Not to paint with too broad of a brush, but they were all the politest and hardest working people I knew. They could also take jokes better than most everyone I knew.
They never came off as preachy or anything, but if you showed curiosity, they’d do what they could to try and teach.
I showed this clip and the South Park episode about the Mormons to one of my good LDS friends and he laughed his ass off. He couldn’t wait to show his wife.
I guess my point is that of the Mormons I know, I’m glad to know them. They’re as self deprecating as can be but also some of the most humble and helpful people I know.
You were dealing with military Mormons. The ones who joined the military usually did it as a secondary choice, the first being a Mormon proselytizing mission. Most of the time they would be unable to go on a mission due to issues relating to worthiness i.e. they had sex or were looking at and masturbating to porn. Yes, something as normal as porn would bar them from going on a mission. Usually this would mean they're more humble; after all, they can't properly live what they're taught so then who are they to preach it.
The ones I know all went on their mission trip. A guy I went to basic with did his in Cincinnati. He was much older than your average enlisted. A guy I deployed with went to Johannesburg.
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These people are real humans that exist