NationStates Jolt Archive


The solution to fundamentalists who try and convert you

Kanabia
13-12-2004, 18:17
I got handed this card at work today by a customer:

Front:
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/738/christian5fg.jpg
Back:
http://img45.exs.cx/img45/483/christian27lj.jpg

(their website, www.iwitnessstuff.com on that card is actually pretty funny for how lame it is)

Wow, thats a lovely tolerant viewpoint to have, isn't it?

Frankly, this attitude pisses me off. While the people doing this may be a minority, how can they possibly justify worship out of fear? Isn't that beside the point of a God that supposedly loves us all?

Bahhhhhhhh.......

So i'm starting my own organisation.

http://img9.exs.cx/img9/3175/secular4df.jpg

Now clearly my photoshop skills are lacking, so i'll need a better card. If someone can help me, that would be cool. But each-time someone hands me a religious card of that sort, they'll get one of mine. I'm going to stalk card-givers as they give handouts to people who need to be "saved" and in turn save those same victims with my card.

Sound like a good idea? All in favour?
Eutrusca
13-12-2004, 18:29
Not a bad idea, actually, but I have one suggestion. Rather than trying to simply tick them off, why not print a card with some questions about fundamentalism on it? Might actually encourage some who recieve it to think! :)
Kanabia
13-12-2004, 18:32
Yup, i'm thinking of it. Maybe some bible passages that teach tolerance, as well, etc.

This could be fun, because I for one am sick of getting cards like this given to me everytime I step near a train-station etc. I have quite a few personal friends interested in the idea already :D

Any ideas would be welcome and i'll read them in the morning. I'm off to bed :)
Druthulhu
13-12-2004, 18:38
Or you could just rip their design: "Know Jesus? Know Hell! ..." etc. Find out if it's copywritten.

Another thing you could ask is why, just because Jesus said something, or just because people claiming to be the people who knew Jesus said he said something, why should that be taken without question as truth?
CornixPes II
13-12-2004, 18:40
There is only one way to teach tolerance, and that's tea.
My Gun Not Yours
13-12-2004, 18:41
I used to have a problem with Jehovah's Witnesses who kept coming to my door.

The last time they came, they said, "Have you found Jesus?" and I answered, "I didn't know he was missing. Are you sure?" and I shouted up the stairs, "JESUS! ARE YOU STILL IN YOUR ROOM? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!"

They never came back.
Chess Squares
13-12-2004, 18:47
this is a bit basic..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/save.jpg
Dostanuot Loj
13-12-2004, 19:03
this is a bit basic..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/save.jpg

I love this one.

And I'm with you Kanabia! But I don't travel that often. Althopugh next time I go somwehrre, I'll bring some cards.
Kalmuk
13-12-2004, 19:16
Why do you want to get rid of them? They are so much fun to play with. I always try to convert them to my beliefs.
Conceptualists
13-12-2004, 19:20
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/738/christian5fg.jpg

Maybe it is just me, but for the first moment of seeing this card, I thought it was a glass of bear.

And gotta love that Chess Squares.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 19:24
this is a bit basic..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/save.jpg
Buddy Jesus … classic (love dogma)
Cambridge Major
13-12-2004, 19:42
And they used a semicolon where a colon should have been. RAGE!!!! :mad:
Armed Bookworms
13-12-2004, 20:13
Since most seem to be male, I find that a swift kick to the balls works wonders.
Refused Party Program
13-12-2004, 20:21
"Peaceful one, it's time to take your life away. Loving liars, lost in blissful soul decay. Blood is falling, torched lives of misery. You can't even comprehend, why we cause you so much pain. Selfishness, self-righteousness and greed. We learn so much but we don't conceive. Kill my thoughts of harmony. Peaceful one you give so much but don't receive. Life a precious gift to throw away, killing for humanity. Like a master and his slave, cut the thought and dig the grave. Death the drug of which we feed, blind because there is no real need, for the flesh of which we crave, that's how we've been taught to behave. Kill no more. Stop this ritual misery. Lives are not a tool for humanity. When compassion is the flag of which we raise. We all can be the masters, no more slaves..."

