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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 584090" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>I have, quite often. Not going door to door but in public places. Especially Hare Krishnas tended to be very active and bothersome around here few years back. Only Jehovah's Witnesses, and at times Mormons, go door to door around here.</p><p></p><p>In our culture faith is considered very private matter. We may talk about religions in general, church politics or theology and certainly do, but when it comes to faith, it is just not talked much at all. Most people are much more comfortable talking about their sex lives with friends or even strangers than their faith. And I for example don't know if my in-laws are atheists, agnostics or believers. I do know they belong to church and go in big Holidays. And while I know bit more about my husband's thoughts about the matter, we both keep our innermost thoughts about the matter between us and our deity (if we consider there is one.) I'm also sure my sons don't know if I and husband believe or not (they of course do know that we are Church members and participate in big Holidays and every now and when otherwise.) And while I have some idea of difficult child's leanings, I have no idea if easy child does believe, is agnostic or atheist.</p><p></p><p>But as you can guess, I will not discuss about my faith with someone knocking on to my door. I can discuss about religion though. With Jehovah's Witnesses I'm usually polite but short and don't take anything from them. Even the smallest sign of interests keeps them coming back. Once I have been so angry with them that I really let them hear how I felt and scared them with our dog (we had a rottweiler at that time, she could be quite convincing when she felt that I was enraged with a stranger and wanted that person far away.) These two women had came to our house quite early afternoon, when most people are at work, and their school-age children are often home alone. When difficult child, he was 11 at the time, opened the door, they had asked if parents were home, and when told no, they have in fact came into our house and started to convert my 11- and 8-year-olds. They left some material to them and came back few days later at the evening, when I too was home and I really let them know what I thought of them soliciting kids. They had done the same to other families in neighbourhood and others were as enraged as I. I think we didn't had any Jehovahs going door to door in this neighbourhood in five years after that one.</p><p></p><p>Mormons I often ask inside and even offer something to drink and eat, when they come if I have time. Not that I would have any interest to be converted, but I find it rather fascinating that boys from USA come all the way over here, learn little bit of our small and obscure language and go door to door without any real success. So I ask them to come in and talked with them about how they have liked it here, why they chose to come here and things like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 584090, member: 14557"] I have, quite often. Not going door to door but in public places. Especially Hare Krishnas tended to be very active and bothersome around here few years back. Only Jehovah's Witnesses, and at times Mormons, go door to door around here. In our culture faith is considered very private matter. We may talk about religions in general, church politics or theology and certainly do, but when it comes to faith, it is just not talked much at all. Most people are much more comfortable talking about their sex lives with friends or even strangers than their faith. And I for example don't know if my in-laws are atheists, agnostics or believers. I do know they belong to church and go in big Holidays. And while I know bit more about my husband's thoughts about the matter, we both keep our innermost thoughts about the matter between us and our deity (if we consider there is one.) I'm also sure my sons don't know if I and husband believe or not (they of course do know that we are Church members and participate in big Holidays and every now and when otherwise.) And while I have some idea of difficult child's leanings, I have no idea if easy child does believe, is agnostic or atheist. But as you can guess, I will not discuss about my faith with someone knocking on to my door. I can discuss about religion though. With Jehovah's Witnesses I'm usually polite but short and don't take anything from them. Even the smallest sign of interests keeps them coming back. Once I have been so angry with them that I really let them hear how I felt and scared them with our dog (we had a rottweiler at that time, she could be quite convincing when she felt that I was enraged with a stranger and wanted that person far away.) These two women had came to our house quite early afternoon, when most people are at work, and their school-age children are often home alone. When difficult child, he was 11 at the time, opened the door, they had asked if parents were home, and when told no, they have in fact came into our house and started to convert my 11- and 8-year-olds. They left some material to them and came back few days later at the evening, when I too was home and I really let them know what I thought of them soliciting kids. They had done the same to other families in neighbourhood and others were as enraged as I. I think we didn't had any Jehovahs going door to door in this neighbourhood in five years after that one. Mormons I often ask inside and even offer something to drink and eat, when they come if I have time. Not that I would have any interest to be converted, but I find it rather fascinating that boys from USA come all the way over here, learn little bit of our small and obscure language and go door to door without any real success. So I ask them to come in and talked with them about how they have liked it here, why they chose to come here and things like that. [/QUOTE]
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