Two yank missionaries turned up at my door this evening, I answer the door and they want to talk God. We had a real good chat for about 15 minutes, they didn't even try to convert me - they just wanted to know why I'm an Atheist and how I can be happy with no prospect of an afterlife, whilst I wanted to know how they can dispute the Archaeological record. After that they left me with some literature and moved on to the next house with us both having gained an insight as to the views of "the other side". They were quite pleased as they don't usually get such a nice reception from students!

How do you guys react to Mormons/Jehovah's witnesses/Random God people? Do you invite them in and have a chat or tell them to piss off? Do you think that these people have a right to canvas your neighbourhood?

If all of them are as nice as those Mormons, I'd like some more! I don't get enough philosophical discussion in my house - I'm fine with this kind of thing as long as they don't try to convert me! Discussion I enjoy though.

I wouldnt even let them say 2 words to me. Mormons are right up there with scientology except not so stupid.

Mormons got Kolob and gold tablets.

Scientolgist got Xenu and space DC-8s

Jehovah witnesses got 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1925 and dead children. (Years they said Jesus was coming back and due to there no blood transfusions practices. respectivly)

Also so funny

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I've never had Mormons knock on my door, but I've plenty of Jehovah's Witnesses. They usually don't try to engage in chat, they just offer me some of their propaganda and move on.

I don't really mind them, they're not very obtrusive and are always polite.

I answer the door with a nice "And what the fuck do you want cunt?"

But once I got those pricks in disguise, they didnt look like they normally do, in suits etc. And after the semi-hostile answer they got from when I answered the door, they told me to give a pamphlet to my parents, he purposely held it upside down so I couldnt see it. Then I closed the door, and when I looked at it it was bible basher bullshit and they had already moved onto the next house.

So I lit it on fire and put it out the front of my house on the path. I think they got the point

I have a few Mormon friends. I too think the whole thing is nearly as bad as Scientology, but we live and let live. They are mostly extraordinarily nice from my experience, almost to the point of creepiness. I've also had the displeasure of meeting the rather bitter ones.

Love Bombing (http://tinyurl.com/vne2a) is the act of being overly nice and loving to manipulate people.

quote:Love bombing is the deliberate show of affection or friendship by an individual or a group of people toward another individual. Critics have pointed out that this action may be motivated in part by the desire to recruit or otherwise influence.

As of 2005, the phrase can be used in three slightly different ways.

* Certain organizations, notably the Children of God and the Unification Church, use or have used the phrase themselves to mean a genuine expression of friendship, fellowship, interest, or concern.

* Critics of "cults," notably psychiatrist Margaret Singer, use the phrase with the implication that the "love" is feigned and the practice is manipulative. "Love bombing" is often cited by critics as one of the defining characteristics of a "cult."

* "Love bombing" is sometimes used by critics of organizations which neither use the term themselves nor are usually considered to be cults, such as Alcoholics Anonymous. In this context, a reader could infer that the critic's intention is to suggest that the organization has some "cult"-like characteristics.

Unlike the "Flirty Fishing" practiced or once practiced by the Children of God, "love bombing" is usually nonsexual.

^^^ Sounds ALOT like the local youth group back home.

i don't appreciate people ambushing me in my home trying to convert me. so i tell them so.

im not a prick or anything, i just don't really want to hear why i should belive in thier god or whatever.

I hate when they come around, I usually just ignore them and pretend I'm not home.

I did get stopped in the street once on my way to work, They started going on about evil, the dark arts and witchcraft.

I tell them Im a gay muslim and i am HIV positive and would like to shake their hand and I say when they leave "PRAISE THE ALLAH YOU BASTARDS" in a muslim voice http://www.totse.com/bbs/smile.gif (http://www.totse.com/bbs/smile.gif)

Last time the Mormons came around, I invited them in. We had a two hour discussion on philosophy and theology. It was educational for both sides, I think.



Entheogenic

I've talked to some witnesses or

whatever, the guys are around here

alot.

I'm nice enough to them. If they are

gonna go out of their way to come

to my house to talk to me, I'm not

gonna be an asshole.