- Still Life
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 20:25
Since most seem to be male, I find that a swift kick to the balls works wonders.
Hmmm most of mine have seemed to be female :confused:
New Genoa
13-12-2004, 20:49
Fundamentalists make baby Jesus vomit in rage
Pikistan
13-12-2004, 20:53
I live near Kirtland, which any pious Mormon will tell you was once one of their towns established on the way to Utah. It's now kind of a miniature Mecca for them as they do their missionary work.

Being an Episcopalian myself, I find it a bit difficut to understand their beliefs. Why for the love of God did they have to re-write the Bible? It just dosen't make sense. (Not that I want to start flaming Mormons-they have just as much right to believe what they do as I do)

We used to get them at our door all the time, asking things such as "Have you found Jesus today?" or "Do you plan on entering Heaven?".

My mom had an awful lot of fun with them. She would pretend to be a hillbilly, someone who had just had a relative die, constipated and in need of laxatives, or on occasion retarded. We'd laugh for hours after they left wide-eyed and shocked.

It's a pity they don't come around anymore.
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 20:53
Fundamentalists make baby Jesus vomit in rage

So does colic, punches to the stomach, and beastiality.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 20:59
I live near Kirtland, which any pious Mormon will tell you was once one of their towns established on the way to Utah. It's now kind of a miniature Mecca for them as they do their missionary work.

Being an Episcopalian myself, I find it a bit difficut to understand their beliefs. Why for the love of God did they have to re-write the Bible? It just dosen't make sense. (Not that I want to start flaming Mormons-they have just as much right to believe what they do as I do)

We used to get them at our door all the time, asking things such as "Have you found Jesus today?" or "Do you plan on entering Heaven?".

My mom had an awful lot of fun with them. She would pretend to be a hillbilly, someone who had just had a relative die, constipated and in need of laxatives, or on occasion retarded. We'd laugh for hours after they left wide-eyed and shocked.

It's a pity they don't come around anymore.
Our solution is to live in the middle of nowhere Minnesota lol they would have an awful long walk in the winter when it is -30-

Lol they don’t bother
Refused Party Program
13-12-2004, 21:02
So does colic, punches to the stomach, and beastiality.

So it is settled. Baby Jesus has colic.
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 21:05
So it is settled. Baby Jesus has colic.

Or Kanabia is having sex with animals....
Refused Party Program
13-12-2004, 21:08
Or Kanabia is having sex with animals....

That's a given...
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 21:19
So does colic, punches to the stomach, and beastiality.
Don’t forget priests … many a baptism there is this mighty wailing of babys
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 21:20
Another thing that makes Baby Jesus vomit....

Double posts.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 21:21
Another thing that makes Baby Jesus vomit....

Double posts.
Yup that’s why it was deleted before you even commented
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 21:23
Yup that’s why it was deleted before you even commented

And Jesus shall welcome you with open arms at the Pearly Gates.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 21:27
And Jesus shall welcome you with open arms at the Pearly Gates.
Hmmm thought it was more of St. Peters job to usher you through

Hmmm kind of like a secretary.
(wow when you think of it … if St Pete can be a secretary why is it a traditional “woman’s” role sort of job)
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 21:35
Hmmm thought it was more of St. Peters job to usher you through

Hmmm kind of like a secretary.
(wow when you think of it … if St Pete can be a secretary why is it a traditional “woman’s” role sort of job)

That would be normal procedure. However, you have proven your true love for Baby Jeebus through your quick deletion and he shall greet you himself.

I hear he is really into bear hugs, so kinda be careful of that.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 21:37
That would be normal procedure. However, you have proven your true love for Baby Jeebus through your quick deletion and he shall greet you himself.

I hear he is really into bear hugs, so kinda be careful of that.
Thought loving Jeebus was a general requirement for entering ... oh well :)
Vittos Ordination
13-12-2004, 21:49
Thought loving Jeebus was a general requirement for entering ... oh well :)

Recruitment has been down, so they have been lowering their standards, offering more benefits and a kickass retirement plan.
Refused Party Program
13-12-2004, 21:50
Recruitment has been down, so they have been lowering their standards, offering more benefits and a kickass retirement plan.

Yeah, I hear God's Pension is divine.
UpwardThrust
13-12-2004, 21:50
Recruitment has been down, so they have been lowering their standards, offering more benefits and a kickass retirement plan.
Including a 401k?
If so sign me up
Dun Modr
13-12-2004, 22:15
I live near Kirtland, which any pious Mormon will tell you was once one of their towns established on the way to Utah. It's now kind of a miniature Mecca for them as they do their missionary work.

