Originally Posted by
Honda
Since we are sharing some LDS stories I will tell one. I have a client that is based in SLC so I was in and out of there and Park City all the time. I remember my first trip and I was amazed at how wide the streets were around the LDS campus. I was then told the stories about when they were building the church they needed the wide roads to get the materials in to build everything. I got a little free time and walked all around the complex. It is stunning. So I thought to myself I am not coming this far with out seeing the church so I lugged up all those steps and walked in and a young man was at the desk and I said I was from out of town and wanted to see the inside of the church. He said sure can I see your card. I said what card and he said your LDS membership card. I told him I was not a member and then he told me I was not allowed inside. I red faced marched back down the stairs thinking I had made a fool of myself.
A couple of things, the reason the streets are so wide is so that Wagins could turn in the streets with a team of horses. Unlike cities on the east coast, they were able to design their city from the ground up, and weren’t following game and cattle trails, so why not make it practical.
As for the church, anyone is welcome into a regular meeting house, the temples are considered sacred, and you need to have a temple recommend to get in. Basically, have a testimony of God, and Jesus Christ, acknowledge priesthood authority in the church, pay a full tithing of 10% of your income, and be morally clean, meaning only sex inside marriage. There are a lot of members of the church that don’t qualify. Being the guy at the desk in a temple, you are not the only one that didn’t understand the difference between the two. It is funny, because as a house of worship, temples are closed on sunday.
Originally Posted by
mgrist
I had incidents like Sandman, they would come by my house all the time, at the time I was rather adept with bible teachings and used to have fun stumping/arguing with them nicely. My ex hated them just because but I ended up making quite a few friends out of the whole thing. They brought their deacon a couple of times and he brought his next in line another couple of times. I had salt water tanks at the time and used to feed the gold fish to the Morays, Lionfish etc...when they were there. I think that was one of the reasons I had so many visits
but we always had a good discussion about stuff.
Yeah, they are basically teenage boys on their own for the first time. Of course they would like to see gold fish get mangled. They probably brought members of the local congregation or ward. It is often effective at establishing a relationship.
Originally Posted by
Sandman
They are good kids..
The only “talking to” I have given was for riding their bikes after dark in black clothing.
We have family friends, dad converted to LDS.. good kids.. good family.. but.. our friends and the missionary’s don’t have a clue about basic mainline Christianity .. dad does from his childhood but he keeps his mouth shut and goes along with the program.. the church has an excellent social life..
But.. LDS has been extremely successful so there is something there that I just don’t understand.. all of those people must be on to something..
Riding the bikes is a lot different now than when I was on a mission 40 years ago. They are required to wear helmets now. We weren’t. They should have lights on their bikes, because that is local law, but they would probably rather spend a couple of dollars on food instead of light repairs. As far as not having a clue about mainline christianity, that is kind of like saying QT doesn’t have a clue about Circle K. They know they are out there, they should respect other churches, but most did not grow up in another church, so the LDS lifestyle is all they are really comfortable with.
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