religious people, passive agressive Options

[sadolakced acid]

i would inform them of the wisdom of following allah.

[Spirited Away]

^^^ and the reward of some Virgin Islands...

[iiiiiiiYON]

WELL iM PERTYY RELiGiOUS i TiNK U SHULD REALLY KONSiDER iT, i MEAN iF U WATcH PASSiON OF CHRiST iiTSZ PRETTY KONViNciNG iN MY OPiNiON, AND THE BiBLE iS REALLY iNTERESTiNG HOW YOU KAN REFLEKT ON GOD N ALL, BUT HEY iiTSZ JUST ME, JESUS iZ GREAT AND i LOVE HiM, HOPEFULLY YOU WiLL TOO! AND AS FOR WHAT YOU DEFiNE AS "PASSiVE AGRESSiVE" (WAS THAT WHAT U KALLED iT?) YEA i AGREE WiT U, THAT'S PRETTY BAD, EVANGELiZATiON SHOULD BE SUMFiN PEAcEFUL NON FORcEFUL AND HOPEFULLY SUcESSFUL... MMM YEA =P KEEP iT REAL WiT GOD EVRY1 AND GET DOWN FA HiM

[*StanleyThePanda*]

yeah I know people like that.

one of my friends was at the fair. and she has ALOT of piercings
like in between her eyes and her eyebrow and her tongue is split and things like that...so this guy walked up to her and was talking to her about it for like 10 mins. then he was like "so if you died tomorrow would u go to heaven or hell?" and she was like "heaven" and shook her head and he was just really confused.

pretty much he stereotyped her to be a "non-christian" because she has piercings. but shes one of the leaders at my youth church hahahaha

yeah I dont like people like that.
I dont do that. lol

[jr0h]

im Christian. those ladies are messed up dude. theyre not supposed to create so much pressure on people like that especially non religious people. those ladies...ok forget them dude.

[eli5e]

yea i am christian ..(presbytereian to be exact). ..but yea ..thats pretty anoying

[burnoveride]

i'm very proud to say that i am a christian but i do not force god on ppl like that :) god was that blunt he did tell ppl you will die because it is a fact of life and ppl got shocked that he would say that but he also said that he will comfert them when they goto heaven :) i talk to ppl about god and tell them how great of a lord he is you know. but that bad no i dont do that i just let them know that there is a someone beowned this world could understand that there is someone who will never give up on you :) just believe :)

[misoshiru]

that doesnt sound as bad as it is in taiwan...or where i live, tienmu. there are mormons everywhere. i mean i'm not prejudiced against them, but they scare the heck out of me. they sometimes even ring on your doorbells to preach to you. they even speak mandarin and taiwanese so you can't pretend you don't understand english....and if you get "caught" by them, they'll go on for hours.

[angel-roh]

Hm, but you're not saying that all the christians are bad and rude, right?


Anyways... it's kinda annoying when those people come and knock on your door...ok so this is how it goes:


old man: so are you christian? are you religious? if so, how about coming to our church this saturday. we're going to talk about God. for 3 hours straight. how about it?
me: o im christian and i already go to a church.
old man: o really? how about coming to our church. our church is much better than yours.
me: (in my mind) wtf? who the heck is this guy?(not in my mind) umm...
old man: it's at 6pm. oh please come. Jesus will be very happy. If you don't come, then you are one bad bad bad girl. He will hate you forever, but unless you COME!
me: umm...... no it's okay. I rather go to korean church than american church.
old man: don't worry, you're not the only asian people there. there's gona be hundreds of asians that will come to our church.
me: umm.... no thanks. btw im a pastor's daughter? so im gona close the door. it was nice talking to you.
old man: you're not a pastor's daughter.. you are a DEVIL'S DAUGHTER! you're not listening to me! *talking to himself* Oh Lord, please help this poor child. there's a devil inside her that needs to be out of her body right now.
me: um... so what are you? a pastor or just trying to help the pastor? because you're annoying me right now. you just woke me up..it's like 7:30 am in the morning.
old man: my brother is a pastor and i'm helping him. so we can have many people come to our church.
me: well good luck with that, im going back to bed. im very sorrrrrry, but i have to sleep.
old man: if you go now, you will get bad nightmares and God will punish you from your dreams.
me: umm not really. are you like advertising God to me?.... I mean God is not a product.
old man: ohh ohhh ohh young lady, now you listen to me. God is precious to us and you call him a product?
me: uhhh I didn't say he was a product...
old man: You're a bad girl!! Very bad girl. Very unrespectful. You will go to hell. It was not great talking to you.
me: umm okay? bye?
old man: lets all pray... (silence)
me: ????? uhhh.........
old man: o dear Lord, blah blah blah blah... ( i didnt really listen to him cause i was so tired ) In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
me: well im gona go back to bed and you go, bye.
old man: you will go to hell... *fades away*


and i close the door on him... o gosh...he was verrry verrrrrrry annoying. i mean im christian!! what's his problem? gez. i mean im a pastor's daughter... gez. i actually remember what he said... well almost cause it was actually funny hehe.

[whomps]

Wow, that's NEVER happened to me. In a community like mine where everything/everyone is diverse.. it'd be really rude for someone to force religion on you. Wow, I can imagine if someone said that to me.. something would happen..