Being an Episcopalian myself, I find it a bit difficut to understand their beliefs. Why for the love of God did they have to re-write the Bible? It just dosen't make sense. (Not that I want to start flaming Mormons-they have just as much right to believe what they do as I do)

We used to get them at our door all the time, asking things such as "Have you found Jesus today?" or "Do you plan on entering Heaven?".

My mom had an awful lot of fun with them. She would pretend to be a hillbilly, someone who had just had a relative die, constipated and in need of laxatives, or on occasion retarded. We'd laugh for hours after they left wide-eyed and shocked.

It's a pity they don't come around anymore.

I'll have to remember that one :) We used to get Mormons at our door at least once a week passing out literature or whatnot. One time it was two mothers in their early 30's with their 4-5 year old daughters. They handed me a magazine and tried to start a conversation by asking if I thought science and religion contradicted one another. Being a baptist and an engineer, I said that I disagreed, I thought they reaffirmed one another, and went on for about 5 minutes quoting Steven Hawking and such, talking about various theories of cosmology and biology and how religion matches up with them, etc. The looks I got in return were 3 levels of confusion worse than blank stares. Apparently they never had anyone actually give more than yes, no, or a grunt for an answer. That was 6 months ago and I haven't seem them since. It's a shame, I was hoping for a good enlightening conversation. :)
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 08:47
Hmmm most of mine have seemed to be female :confused:

Yeah the one who gave me the card was a girl. She had a guy with her, that according to my friend "looks like a cross between Sid Vicious and a constipated Prince Charles"

http://www.iwitnessstuff.com/our%20headshots.jpg Taken from their website. That may or may not be the same girl. If it is, it's only two of them on a mission to save us. LMAO

Or Kanabia is having sex with animals....

*Punches Vittos Ordination in the stomach*


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/save.jpg

Nice. Can I copy and print that out?

*now all i need is to register that webpage*
Matalatataka
14-12-2004, 08:57
Man, that guy's got cannibalistic serial killer written all ove his face.

Well, give me a while with Photoshop and it will.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 09:03
Man, that guy's got cannibalistic serial killer written all ove his face.

Well, give me a while with Photoshop and it will.

LOL

actually i'm going to email them the pic Chess Squares made. And your pic, when you make it.
Eichen
14-12-2004, 09:17
*now all i need is to register that webpage*
I was going to email you something about that, but you don't accept them.
Don't ever post an available domain before you've purchased it.
Cheap Domains (http://www.godaddy.com)
Kryozerkia
14-12-2004, 09:28
When they preach to use, try this... reply with: "Yes I know I'm going to hell. Can I have my one way ticket now please, it's so cold here!"
Armed Bookworms
14-12-2004, 09:33
Hmmm most of mine have seemed to be female :confused:
Then a swift jab to the solar plexus would work as well, although there is a chance that if you hit it hard enough at the right angle you might kill them.
Kryozerkia
14-12-2004, 09:34
Then a swift jab to the solar plexus would work as well, although there is a chance that if you hit it hard enough at the right angle you might kill them.
Which is why you tell them you WANT to go to hell... they won't have a response for that...at least not right away.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 09:34
I was going to email you something about that, but you don't accept them.
Don't ever post an available domain before you've purchased it.
Cheap Domains (http://www.godaddy.com)

? As in you can't send to my address, or it's simply not listed in my profile?

Anyhow, it's just a working title. I can counteract that with a hyphen or .com or something.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 09:35
Then a swift jab to the solar plexus would work as well, although there is a chance that if you hit it hard enough at the right angle you might kill them.

Har har, I learnt that technique when I used to do karate. You can do some severe organ damage.
Mutual Liberty
14-12-2004, 09:54
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/2306/religion7xf.jpg

I love this pic :D
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 09:55
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/2306/religion7xf.jpg

I love this pic :D

Wow, so religious people are really emo? Who would have thought.... :p
Nekonokuni
14-12-2004, 10:04
I used to have this plan to keep a set of black robes, a butcher's knife and some halloween fake blood near the door, just in case.

Tuck the knife safely (and legally) into the robe's belt, after you've slathered it on the knife, before you open the door...

Another option for the door-to-door types is to, as soon as the door is open tell them that the black mass has been moved to another date.

