QOTW: Proselytizing

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QOTW: Proselytizing
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Sun, 09-10-2006 - 12:28pm

Door-to-door missionaries, outreach programs, long-term missionaries to other countries, or just friends eager to share their own path... apologetics takes on many forms.  What does your faith include and how do you feel about it?  Do you actively proselytize to others?  How do you feel/react when others--formally or informally--speak about their religion to you? 


 



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Registered: 10-29-2004
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 9:00am
I don't mind when others speak of their religion, as long as they aren't preaching it to me and trying to force it on me. I do enjoy hearing religion debats or conversations among others and just sitting back and listening. I have learned a lot that way!


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Registered: 08-10-2004
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 9:31am
I like learning what other people think.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 9:34am
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 10:41am

I do enjoy hearing religion debats or conversations among others and just sitting back and listening. I have learned a lot that way!


Me too!

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Registered: 08-20-2001
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 11:34am
I don't proselytize and I prefer when other people don't either... I will be informative about my faith "path", but I don't expect anyone else to follow it...
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Registered: 11-16-2001
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 12:51pm

There's a place and time to talk and discuss religion, learning about other religions and exchanging information. I love discussions like this when the focus is on learning and discussion.


I do not like, however, when people are

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Registered: 08-05-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 2:35pm

I do not like people coming to my house to spread their religion.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 09-11-2006 - 3:43pm
I am not very religous, but I really don't mind proselytizing under a couple of conditions.

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Registered: 03-19-2002
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 1:26am

I hate those persons who try to push their way in despite hearing you are not interested. Happened to me only once and it was not a missionaries but a sales person, I screamed "Get out of my home" the loudest I could and push the door on his foot frankly at this point I didn't care about hurting him or anything, he was clearly invading my space and trespassing.

I also had a group od religious people coming to my home, 2 ladies and a child they must have trained to look pityful. The ladies introduced themselves as "We are here to talk to you about the misery in the world" and then the other pushed the little girl forward to hand me a pamphlet and curl her lips in the appropriate pity inducing look...I looked straight into the eye of the lady that spoke and told her "i'm not interested, thank you" the lady start to then verbaly abuse me saying I was selfish, and stone hearted and a child of evil that god will have me rot in helll I smile at her and slammed the door...









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Tue, 09-12-2006 - 2:56am

the lady start to then verbaly abuse me saying I was selfish, and stone hearted and a child of evil that god will have me rot in helll


OMG... the nerve of some people!


I smile at her and slammed the door...


Great response!