Atropos4

Haven't had door to door ones for awhile....
When I was pretty young (about 10)I answered the door and the lady showed me a paper about her religion..she was speaking in a seductive tone saying things like "wouldn't you like to be that little girl?" "you could be you know" "Doesn't she look happy" "your not that happy are you?" "do you wanna be?" ...the lady scared the crap outa me...I ran and got my dad...He didn't know what was going on cuz I was so upset and he of course switched to *protect my little girl mode*
he yelled at the lady for not asking for him in the first place and told her never to come back.

I have my beliefs but that doesn't mean I have to adhere myself to a religion...I can be just as spiritual without going to church. Some of the bible I believe but other parts of it are hooey to me....I have my reasons based on knoweledge I gained from school, who rewrote the bible and what their motivations were.

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The_Dude

i dont think you should be rude the first time they come in. be polite and tell them you're not interested.

2nd time they come, after they've been advised against, i think that you have the right to be rude.

anyone agree w/ me?

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PataQ

edited as per request, sorry about that!

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SexyCat

When I was a teenager I did some telemarketing. Once a woman that I called asked me if I "had Jesus in my life" and I then told her thanks anyways and goodbye.

SaltPork

I have friends that are missionaries of a sort. They had some discussions with my wife and I but they didn't try to convert us. They are pretty respectful of our beliefs and we of theirs. When we visit them I don't break any commandments , mostly have to worry about things like using the lord's name in vain, there's no coveting, killing, stealing or anything like that. But when they visit us, it's my house and I don't try as hard. I actually slip in a few "God dammit's" to remind them of where they are .

We've had some really cool discussions about religion and everything though. I believe in God, but I think that the bible is somewhat of a piece of fiction, at least the Old Testament. Some of the New Testament could be true...who knows, I digress.

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frenik

I've had various representatives from various churches in my area come to my doorstep in an attempt to convert me, but I've never had a repeat visit. I simply explain that I'm not interested, but I'll take their pamphlet and give it a look, and usually this satisfies them and they leave. Then the pamphlet goes in the trash and I go back to my video game/book.

I look at it as advertising, the church's attempt to put more asses in the seats, and therefore more money in the donation plate. They have to attract new patrons every once in a while if they want to keep their church open. My uncle owned a church in North Carolina, but had to shut it down as the patronage kept getting older and older, eventually most of his congregation either died out or quit attending and he couldn't afford the church anymore (it's a shame, too, he was one of the "honest" preachers, more interested in the religion than money. unfortunately you need money to keep a church open).

Very rarely will I get an independent "missionary", who is trying to convert me for the sake of conversion. Someone mentioned before that they use very flowery, pandering language like "see how happy those people look?" and "wouldn't you like to be happy forever in heaven?" to try to sell you on their religion, and I've found this to be true also.

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snowace56

Heres the way i see it. If you are going to believe in something believe in it because you want. don't let anyone tell you what and how to believe. like those catholics screwing little kids, that was the last straw for me. It makes me sick what ppl like that do. I believe there is god and he died for our sins but past that I don't believe anything else.

prettypinkfiary

i may have missed somehting but how do peodpoile priests fit in here?

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HamiC

A car full of Conservative Baptists was kind enough to give me a lift to the nearest gas station when I ran out of gas after a hiking trip in New Hampshire. As the station wagon was slowly moving through traffic, I heard a voice call up to me from the back,

"We got one question for you..........do you know where you're gonna spend the rest of eternity?"

Before I could reach for the handle and jump out into oncoming traffic, they explained that they were Conservative Baptists. This was not to be confused with regular or liberal Baptists, as the Conservative in the name meant that they "had rules". They proceeded to try to convert/educate/save me.

They were kind enough to drop me off at my car with lots of free literature and a can of gasoline. In the end, my gut tells me that they were relatively nice, well-meaning folks with a bit more enthusiasm about their faith than I cared to share. They seemed like good folks, but my personal faith/spirituality and organized religion have never been a great match.

warrrreagl

Yes, by my first cousin. When he hit his 20's, he converted to an evangelical "branch" and decided to save his entire condemned family. Since he was basically the same cousin we used to beat the crap out of years, we handled him easily. Now, he preaches to the rest of the world, but not us.

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apetaster

Heh - that really sounds like a nasty punchline.

The_Dude

do they have to have a "sex offender" sign in front of churches where they live?

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