Mormons and Ten Speed Bicycles.

by gumby 21 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  gumby

  The other day my work partner and I were driving back to the shop after finishing working and it was hotter than hell. We see these two Mormon boys doing their thing on their 10 speeds with their typical white shirts on. They had helmets on too.

  My friend says..."why in the hell don't they use cars?" That brought back memories of that same question I used to ponder but never found out the answer to.

  My guess is.....it's a showing of self sacrifice, they can do their good samaritan thing easier ( help a little old lady carry out her trash etc.), ......or it's so they can make an impression to the public that their doing their job and being hard working ministers for the lord. It sure the heck isn't because they nor their families and friends wouldn't help them get a car for two hard years of ministry work.

  Anyone know of the real reason?

  Gumby
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  Elsewhere

  I have wondered the same thing for a very long time.
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  katiekitten

  Im guessing they cant afford cars. If they are on a stipend like the bethel boys they will barely be able to afford condoms!!
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  Elsewhere

  Ok, so far I have found this:

  http://www.mattpeiken.com/Journalism/Fairfield/mormons.htm

  There are no girlfriends, CDs, movies, concerts, sporting events, long-distance phone calls or weekend beer runs gnawing at their wallets. Missionaries ride bicycles so they don't have to maintain and buy gas for a car. The church takes care of the utility bills, and missionaries have long made a habit of accepting invitations to dinner at the houses of local church members.

  I don't quite buy this because it would mean that all mormon missionaries travel only by bike all the time unless they bum a ride with someone else.
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  skyman

  I have seen them use cars around here. Maybe it is a bid city thing. We had two of them earlier this summer and they came by car, Yet down town I saw the same two boy's riding bikes around.
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  skyman

  P.S. They pay for this privilege every month $400.00 or someone does. The morman freinds that I have start saving from early age for this privilege.
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  EvilForce

  I've only seen them use bikes myself. But I suppose since I'm in the city mostly they can use public transport. Plus a car is expensive to fuel, insure, repair + the payment itself. Most these kids are what? 18? 19?
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  bikerchic

  LOL Gumbikester I saw a couple of 'em yesterday and wondered the same thing.....great minds eh?

  I rather think it's all part of the sacrifice they give to doG during their "mission". At any rate we can maybe give them Mormons thanks for keeping down pollution in these "last days". LOL

  
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  Farkel

  gumby,

  :My guess is.....it's a showing of self sacrifice, they can do their good samaritan thing easier ( help a little old lady carry out her trash etc.), ......or it's so they can make an impression to the public that their doing their job and being hard working ministers for the lord. It sure the heck isn't because they nor their families and friends wouldn't help them get a car for two hard years of ministry work.

  :Anyone know of the real reason?

  I do. I grew up in Utah and many of my male relatives went on their 2 year missions for the Mormon Church. It's all about control. Going on a mission when one is 18 or 19 is the equivalent of going to Bethel when I was a dub. Those that don't go on missions are losers and will never "advance" very far in the Mormon Church. Have you noticed how cheap the white shirts, ties and obligatory black pants the missionaries wear are? They actually have stores in northern Utah that sell only one thing: cheap, tacky "missionary" clothing!

  Missionaries are only allowed 2 phone calls home per YEAR. And the phone calls can be no longer than 5 or 10 minutes. I forget which. One is on Mother's Day and the other is on Christmas day. THAT is control! One of my cousins left his mission in Japan 6 months short of his 2 years. This is also the equivalent of a dub leaving Bethel before your 4 year stint was up: you are a loser and pond scum for doing so. My cousin never went to another Mormon meeting again and is now an agnostic. Why did he leave? He started researching his religion and found how much bullshit was in it and in the Book of Mormon. He went to one of his religious leaders with his questions and doubts. How did his leader respond?

  "Do you have a problem with masturbation?" At that point my cousin realized that the Church could not defend itself against his questions and could only resort to diversionary tactics such as the red herring.

  While the Mormon Church is a bit more subtle with their control of its membership than the WTS, it still has an iron grip on the lives of its members. That makes it a cult, just like the WTS.

  Farkel
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  Qcmbr

  The mission gets an allocation of cars to cover outlying regions or for the zone leaders who have to cover a larger area to check on all the regular missionaries. Bikes are cheaper on the mission in the long run. Simple as that. I had a bike for 5 months and a car for 1 month - the rest of my mission was foot and buses.
  
  LDS missionaries can't have sex so condom prices are neglible.