Or you could just do some research, and point out the tremendous flaws in the arguments most of them use to try and convert people.
Goed Twee
14-12-2004, 10:05
When they preach to use, try this... reply with: "Yes I know I'm going to hell. Can I have my one way ticket now please, it's so cold here!"

I've done something similer, actually ;)
Nekonokuni
14-12-2004, 10:30
You know, now that I'm looking at that site, you've gotta love the way they depict Jesus on the t-shirts as, a bloodthirsty monster.

I mean, on one, he looks like a bad comic character who has cross shaped guns. In the other, they specificly compare him to the hulk - a marvel character who's probably wracked up a death toll in the hundreds, counting only the innocent random people who died predominantly off-camera (as it were) durng his rampages.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 10:35
You know, now that I'm looking at that site, you've gotta love the way they depict Jesus on the t-shirts as, a bloodthirsty monster.

I mean, on one, he looks like a bad comic character who has cross shaped guns. In the other, they specificly compare him to the hulk - a marvel character who's probably wracked up a death toll in the hundreds, counting only the innocent random people who died predominantly off-camera (as it were) durng his rampages.

Yeah, I know...it's hilarious. My favourite thing there is:

"Miracles, Healings and testimonies of God's Power

Page under construction"

This is a nice one too:

"Learn the many angles that you can use to pry the demonic grip of Allah from the minds of Muslims, and show them the true God of Abraham, Isaac (not Ishmael) and Jacob, Jesus Christ."
Goed Twee
14-12-2004, 10:46
Yeah, I know...it's hilarious. My favourite thing there is:

"Miracles, Healings and testimonies of God's Power

Page under construction"

This is a nice one too:

"Learn the many angles that you can use to pry the demonic grip of Allah from the minds of Muslims, and show them the true God of Abraham, Isaac (not Ishmael) and Jacob, Jesus Christ."

Oh man, if I weren't such a lazyass I'd find it, but there was a page of "Jesus...with you" pictures for each profession. I guess they were meant to be heartfelt and happy and religious and such...but...Jesus looked like a freaking stalker in half of them xD
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 10:50
The best solutions to chase away the door to door ones...

1. Regardless of their sex, pretend to masturbate while they try to convert you, and try to look interested. They will make their excuses and leave. (Tried and proven by a friend)

2. Answer the door with a knife covered in ketchup... they won't hang around long. (Tried, tested and proven by me! I was making lunch at the time! Hee hee!)

(Best saved till last) 3. Answer the door dressed in satanic clothing, with a darkened house, images of Satan everywhere, and have a sacrificial altar in the middle of the room. Invite them inside... (This one is yet to be tested.)
Goed Twee
14-12-2004, 10:51
I just answer their questions honestly.

"Do you attend a church?"
"No, I'm quite happily hellbound"

I haven't seen any in awhile :p
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 10:54
(Best saved till last) 3. Answer the door dressed in satanic clothing, with a darkened house, images of Satan everywhere, and have a sacrificial altar in the middle of the room. Invite them inside... (This one is yet to be tested.)

Volunteers to test this theory?
Armed Bookworms
14-12-2004, 10:55
Which is why you tell them you WANT to go to hell... they won't have a response for that...at least not right away.
It's extremely unlikely that you would kill a person that way unless you were well trained, mainly because you have to be trained to hit that hard and precise.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 10:58
Volunteers to test this theory?

I'll just answer the door naked :P
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 11:00
I'll just answer the door naked :P

I support this idea... Let us know how it works out.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 11:02
It's extremely unlikely that you would kill a person that way unless you were well trained, mainly because you have to be trained to hit that hard and precise.

If you were referring to attacking the solar plexis, if using an open hand (very dangerous for fingers though) it's possible to reach the liver and spleen, causing permanent damage. If using the palm, it's possible, but more difficult.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 11:03
I support this idea... Let us know how it works out.

Next time they doorknock. If I don't have time to get changed, i'll walk out with my fly undone and johnson hanging out. Hey, free advertising.
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 11:05
Next time they doorknock. If I don't have time to get changed, i'll walk out with my fly undone and johnson hanging out.

Even worse-Have any girlfriends at the time give you a blow job while you answer the door-that's a sin, and they'ed run screaming.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 11:07
Even worse-Have any girlfriends at the time give you a blow job while you answer the door-that's a sin, and they'ed run screaming.

