any measure) is the fastest-growing religion in the world. People are looking for answers, looking to give away responsibility for their own decisions, to find security in a "rule book" that tells them how to live and reassures them that they are "good." They're also looking for a way to convince themselves they are superior to others. Don't just blame the missionaries, they've discovered a need and are trying to fill it, in a way they believe is best. Don't just blame the aimless who are willing to trade independent thought for hidebound and archaic superstition about what's "right." Blame secular humanists like us for failing to come up with a more compelling narrative, which might enable more of our planet-mates to avoid falling prey to the superstition, fakery, and intolerant hate-mongering which characterize so much of modern-day "religion." You have to ask yourself, though, why so many missionaries are successful in converting others to their faith. Some, perhaps many, missionaries believe they are giving others a precious gift. A sizeable percentage of those being proselytized to must also agree, since Mormonism (a wacky bag of beliefs by any measure) is the fastest-growing religion in the world. People are looking for answers, looking to give away responsibility for their own decisions, to find security in a “rule book” that tells them how to live and reassures them that they are “good.” They’re also looking for a way to convince themselves they are superior to others. Don’t just blame the missionaries, they’ve discovered a need and are trying to fill it, in a way they believe is best. Don’t just blame the aimless who are willing to trade independent thought for hidebound and archaic superstition about what’s “right.” Blame secular humanists like us for failing to come up with a more compelling narrative, which might enable more of our planet-mates to avoid falling prey to the superstition, fakery, and intolerant hate-mongering which characterize so much of modern-day “religion.”

]]> By: Phi Phi http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-431 Phi Phi Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:21:21 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-431 why do you feel it's about ego? when did it become a personal affront to express faith in anything? each day offers opportunity... everything you experience is giving you a choice. why do you feel that choices are threatening? how can you make informed choices whithout fully understanding the choices being offered? if you are so comfortable with your life choices why is it so disturbing for you to listen to the ideas presented by someone who's made a choice different from yours? why do you feel it’s about ego? when did it become a personal affront to express faith in anything? each day offers opportunity… everything you experience is giving you a choice. why do you feel that choices are threatening? how can you make informed choices whithout fully understanding the choices being offered? if you are so comfortable with your life choices why is it so disturbing for you to listen to the ideas presented by someone who’s made a choice different from yours?

]]> By: theregulatory http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-404 theregulatory Fri, 25 May 2007 14:45:42 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-404 to 'v'; normally I am nice to them; if I was to be like that all the time I would be fighting with mormons every time I stepped out the door (ok, a little exaggeration). But he just happened to catch me on a bad day, thats all, and if anything is likely to provoke me on a bad day, it's mormons, bad workmanship on roads, and fish in sandwiches where it wasn't mentioned on the menu. to ‘v’; normally I am nice to them; if I was to be like that all the time I would be fighting with mormons every time I stepped out the door (ok, a little exaggeration). But he just happened to catch me on a bad day, thats all, and if anything is likely to provoke me on a bad day, it’s mormons, bad workmanship on roads, and fish in sandwiches where it wasn’t mentioned on the menu.

]]> By: ahmad http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-401 ahmad Tue, 22 May 2007 08:07:35 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-401 An excellently amusing article! I avoid them like the plague though, to avoid punching in their pearly whites in mid conversation... An excellently amusing article! I avoid them like the plague though, to avoid punching in their pearly whites in mid conversation…

]]> By: Xiao Zhu http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-392 Xiao Zhu Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:10:58 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-392 The only thing I have in common with the leaders from the other side of the Strait is the disgust about religion of any kind. Not for the same reason though, I have no power to lose to a competing sect. But it's the mere arrogance (the author put that very right) of people suggesting others to become a better man through believing in some (the only right one - theirs!) spirit. The only thing I have in common with the leaders from the other side of the Strait is the disgust about religion of any kind. Not for the same reason though, I have no power to lose to a competing sect. But it’s the mere arrogance (the author put that very right) of people suggesting others to become a better man through believing in some (the only right one – theirs!) spirit.

]]> By: Holly http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-391 Holly Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:53:00 +0000 http://theregulatory.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/169/#comment-391 At least we can be thankful that, now that the weather is getting warmer, they are easier to spot. In the winter, with those heavy coats, they can blend in and attack without warning. Actually, I saw someone accosted in the same fashion yesterday, a Taiwanese woman trapped at a light across the intersection where I was waiting. She not-so-subtly put down the windshield on her helmet and turned her head away. The person on the scooter next to me gave me a long glance, wondering what I was giggling over. At least we can be thankful that, now that the weather is getting warmer, they are easier to spot. In the winter, with those heavy coats, they can blend in and attack without warning.

Actually, I saw someone accosted in the same fashion yesterday, a Taiwanese woman trapped at a light across the intersection where I was waiting. She not-so-subtly put down the windshield on her helmet and turned her head away. The person on the scooter next to me gave me a long glance, wondering what I was giggling over.

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