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6/27/2013 11:13:16 PM
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How do you handle religious missionaries?
Pardon me if that's an incorrect terminology by the way. Anyway, I ask because there were some Mormon missionaries from Utah visiting my area, more specifically my college campus today. My friend and I were approached by two young men first, and they started questioning our beliefs and such. Since they were mainly focused on my friend, I pulled out my phone when my other friend texted me and lied about it being something important, saying I had to go. Met up with him after they finished talking to him. He flipped me off and gave me the bible they gave him, but he was cool about it.
I ran into two more near the spot where I usually wait after my final class, but thankfully they weren't nearly as pushy. Plus I was able to lie about the others giving me a good speech already because of the bible in my hand. Had a nice chat with one of them...then they met up with the two guys I bailed on and I slipped out of sight before they noticed me. Feels good to be sneaky and deceptive.
Anyway, you got any stories? How do you usually deal with them? And for a bonus, what are creative ways of messing with them?
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I usually tell them I'm not interested in changing from my Faith, but ask them about how folks are in the area if they'll talk, and offer them a drink/snack if they look like they need it. In Arizona where I used to live, nothing was more of a nice gesture then offering a cup of ice water. I don't like when people troll them, they're just trying to do the right thing mostly, though sometimes they can be annoyingly pushy and criticizing of my Faith, being Catholic helps with that I guess.
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I walk up to them, shake their hand, offer them a drink of something (if I am at home) and proceed to have a conversation. If I am out and about and they have bikes, I'll offer them a ride to wherever they are going. They are good people and I try to treat them the way I would want to be treated if I was in their shoes (I once was a missionary myself so I know what it's like.)
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1 回复I will say "sorry guys not interested." I shut the door and go back to bed. Its simple. No need to be rude like a lot of you are describing.
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Two religious brothers came to my door, both were around 16/17, probably Jehovah's. They started telling me something about God and natural disasters and I sort of zoned out, then they asked me if I wanted to take a leaflet with some biblical disaster picture on the front. I said "well I'm pretty atheist, so I don't really want one thanks" and his face dropped. I said goodbye and as I went back up to my room, I looked out the window and saw the one brother squeeze the others' shoulder as if to comfort him, can't have been having much luck spreading the word, it looked pretty funny.
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3 回复Usually the Mormon ones are very respectful ad kind. I usually talk for 5 minutes to be nice, as they approached me. Now the Bible Thumpers...if I see them down my block I usually end up blasting "angel of death" by Slayer and telling them I'm a Muslim. They get so baffled its hilarious.
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I live next to two Mormons in my apt complex. They rotate two new guys in every month but they never preach to us. Must be a rule that you cant bug the people you live next too. However I do have one complaint. They stomp up the stairs every night right after I put my son to bed... It is very annoying. And they make a lot of noise late at night for two guys, not sure what they do but it is also loud. I think its exercise equipment but I don't want to ask lol.
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Haha, two friends and I were visiting a friend who lives in Provo, UT when two missionaries came to her door. She wasn't home at the time so me and one friend had the other friend answer the door. It was awkward because they asked for the homeowner by name so he couldn't just shut the door on them. They preached to him but that was about it.
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7 回复The screaming "Urrrr going to hell ones" on VA beach i love to tell them "Hail der fuhrer Jesus" just to piss them off in a edgy type of way.
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11 回复Lol I'm Catholic so when ever the Jehovah's knock on our door my dad schools them. [spoiler]>:) knocked on the wrong house moths phukka!!![/spoiler]