LOL :D
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 11:10
LOL :D

Seriously, try it, and they'll never bother you again. I think one of my uncles did this once, and the relgious nuts threw up-LOL.
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 11:17
Seriously, try it, and they'll never bother you again. I think one of my uncles did this once, and the relgious nuts threw up-LOL.

Then the dumb buggers probably went home and tried to wash their eyes out with soap. :p
The Imperial Navy
14-12-2004, 11:18
Then the dumb buggers probably went home and tried to wash their eyes out with soap. :p

I may convert my house to satanism and await the arrival of religious nuts... the ammount increases around Easter and Christmas... Or perhaps a water pistol filled with urine...
Kanabia
14-12-2004, 11:26
I may convert my house to satanism and await the arrival of religious nuts... the ammount increases around Easter and Christmas... Or perhaps a water pistol filled with urine...

Semen would probably revolt them more. Or just vodka and milk.
Cannot think of a name
14-12-2004, 11:39
So a while ago I had a cat we had name Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Princess of Darkness, etc. from the book Good Omens because she was really f'n mean. We just called her Adversary. So on my Saturday off some church set up a damn flatbead in the court and startin' 'witnessing' complete with band. At like 9am. My roommate was into NIN(me not so much) so I grabed one that one with the chorus "God is dead and no one cares" and played it through my tube stereo. Childish, I'll admit. And freakin' loud. So loud in fact that I couldn't hear anything else. Adversary, who liked my roommates music a lot (because she was mean as hell) started growling and attacking the door, which was odd for her to take time out of attacking me. So I went over to the door and picked her up, to which she was amazingly receptive and opened the door to see what she was getting at. One of the church members was coming to the door and was about to knock. Adversary started growling and trying to jump on the guy while I was trying to tell him not interested. Midway through I had to tell the cat, "Adversary, calm down," to which the missionary responded by turning around and going downstairs. She was a bit of an evil cat.
Torching Witches
14-12-2004, 12:08
There is only one way to teach tolerance, and that's tea.
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Dostanuot Loj
14-12-2004, 19:37
I always find it fun to stick with my polythestic beliefs when they try... and I talk with them.
"Have you found Jesus"
"Who's that?"
"The Son of God, etc."
"Which god?"
"The one and only God."
"I need a name here, which god are we talking about?"

And continue on like that, when they finnally realise where I'm comming from, they usually leave pretty shocked.
Demo-Bobylon
14-12-2004, 20:24
this is a bit basic..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Reaper2k3/save.jpg

Where did you get that picture of the grinning Jesus? I've been looking for that for ages!
Liskeinland
14-12-2004, 22:06
I used to have this plan to keep a set of black robes, a butcher's knife and some halloween fake blood near the door, just in case.

Tuck the knife safely (and legally) into the robe's belt, after you've slathered it on the knife, before you open the door...

Another option for the door-to-door types is to, as soon as the door is open tell them that the black mass has been moved to another date.

Or you could just do some research, and point out the tremendous flaws in the arguments most of them use to try and convert people. Hmm, the Dimmu Borgir approach… as a Christian, I find it EXTREMELY annoying how they put off people with their tirades of fear and death and gloom and doom. No rational arguments. I use rational arguments. Well, I try to, anyway¬…
Siljhouettes
17-12-2004, 18:36
http://img9.exs.cx/img9/3175/secular4df.jpg

Now clearly my photoshop skills are lacking, so i'll need a better card. If someone can help me, that would be cool. But each-time someone hands me a religious card of that sort, they'll get one of mine. I'm going to stalk card-givers as they give handouts to people who need to be "saved" and in turn save those same victims with my card.

