I'd be most interested in hearing your take on dealing with religious folks who rudely try to push their beliefs on others.
At least recycle what they give youill crack the door, make it quick, and then throw whatever they give me away.
Jehovah Witnesses aren't generally that obnoxious. Entering your home uninvited is classified as breaking and entering...I would have had no issue with calling the police, although, she wouldn't have gotten past my two dogs in the first place. "Sure..c'mon in..the girls haven't had their dinner yet....."That being said, this is horribly awful and I probably shouldn't admit it but what the heck right? It was the third day in a row that the same group of Jehovah's witnesses had stopped at my house and they were pretty darn pushy & rude about it. The 2nd time I asked them to leave and the woman tried to push her way into my house. Needless to say it irked me. The third time when she tried to invite herself in I couldn't help myself and said "Well, we were just about to sacrifice a goat, come on in and join me!" They never came back after that.
Well, being LDS (or a Mormon, same thing), I feel obligated to explain. When a baptized (Male) Mormon turns 18, he is urged to go on a mission, although women can also serve, as well as older people of either gender. Anyway, if he chooses to go, he is assigned a location, which could be anywhere on this planet, and he will be there for the next 2 years of his life. Part of his job as a missionary is to go door-to-door. So, really, it is not their fault; they were doing what they were supposed to be doing. However, instead of lying, they should have explained their purpose. I'm sorry they lied to you, it is not permitted.A few months back some Mormons biked up my 1/4 mile gravel drive way and asked if my parents were home. I told them it was posted no trespassing (we've got 4 signs In a 20 foot stretch a fence) and they lied and said they hadn't seen them. I told them that lying is a sin. They pedaled back like they were in the Tour De France.
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This always irritates me and as a Lutheran I went to a Catholic HS and the nuns were flummoxed when I said what I am about to say.However, one day he came home from school (kindergarten) with some Creationism leaflets from some visiting Church folk.
I'm not an atheist, so maybe I'm unwelcome in this discussion. But I use to be an atheist until fairly recently. When I was an atheist, nobody messed with me. I never had anyone "shoving their beliefs down my throat." I had people tell me about their religion. I told them about mine (or lack there of.)
They thought I was wrong. I thought they were wrong. I told them they were wrong. They told me I was wrong. One of us was wrong. Because that's how reality works. My disbelief can't kill God, just as their belief can't create God. Disagreements happen. What constitutes "shoving religion/atheism down someone's throat" versus "I'm not afraid to say what I think because you asked"?
Tolerance. That's the word everyone likes to use nowadays. "Tolerance" of others beliefs. Tolerance doesn't mean agreement or approval. I believe tolerance means agree to disagree.
It seems like every time someone states their religious beliefs someone has to get offended. When I was an atheist, I told people straight up I didn't believe in God. I'm a Christian now, and I tell people straight up that I do believe in God and Jesus and the whole Bible shebang. Using the same words and the same tone and the same almost everything. And guess what? People got a lot more ****** off when I spoke about Christianity. It's like they want to get offended. Or don't know what it means to be properly offended. Or what "shove in the face" actually means!
To have a belief shoved in your face means that you're constantly annoyed and the subject is brought up when the conversation isn't even about religion. If you can't escape it by shutting the door, changing the subject, or walking away, that's shoving. Shoving is bullying, basically.
I've been properly shoved only once. Ironically, by an atheist shortly after I converted. She messaged me on facebook, texted me daily, and brought it up everyone she saw me. She insulted my intelligence, because Christians are obviously "close minded idiots." *eyeroll* Unless you're dealing with this sort of crap... You aren't having religion shoved in your faces. Your Christian friend who invites you to church and openly says she believes in God isn't shoving anything. Being given a pamphlet in a public place isn't shoving. You can throw that crap away and not even read it. I've been given so many pamphlets I never read I could create a forest. Someone preaching in a public place. Practice with me: put your hands over your eyes and go "la la la la la!" Because we're all adults here, and we have brain filters to shift through the crap we hear.
Remember: Promote what you love. Don't bash what you hate. :wink:
Ignore my disjointed ranty thingy. I re-read it, and it sounds a little yell-y. The internet poorly translates tone. I'm not mad or yelling.