"You can BET that my minions are watching you; too!"
Posted on 05/07/2011 6:23:56 AM PDT by Colofornian
They are more than the people who go door-to-door asking to talk about religion. They are not the polygamists pictured in reality TV shows.
That’s what the University’s student branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wanted students to know at their Meet the Mormons event at the Institute of Religion on Wednesday.
Set up like a small career fair with colorful posters, the hosts of Meet the Mormons aimed to provide an open forum to religious and non-religious students alike.
“A lot of people are curious about Mormons, but reluctant to actually talk to them because they’re afraid we’re going to proselyte to them,” said Sister Coleman, one of the Institute of Religion’s missionaries. “It’s a chance for people to come in, in a neutral way, and ask whatever questions they have.”
Coleman, who helped organize the event, goes only by the title of “sister” during her year and a half of missionary work.
Sister Kemsley, another organizer for the event and journalism student at Brigham Young University when not on her mission, said she hoped the event would help clarify any misconceptions that University students may have about Mormonism and let people know that they always welcome visitors.
“The main purpose is that there’s a lot of misconceptions and we wanted to have an event to diffuse some of those,” Kemsley said. “Like that we’re polygamists or that we worship Joseph Smith and don’t believe in Christ.”
...the event attracted a small number of visitors...
(Excerpt) Read more at redandblack.com ...
"You can BET that my minions are watching you; too!"
That is SOOOOO creepy! ... And appropriate.
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