Hypothetical.
A transfer at your company of employment takes you to a new city.
You regard yourself as quite fortunate that one of your new neighbors, Chad, is a rather upstanding fellow. He's fairly personable, he has a steady work-from-home job that gives him the time to help you discover the town you're now in, and he's generally a pretty quiet neighbor. He and his fiancee Stacey are working on choosing a date for their wedding, at which point she'll be moving in with him since his house is pretty large.
Other neighbors you meet explain that this is how Chad is: he's positive, upbeat, and generally pretty chill. Not only that, but it's thanks to him that the neighborhood is as peaceful as it is: five years ago someone tried to break into Chad's house, and it ended with Chad kicking the someone in the face hard enough to knock them unconscious. There haven't been any break-in attempts since.
Thing is, Chad's Mormon. It became apparently pretty quickly the first time you came over after you moved in given some of the decor in his house. But Chad is willing to respect your beliefs; he'll talk to anyone who he feels is sincerely wanting to know, and he leaves it at that.
Well, the minister over your new congregation isn't too keen on things. As far as your minister is concerned, if you aren't actively working to "save" everyone on your block then you're not doing your job. The minister finds it particularly odious that you're friends with someone they regard as a "heretic", and one day essentially tries to order you to stop being friends with him. Since then you've noticed an uptick in fire & brimstone sermons, and you've also noticed the minister buying case lots of pamphlets and other materials to distribute.
How do you react to all of this?
A transfer at your company of employment takes you to a new city.
You regard yourself as quite fortunate that one of your new neighbors, Chad, is a rather upstanding fellow. He's fairly personable, he has a steady work-from-home job that gives him the time to help you discover the town you're now in, and he's generally a pretty quiet neighbor. He and his fiancee Stacey are working on choosing a date for their wedding, at which point she'll be moving in with him since his house is pretty large.
Other neighbors you meet explain that this is how Chad is: he's positive, upbeat, and generally pretty chill. Not only that, but it's thanks to him that the neighborhood is as peaceful as it is: five years ago someone tried to break into Chad's house, and it ended with Chad kicking the someone in the face hard enough to knock them unconscious. There haven't been any break-in attempts since.
Thing is, Chad's Mormon. It became apparently pretty quickly the first time you came over after you moved in given some of the decor in his house. But Chad is willing to respect your beliefs; he'll talk to anyone who he feels is sincerely wanting to know, and he leaves it at that.
Well, the minister over your new congregation isn't too keen on things. As far as your minister is concerned, if you aren't actively working to "save" everyone on your block then you're not doing your job. The minister finds it particularly odious that you're friends with someone they regard as a "heretic", and one day essentially tries to order you to stop being friends with him. Since then you've noticed an uptick in fire & brimstone sermons, and you've also noticed the minister buying case lots of pamphlets and other materials to distribute.
How do you react to all of this?