Writer's Block: Conversion Rate

[theoldwolf]

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Been there, done that and bought that T-Shirt back in 1969. Converted from The First Church of Who the Hell knows Nothin' (Secular Humanist Agnostic) to the LDS faith. And never looked back. It felt like coming home.

Comments

[secoh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for answering! Some people think they are going to have their beliefs attacked when asked about it.... never my intention!

That was a very good read, and makes a lot of sense to me. I can certainly understand grabbing the iron rod of stability in the swirling madness. It is an obscure and fleeting thing too, not everyone can see it even when it is right in front of them.

I must admit my own impressions of the LDS is coloured by the endless flow of door knockers telling me I'm doing it wrong. Strangely they are all from the USA!

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Most people know the Mormons from historical accounts (Brigham Young, pioneers, polygamy, etc.) or from our young missionaries. Most do come from the US, but there is a large percentage from other countries who either work in their own lands or get scattered abroad. A lot of Samoan and Tongan missionaries have been serving in New Zealand and Australia, and we have missionaries from Australia and New Zealand serving in Japan, Spain, France, Africa, and America.

We've been an evangelizing Church from the very beginning. It's how the word gets out. Re telling people "You're doing it wrong," our last president, Gordon B. Hinckley said regarding members of other faiths, "To these we say in a spirit of love, bring with you all that you have of good and truth which you have received from whatever source, and come and let us see if we may add to it."

The days of the mass conversions of Europeans, Scandinavians and Polynesians are long since gone. The missionaries are the gleaners, turning over the rocks and looking in the corners for those who are searching for answers in their lives, and bringing a message of hope and peace. I was one who was ready, "in the looking zone" as we put it in the relationship marketing business.

But in all honesty, I can understand the feelings of those who are at peace with their lives, and who have to deal with an ongoing flow of Fuller Brush men