Comments on: I know more than you.

By: Hans Hansen

Hans Hansen — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:16:45 +0000

Since my cousins were JW’s I was able to prepare for my mission by meeting with them and discussing our viewpoints and theirs.

I served in Norway and about half way through my 30 month stay (1968-71) I was assigned to work on a peninsula in the Oslo Fjord. The only people that had even allowed missionaries to rent a room were a couple where the wife was JW. We got along very well, especially when I found out that her husband and I were distant cousins.

The only problem we had was when we kept running into the other JW’s. I asked my landlady if she could arrange a meeting with her group. When we met we treated each other with respect and reached agreement that we would work the eastern side of the peninsula and they would work the western side, Then we would switch sides. The arrangement worked beautifully.

And the rest of the story…when I returned home, the very next morning after, I had just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed when the doorbell rang and…the JW’s were on my doorstep!

By: Aboz

Aboz — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:56:15 +0000

Ah yes, the good old testiculos, as we were so fond of calling them on the mission. “Sus atalayas ciegos son, todos ellos ignorantes; todos ellos perros mudos, no pueden ladrar;” (Isaiah 56:10) — “Their watchtowers are blind, and they are all ignorant. They are all dumb dogs that can’t bark….” Such a classic scripture in Spanish.

By: Vader

Vader — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:36:43 +0000

Yeah, I’ve heard the TK Smoothie speculation, too. I think it contradicts the statement in the “Proclamation on the Family” that sex is an eternal characteristic.

Am I taking this site much too seriously? I’ll try to work up some more Jonah Goldberg moments in the future then.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:31:05 +0000

3 overall categories, but infinite degrees. 3 known degrees (or divisions) within the celestial, and a virtually infinite number of degrees in the telestial (as the stars differ in glory), and the scriptures are silent on degrees in the terrestrial.

And I can’t help but guffaw at a newbie, over on Mormon Matters, who discovers the “TK Smoothie” speculation. (I won’t call it a doctrine).

And, yeah, a 2 year mission softened my heart towards those Witnesses who go door-to-door trying to share their message.

By: Brian Duffin

Brian Duffin — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:10:49 +0000

What a comforting thought, Adam. I guess we should all be thankful for the big sins that make our little sins look small and petty.

I can’t wait to bear my testimony on that very subject this Sunday.

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:46:39 +0000

BD,
the way we handled TJ’s was usually neither Christian nor sober. Oh, well, I have worse sins on my conscience.

By: Brian Duffin

Brian Duffin — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:55:14 +0000

Speaking of TJ’s, I had a fun experience on my mission with a group of them. Our district of 8 (we all lived in the same house) was getting ready for bed when our DL spotted a group of TJ’s knocking on doors in our neighborhood. He told us to get dressed and grab a Book of Mormon. We got dressed, grabbed a BofM and waited by the door.

When that fateful knock came, my DL opened the door and these poor TJ’s saw 8 missionaries, all dressed in shirt and tie, holding Books of Mormon in our hands. Our DL smiled, looked at them and said, “Brethren, we have been waiting for you, come on in. We have a message we want to share with you.”

The TJ’s ran from our door.

I guess you could say that was a “smash the rebels” kind of moment for me. We overpowered them and out Book of Mormon’d them. You know what they say- Don’t mess with a missionary man!