The mormons won't leave us alone...UPDATE.
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We relocated to Utah almost three weeks ago for my husband's career. Since then we have had people trying to convince us to go to their church. People were really nice in the beginning but they are getting pushy. When we got here there were a couple of neighbors who helped us move our stuff in which was really great of them and they invited us to church. We said no but thanked them for their help. Then later the same day this older lady came over and introduced herself and randomly told us when church is. I don't know why they think we are mormon. We have also had young men with name tags come to our house twice and invite us to church. I love it when people are friendly but it doesn't seem like they want to get to know us. It seems like they are dead set on getting us to go into their church and that is the only reason they come over. Is this normal? Do they get money for recruiting people? It almost sounded like a sales pitch when the men in name tags were talking to us. Also, how do I get them to back off? We told them several times that we are happy being Christian and it had no affect on them. They said they are Christian too and we should go to their church because it contains the fullest gospel. Please help...
UPDATE: A lot of ladies suggested hanging a 'no soliciting' sign on our door. I grabbed one when I was at the store on Monday but didn't even get to put it up before I was approached again. This times it was one of the men who helped us move our furniture on the day we got here. He invited our family over that night for what he called 'family home evening'. I had no idea what that was and he said "Oh, we just have a special family night every Monday. We eat dinner and play games." Well I thought that sounded great so I accepted. It was the most awkward night of my life. Ever. We ate dinner but all they talked about what their church. I have no idea what half of what they said even meant. After dinner we sat in their living room and the husband pulls out his scriptures and starts basically giving us a lesson about how this guy wrote their Mormon book. Very uncomfortable experience. I feel like we were kind of tricked.
Back to the sign...I hung it yesterday afternoon. Not more than an hour later the old woman was back on my doorstep asking if my daughter would like to attend a church activity. I was getting pissed. I told the woman in no uncertain terms that we are not interested in her church. She assured me that this would just be a way to get my daughter involved and that all they were doing was putting Valentine's on people's lawns (wtf?) and there wouldn't be any scripture study. I told her the answer was still no. Do these people have any kind of life outside of church? I seriously have never met people like this. I am going to call around today and try and find a non-denominational church we can attend. I am still busy with unpacking but I have got to get some other kind of interaction going on here for the sake of my sanity. The mormon people that I have met so far all seem freakishly obsessed with my family's salvation. Hopefully we can be friends with our neighbors someday but not until they learn the meaning of the word BOUNDARIES.
Answer the door naked when they come over, or put a no soliciting sign on your door. We have one on our apartment
Put a sign on your door that says No Soliciting - Not even for Jesus.
I don't know what to tell you. We have the same problem with Jehovah's here. Last time they came I just stayed on the couch and didn't bother getting up. lol My grandmother down the road, who had been in the hospital and was in a hospital bed, actually got up (well she had my mom and aunt assisting) and ran them out of their house.
Oh, I have ignored them several times lol. They just keep coming back!
Quoting sheena696:I don't know what to tell you. We have the same problem with Jehovah's here. Last time they came I just stayed on the couch and didn't bother getting up. lol My grandmother down the road, who had been in the hospital and was in a hospital bed, actually got up (well she had my mom and aunt assisting) and ran them out of their house.
I had the same problem when we moved to our new house.. I eventually ended up telling them we are not interested at all in a very niceish way. My neighbors still invite us but I we always say no thanks!
They don't get money or anything for new converts but they are told to invite people and help them feel welcome...
Hopefully they will back off soon. :)
Good luck!
The next time someone comes and tells you when church is, find out what ward you are living in. Then call the bishop of that church and tell him that you are not interested in converting right now and ask him to stop the missionaries from visiting. You could just let him know that you just moved and are still settling in and that you find it disruptive. Be polite and they will be polite too. If you are living in Utah you will have to learn to live with the Mormons, they will kill you with kindness, but really they are just being friendly. Try being friendly back.
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