The church ladies

[Naykid]

I just had a most interesting interchange with a couple of the older, christian ladies that keep coming to the neighborhood handing out their pamphlets about God and the Bible.  This is the fourth or fifth time.  I've been gracious and I THOUGHT, obvious in how I really did not want them coming back to my door, yet with every next visit the vocal one manages to get out another question that I am forced to answer so as to not seem extremely rude.

The minute the door bell rang, I pretty much knew who it was and when my eyes confirmed it I couldn't help but feel anxious right away, and a tad grouchy.    I open the door and she uses my last name...(she got that bit of info out of me last time they came a knock'n)   "We came back because last time you weren't feeling well"...  I was feeling fine, I just didn't want to be rude and tell you to get lost..   I tell her that I'm fine but now I have a herniated disk... which is completely true, so her God can't come down and smite me for lying. Nanananana-booboo.     "We were hoping to be able to talk to you about a few things about the word of God"   Now at this point I kinda just want to ask her, what the hell is wrong you?  Can't you tell I'm not interested from the last times you came here?   I look at her and apologize saying, "I don't want to be rude but we don't care for organized religion"   Her eyes actually lit up and she claims that this doesn't offend her at all.  She then continues and says,  "is it because it seems like a lot of religious people aren't living by the word of God"?  I told her that many people hide behind the word of God and they are a bunch of hypocrites.   She doesn't miss a beat and asks me if we can talk about what the pamphlet has to say.  I started to back away and close the door saying, "No thank you"   "Have you thought about your future"? 

ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH.....I can't believe she is still talking to me...    "As a family unit we are awesome, thanks, we are good." 

"Are you living by the word of God?"  She is pointing at and waving that darn pamphlet around.  "I don't need to live by the Bible to have a good life" I say to her. "I gave you one of these last time, did you get to look through it yet"?    No, I threw it towards the trash and missed... "No I haven't, I gave it to my youngest son".   thanks, now your God is going to smite me for lying. Now at this point I see that her body language is starting to get...... peeved.   "Are you going to use this at all"?   I shake my head and say, "No"  Now her face is getting angry and she says in a not so polite tone, "Then you can just give it back"  I physically step back and my eyebrows raised and I say, "Hmmm... OK then, would you like me to go get it"?  She, at this point realized how she was behaving, "No, no.. I'm not offended as long as you gave it to someone who is going to use it"   They both start to turn away and I say, "Actions speak louder than words" and closed the door.


I don't think they will be back.

[Taoistguy]

Find out where she lives and go round taking her a book about OBE and asking if she's living in the astral world ever? LOL

[Stookie]

Jeez, the Christians are like Jehovah's Witnesses now. When people start asking me about joining their church (which happens quite frequently around these parts), my automatic response is "I'm happy at my current church right now". (I don't have a church). It's normally the quickest way to get them off my back without being rude.

I suppose I could be real and tell them what is really up, but when they're determined to recruit strangers, you're probably not going to get them to waver from their beliefs.

[Taoistguy]

I was walking through a shopping centre once and a man comes up to me and asks if I know the meaning of life? I felt he was trying to find it, so I took him aside and we sat on a bench and I started to explain Taoism to him because I felt sorry for him and wanted to help him. After about a few minutes I remember the look of panic on his face when he realised what was happening and he quickly left. Classic!

[Xanth]

I've had two encounters like this in the past two weeks.
The first was on a Saturday afternoon when a gentleman knocked on my door just as your two ladies did, Nay.
They didn't ask me any nosey questions as your visitors did, but I did simply take their pamphlet and that was that.

The other encounter was actually at a gas station with one of the attendants who was cleaning up the pumps at the time.
I thought I was in his way so I mentioned as such... the discussion turned quickly gas prices... then to him asking, out of nowhere, if I go to church.
Obviously, I replied nope... he asked me why, to which I said it wasn't my cup of tea.  Then he suggested I should give it a try one day.
I said thank you for the suggestion with a smile and off I went. 

It was a surprising interchange.  But nice. 

[Xanth]

I just re read my own post and ugh..

when i said this

I didn't really mean force because I know they don't like FORCE you to believe, I more meant, I never could understand why people would choose to go door to door trying to sway people of their own religious beliefs..
It just sounded kinda harsh when I reread it.. lol 

It's okay Angelic.    I think we understood the point you were trying to make.

And I think it comes down to a few different options.
They could be just wanting to 'save' your soul.
They might want you to be as happy as they are and they ONLY think this is possible through their religion.
They might also be trying to save their OWN soul by "helping" as many people as they can see their way of thinking.
And there are quite possibly many other reasons...

[Stookie]

Some, like the Jehova's Witnesses, have to as a rule to being in the religion. Same with LDS males when they hit 17 or 18. You know, those guys on the mountain bikes with black pants, white shirt, tie, helmet and a namebadge. Now THEY are fun to talk to.

[personalreality]

You guys ever see the Matt Stone and Trey Parker movie Orgasmo?

lol.

[Everlasting]

Tell them that the bible is confusion and that it is Satan's warbook, that will tinkle them off.

[DH]

Door to door "evangelists" can be very annoying but I've had some fun with them too.

One guy said, "Have you ever considered how Jesus, the all powerful Son of God, can help you change your sinful ways?"  And I asked, "Jesus is all powerful?"  He said, "Of course!"  I replied, "Have you ever considered that if Jesus is the all powerful Son of God, can he created a rock so big that he himself can't pick it up?"  He just said, "God bless you!"  and walked off.

Another guy, from Campus Crusade for Christ, hit me up while I was studying in the Student Union.  He asked me if I understood the meaning of life.  I said, "I'll tell you the meaning of life if you promise not to laugh."  That jacked him off of his program.  He just laughed and walked off.

[Naykid]

   I see I'm not the only one that has had to deal with these folks.   Stookie, years ago, I used to see those guys on bikes... is it the LDS that can only admit a certain few or is that Jehova's witness'?   Stupid regardless..

My main shock was her obvious anger.  I'm sure she and her silent partner will never come back and I bet she is using me as an example of the rampant evil in today's world. 

[personalreality]

They like to hang out on campus at my school and get all uppity and get the kids to get all uppity back.

My fiancee won't ever let me talk to them.  Once she told me that it's not my place to ruin their faith in god.  Whatever.  As long as they don't come to my house.  If they come to my house then that's a whole different story.  When you invade my personal space you will get the wrath of the PR!  Mwahahahaha.  lol.