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Does anyone have random strangers approach you and do their damn best to save your soul?

Whether it's by religious track or sharing the good news in person.

JazznBlues 8 June 2
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No, but I do get accused of being Jesus because of the hair and beard...

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I was at a highway rest area; a Pentecostal Church van was already there. The restroom was papered with tracts. I threw as many as I could away. As I walked back outside to the vending area, one of the women handed me one: fortunately the trash can was right there. I took it from her and promptly threw it away. I said to her that littering was a crime and I was reporting it to the site officer(which I did, so they could throw away the tracts from all bathrooms...& at the vending machines). They jumped in the van and left, pretty quick. I’m guessing they don’t often face their actions.

Great story. I get them on the bus to work. When they're really persistent I'll put on a fake British accent and say "Good day to you Sir, Good day!" Might as well have some fun as long as they're annoying me.

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Once on a shopping trip in another town I was approached on the sidewalk by a street preacher. He really had a lot of people going there and his spiel apparently was about living forever. He gave everyone a tract that they could redeem for eternal life if they just knew how. He handed me one but I refused it. He then asked if I wanted to live forever. My answer was "not really." At that point he avoided me. I had looked him straight in the eyes but was already atheist at the time. Perhaps he knew this by my answer. Certainly I would have disrupted his show.

I’ve been asked ‘where will you spend Eternity?’ Capital E. I tell them ‘dead. I’ll spend it dead., and I won’t care...because I’ll be dead.’
That usually does it!

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I tell them to come back as soon as they stop believing in fairy tales and we then can have a good conversation. One actually did.

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Occasionally Jehovah's Witnesses come to my door. I give them a kind hello and a chat, but when I say I'm an atheist and a buddhist they usually don't persist for long.

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I am a crazy person magnet. Probably twice a week I get approached by a smiling idiot asking me if I've heard the good news. I must really throw off a vibe. My friends think it's hilarious but I actually find it quite distasteful.

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