Sound like a good idea? All in favour?
You should use a colour other than red. Why? Because it will make people think of socialism, then they will think that the "atheist left" are out to destroy religion.
Drunk commies
17-12-2004, 18:39
So a while ago I had a cat we had name Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Princess of Darkness, etc. from the book Good Omens because she was really f'n mean. We just called her Adversary. So on my Saturday off some church set up a damn flatbead in the court and startin' 'witnessing' complete with band. At like 9am. My roommate was into NIN(me not so much) so I grabed one that one with the chorus "God is dead and no one cares" and played it through my tube stereo. Childish, I'll admit. And freakin' loud. So loud in fact that I couldn't hear anything else. Adversary, who liked my roommates music a lot (because she was mean as hell) started growling and attacking the door, which was odd for her to take time out of attacking me. So I went over to the door and picked her up, to which she was amazingly receptive and opened the door to see what she was getting at. One of the church members was coming to the door and was about to knock. Adversary started growling and trying to jump on the guy while I was trying to tell him not interested. Midway through I had to tell the cat, "Adversary, calm down," to which the missionary responded by turning around and going downstairs. She was a bit of an evil cat.
The song is called Heresy, and it's a good one.
UpwardThrust
17-12-2004, 18:39
Where did you get that picture of the grinning Jesus? I've been looking for that for ages!
Look for dogma pic's
Texan Hotrodders
17-12-2004, 18:44
Why do you want to get rid of them? They are so much fun to play with. I always try to convert them to my beliefs.

Yep. My favorite thing to do is try to convert them. They tend not to like that, and then I can point out that since they don't like it when people try to convert them, it's probably not nice to do it to other people, especially considering this:

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Angry Fruit Salad
17-12-2004, 18:50
I used to have a problem with Jehovah's Witnesses who kept coming to my door.

The last time they came, they said, "Have you found Jesus?" and I answered, "I didn't know he was missing. Are you sure?" and I shouted up the stairs, "JESUS! ARE YOU STILL IN YOUR ROOM? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!"

They never came back.


"Yeah. He was behind the couch the whole time."

or "Found God? If nobody claims him within 30 days, he's yours!"
Kevins_pants
17-12-2004, 20:03
the same thing happend to me once i am a christain but it made me mad it wasnt the view point of his card or nothing but the way he gave it to me i used to work a dairy queen and this guy came he orderd something and then asked for water i go thim his ice cream and took his money and then was going to get his water but before i did he told that he still needed water but the way he said it was really rude then he shoved this card through the window and quickly drove away.

what a great way to witness to people!
Drunk commies
17-12-2004, 20:06
the same thing happend to me once i am a christain but it made me mad it wasnt the view point of his card or nothing but the way he gave it to me i used to work a dairy queen and this guy came he orderd something and then asked for water i go thim his ice cream and took his money and then was going to get his water but before i did he told that he still needed water but the way he said it was really rude then he shoved this card through the window and quickly drove away.

what a great way to witness to people!
You should pray for him to get a nice inoperable tumor.
Pure Metal
17-12-2004, 21:06
here's one i knocked up quickly...


http://www.erebus.info/images/Huws/saved%20small.jpg
Groverine
18-12-2004, 22:59
On the part of some Christians:
1. Fire and brimstone is the way to go.
Nobody likes to be threatened. Especially with eternal damnation. You shouldn't start off like that.
2. People understand the context of the verses you put on a piece of paper, and leave them with no explanation.
Some things in the Bible can come off with an entirely different meaning if the context is not explained, too. Witnessing is more than a piece of paper.

On the part of some (mostly everybody in this forum) non-Christians
1. All Christians are the same.
We aren't all mindless. Most of the ones with the deepest faith have put more in more thought than any of you ever have.
2. Believing in Hell and Jesus as the Son of the one God are radical fundamentalist beliefs.
Hate to break it to you, but these are basic beliefs. It's hard to read the Bible and say this isn't true, unless you refuse to believe otherwise.
3. All fundamentalists are wackos.
I like to think of myself as a fundamentalist. I have also thought long and hard about my beliefs, much longer than 90% of the non-Christians I know and have had conversations about religion with. As a fundamentalist, I feel it is necessary for me to reach out to others, and be tolerant without condoning.
4. The Crusades, and the Inquistions, and all that crap with the mass murders of other peoples in the 1600's, are events that Christians think are great things, and that they are acceptable things.
Sorry again, but those were fought over land and power, with the name of Jesus being used to cover up their motives. Read Dante's Inferno. He has those Popes in Hell. Not Purgatory, Hell.

Hopefully you won't dismiss my views immediately because of your own intolerance and unwillingness to listen to views other than your own.
Cajema
19-12-2004, 00:42
I got handed this card at work today by a customer:

Front:
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/738/christian5fg.jpg
Back:
http://img45.exs.cx/img45/483/christian27lj.jpg

(their website, www.iwitnessstuff.com on that card is actually pretty funny for how lame it is)

Wow, thats a lovely tolerant viewpoint to have, isn't it?