Haha Susan, how aggravating!

[subzero]

dude....seriously, asking ur phone # and shiz? sounded like they wanted to molest you guz or someting.....they offered to take you out to lunch....wwwwooooowww

im a really devout christian myself, and it IS a christians duty to spread the word, but forcing it, no no no no, like back in the day wat the church of england did in africa and inda, thats totally wrong. Our job is to tell the facts, then walk away/or answer quesions, not grab your arm and force a bible down your throat.

[dani41790]

lol its kinda annoying when they do that but its kinda funny though

[*salcha*]

um, please don't generalize that all christians are like that. in fact, we have no right to force anyone into our religion. she's probably just happy about where she is in her life because of christianity and wants to share that with others. perhaps it's not the right approach, but her intentions are all good.

you're right, and im not saying that cuz im a christian too.
and even if we do use other [more gentle] approaches, we don't actually force others to be christian.

[Brneydgrl]

wow, what an experience

i have a christian friend who i argue with all the time. i told him i think that no matter what religion you are, you'll go to your heaven if your a good person. he told me the devil was tellings lies to me

well, anyhoo, i think religion is a personal thing. shouldn't really be discussed unless the other person is willing

i would have reported those ladies to mall security for harassment

but worse, they could have been those religious fanatics who kidnap ppl, like elizabeth smart. she seemed to eager to get you to that hotel room, without your mom driving you or knowing

[laur3nw]

Yeah, I don't like it when people do that. They'll keep talking and talking when you've had enough. I'm not saying Christians are bad, considering most of my friends are, but just the really religious people who do that to you can get annoying sometimes.

[Ballpointpencil]

as long as you keep it to yourself...  (debate forum is different, express yourself there, and have a nice logical argument about it.)

If we kept it to ourselves then we wouldn't be carrying out the Great Commission. We are called to tell others about our faith.

We are NOT called to try and force other people into believing. There is a difference.

I refuse to be quiet about my faith. I'll tell anyone who asks, and it manages to get involved in a lot of my conversations, but I won't go up to someone and say 'hey, you are going to Hell. go to church, loser.' That isn't right. But neither is keeping it inside.

My stand isn't very politically correct, but neither is what I have to say.

By the way, the ladies from the original post don't sound like Christians. A LOT of the people who go door to door (not all, but a good majority) are not Christians. They are part of cults posing as Christianity, such as Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Spirited Away]

^ Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses are cults?

I learn something new everyday.

[yukichan]

i hate it when ppl do that...it annoys me...i would just make a excuse and tell them i have to go...

[xXYouMeBedNowXx]

Religion isn't a bad thing, it's just that some people take it WAY too far sometimes.

[Teesa]

that has happened to me at least three times. I try to be polite and I always accept their bibles even though I never look at them.
Yes, I find it annoying and rude as well.

[sadolakced acid]

If we kept it to ourselves then we wouldn't be carrying out the Great Commission. We are called to tell others about our faith.

We are NOT called to try and force other people into believing. There is a difference.

I refuse to be quiet about my faith. I'll tell anyone who asks, and it manages to get involved in a lot of my conversations, but I won't go up to someone and say 'hey, you are going to Hell. go to church, loser.' That isn't right. But neither is keeping it inside.

My stand isn't very politically correct, but neither is what I have to say.

By the way, the ladies from the original post don't sound like Christians. A LOT of the people who go door to door (not all, but a good majority) are not Christians. They are part of cults posing as Christianity, such as Mormonism or Jehovah's Witnesses.

and if my religion told me to constantly pester people and tell them they'll go to hell, would that be right?

i've heard jesus's message. i've rejected it. there's nothing left for you to do here, correct? converting me to christianity isn't getting more able ears to hear jesus's message.
so all the christians, if they were truely only on the great commission, would stop pestering me.

but they don't... so they're not just on the great commission.

therefore, the whole thing is rather against religion and shouldn't be done.
i know i don't make sense. i'm not trying.,..

[huggznkisses]

yea rly my friend is jewish and my math teacher is ALWAYS relating PRACTICLY EVERYTHING in SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM to her religion! my friend gets so pissed.

[Ballpointpencil]

i've heard jesus's message.  i've rejected it.  there's nothing left for you to do here, correct?  converting me to christianity isn't getting more able ears to hear jesus's message.
so all the christians, if they were truely only on the great commission, would stop pestering me.

but they don't...  so they're not just on the great commission.

therefore, the whole thing is rather against religion and shouldn't be done.
  i know i don't make sense.  i'm not trying.,..

Yeah, truthfully, you are not making sense to me. Not that last bit.

I have already said that it isn't right to get up in peoples' faces about their faith/lack of. The people who do are oftentimes not even Christians. What I said was that I do talk about my faith with my friends. If they show any signs of wanting me to stop, I do, as it would be rude to continue.

^ Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses are cults?

I learn something new everyday.

Yep, most definitely.

[jenika]

wooww...never knew things like that can happen...im a christian too but i thought what that lady was...so not cool

we're always encouraged to spread about God's word...but not in that wayy
and definitley not go around telling people that they are going to hell...

[racoons > you]

lol... i love religious people... they are so convicted its just hysterical.

im really gonna laugh when i turn out to be right, and its thor who watches out for us, and reincarnates us.