I was reading an article on CNBC, and clicked on the side bar ad bait "10 Things to Know About Mormon Missionaries" for a laugh...but there was nothing about mishies at all: it was about the Bible! Instead of "Request a Free Copy of the BoM", it was a short bible video and "Request a Free Copy of the Holy Bible"!

Reminds me of Scientologists offering a Free Personality Test--then they try to suck you in.


We're not a cult we're not a cult we're not a cult we're not a cult we're not a cult we're not a cult............

The old bait-and-switch.

Then the missionaries show up and say "Here's your Bible that's been corrupted by wicked men. Have you heard of Joseph Smith?..."

Shinehahbeam Wrote:
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> Then the missionaries show up and say "Here's your
> Bible that's been corrupted by wicked men. Have
> you heard of Joseph Smith?..."

Exactly.
They've tried for years to give away BoMs. From what I've heard, it wasn't very successful.
So they give away bibles, then bring along a BoM and give the old "it's a companion to the bible that contains the fullness of the gospel" tale.

What a waste of paper.

Oddly, when I googled '10 Things to know about Mormon Missionaries', expecting to find a mormon dot org spiel (which is what the click implied I'd link to), I found zilch. I did find this, however, which is kind of amusing:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-harline/mormon-missionaries-_b_5869448.html

I was amused that, at the end of the article, they introduced a link with this:

"For more official and surely reliable facts and figures,...(link)"

"SURELY reliable facts and figures"...?!

Seems fact checking is not the HuffPost's forte.

In 1992, there was a LDS media blitz in the area that I was serving. For about 6 months, we had daily media referrals. We must have placed nearly 500 pictures of Christ. Of course, it was a ploy to get into homes and commit them to be baptized. It didn't really work.

They're changing its name to the Book of Bible.

I used to bristle when people referred to the Church as deceptive. But now I look at the ad campaigns and presentations and understand why they say that.