Frankly, this attitude pisses me off. While the people doing this may be a minority, how can they possibly justify worship out of fear? Isn't that beside the point of a God that supposedly loves us all?

Bahhhhhhhh.......

So i'm starting my own organisation.

http://img9.exs.cx/img9/3175/secular4df.jpg

Now clearly my photoshop skills are lacking, so i'll need a better card. If someone can help me, that would be cool. But each-time someone hands me a religious card of that sort, they'll get one of mine. I'm going to stalk card-givers as they give handouts to people who need to be "saved" and in turn save those same victims with my card.

Sound like a good idea? All in favour?

I love it!! It does my heart good to see sarcastic people, like myself, coming up with funny ideas!!! I wish I could see the faces of whom ever you hand one of those to.
Cajema
19-12-2004, 00:46
I used to have a problem with Jehovah's Witnesses who kept coming to my door.

The last time they came, they said, "Have you found Jesus?" and I answered, "I didn't know he was missing. Are you sure?" and I shouted up the stairs, "JESUS! ARE YOU STILL IN YOUR ROOM? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!"

They never came back.

Did Jesus answer you?? :confused: That's funny as hell!!
Wagwan
20-12-2004, 16:24
you have my full support. bomb the fundamentalists!!!
Kanabia
20-12-2004, 16:26
Hehe. I just have to get me some cardboard to print out these cards, or maybe some fliers.
Benevolent Omelette
21-12-2004, 15:14
This is the best response to Jehovah's Witnesses I've heard so far, courtesy of my friend V:

JW: Would you like to go to heaven?
V: Will you be there?
JW: Well... yes...
V: *SLAM*
UpwardThrust
21-12-2004, 15:16
This is the best response to Jehovah's Witnesses I've heard so far, courtesy of my friend V:

JW: Would you like to go to heaven?
V: Will you be there?
JW: Well... yes...
V: *SLAM*
I don’t know … best ever …

They get kind of squeamish when you answer the door naked
Letila
21-12-2004, 18:52
Do what I do: Whip out a Communist Manifesto or Lolicon hentai manga. Gets them everytime.
Gobulty Gook
21-12-2004, 18:57
^^^LOL! That is classic. I will remember that.
Refused Party Program
21-12-2004, 19:13
Jehavah's Witness: Would you like to invite Jesus into your home...ah?
Refused Party Program: Yeah, but you can stay outside.

*SLAM*

*sound of one hand clapping*
Romish Moldova
21-12-2004, 20:39
The Christian missionary groups have long tried to get me to convert. They used misquotes and faulty reasoning to try to convince me of the Bible or prophets mentioning Jesus. I proved them wrong and they haven't bothered me ever since. :)
Nihilistic Beginners
21-12-2004, 20:44
Hmmm most of mine have seemed to be female :confused:
Next time break out the bubbly, light some candles and throw on some Luther Vandross...and then ask them if they would like to have apillow fight
Druthulhu
30-12-2004, 00:56
I'll just answer the door naked :P

I always ansewer the door naked anyway... I am a nudist in my home. Well... I generally use a robe or a sheet to answer the door.
Chess Squares
30-12-2004, 01:04
Next time break out the bubbly, light some candles and throw on some Luther Vandross...and then ask them if they would like to have apillow fight
install a Quagmire switch, he he all-right
Rockness
30-12-2004, 01:04
I got handed this card at work today by a customer:

Front:
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/738/christian5fg.jpg
Back:
http://img45.exs.cx/img45/483/christian27lj.jpg

(their website, www.iwitnessstuff.com on that card is actually pretty funny for how lame it is)

Wow, thats a lovely tolerant viewpoint to have, isn't it?

Frankly, this attitude pisses me off. While the people doing this may be a minority, how can they possibly justify worship out of fear? Isn't that beside the point of a God that supposedly loves us all?

Bahhhhhhhh.......

So i'm starting my own organisation.

http://img9.exs.cx/img9/3175/secular4df.jpg

Now clearly my photoshop skills are lacking, so i'll need a better card. If someone can help me, that would be cool. But each-time someone hands me a religious card of that sort, they'll get one of mine. I'm going to stalk card-givers as they give handouts to people who need to be "saved" and in turn save those same victims with my card.

Sound like a good idea? All in favour?

Sounds like a sweet idea.