I have been meeting with LDS missionaries for a while i dont want to convert, & they know. one seems EXTRA friendly, almost flirting, i know that they cant date and i dont but i like him alot, hes nice to talk too, he may be leaving soon what should i do?
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also he says that he is interested in coming to my church which is EVANGELICAL, is that weird?
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It is not weird that he wants to go to your church. People think of us Mormons as very secretive, and not willing to experience other cultures and religions. A mission is 90% for the missionary and 10% for the Lord. The Lord wants us to experience many things and to grow. I know many missionaries who met their future wives on their missions. He can't date you on his mission, but you can date after his mission. Why don't you want to join the church (just curious)? I am a convert myself. I served my mission in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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while i was raised i guess you would say evangelical, i didn't really consider it my faith until i was about 15 or 16 years old i'm still a teenager now. i've found happiness and hope in this fallen world through it. i just like to learn about other religions ie. why i'm talking to them. and as much as i've seen absolutely beautiful and biblical things come out of the LDS church i've also found some contradictions by myself just reading through the book of mormon and what i've read in the bible, i also believe that you won't be married in heaven that we are the bride of CHRIST, i believe in HELL and think more then just the people who commit the unforgivable sin may go to hell, and i also believe in a triune GOD. and i've attended the ward in my area a handful of times to get the whole picture, but still some things seem sketchy. plus ... i don't date and never have! i think that dating is DUMB and the fact that the church encourages it seems so foreign to me.
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well he cant date you till the mission is over, he has your details so if he likes you back, he will contact you after the mission is over.
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okay so part of this question doesn't apply anymore, they are staying for at least another 6 weeks, but now my mom is convinced that he likes me, she has listened in on a few conversations but never participated she's not exactly happy of how long this relationship has been going on (i mean the one of me just talking to them about religion, without all of the confusing possible romantic side, and she's not even really conservative, she's weird and i like to rebel even if it's by doing the right thing as much as possible, as opposed to the wrong like my older sister)... also i never mentioned my suspicion's to her and she has much more of the gift of discernment then i do. i think that it's flattering that he may like, but i'm not sure if it's just a flirt to convert kind of thing, except they know that i don't want to, so that last statement makes the situation even more confusing ... PLEASE HELP i'm so confused and i feel like i may be making a bigger deal out of this then perviously intended.
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so here is what i'm thinking is the final update on this question ... while he was transferred and the reamin missionary "broke up" with me and my friend who had started attending our little q&a sessions... when i say broke up what i mean is that the relationship ended we won't be meeting anymore, it makes sense though since this was meant to be a learning experience with no chance of conversion. so in the end it was good... any further comments or advice are still appreciated especially now since the big joke around my family and my church(not an LDS church) is that he's either going to start writing me now that were not in the same area or that he's going to write me when he is done with his mission. the creepy thing is that he would have to have memorized my address and that's weird in it's own right. thanks to all that have submitted an answer they for the most part helped.
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Screw him purple.
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So apparently this story never ends… I recently moved and I was driving around my new neighborhood and who do you think I saw… that's right, the missionary that i asked this question about! We talked for a few minuets, he asked me what I was doing there and I told him that I had moved, it was still slightly awkward but he remembered my name and was super excited to see me again so this story may never end … haha just thought that it was kinda funny for the people that gave me some wonderful advice.
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Say goodbye to him. Nothing else. My 2 cents.
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