Chris James Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 A lovely moment when a young girl confronts a street preacher: http://www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2014/11/08/little-girl-barks-back-bible-thumping-street-preacher And if the young man really knew his Bible he would shut the F up: Matthew 6:6 When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.… Enough said. Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 I'm all for free speech but the street preachers are just obnoxious. Link to comment
Merkin Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 A suggestion: when they pause for a breath, shout 'Matthew 6:6' at them. After a few repetitions they should scuttle off to look it up. Link to comment
Nigel Gordon Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 There is also Matthew 10: 5-7, I am sure most of use are gentiles so what are they doing preaching to us? Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 I found that a sign which reads; "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here" has stopped the door knocking preachers. Link to comment
dude Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 I found that a sign which reads; "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here" has stopped the door knocking preachers. Y'know.... by all rights Churches should be required to post that sign above their doors! Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Dude, that's a great idea. Link to comment
Nigel Gordon Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 A friend of mine had a marvelous of dealing with Jehovah Witnesses, when they called she would say she was busy but would like to hear what they had to say, could they come back later. Once they had left she went to her library, took out a copy of the Encyclopedia of Religion and threw it into the air. Whichever religion it fell open at - provided it was not a variation on the Christian faith, she would try to convert them to. Surprisingly she was successful on a number of occasions, converting two to Buddhism, four to Islam and two each to Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, unfortunately at that point the local Jehovah Witnesses caught on and blacklisted her address, I don't think any of them have called their since which is a shame, especially as she moved out of there some forty years ago. I have found a very effective response to the Mormon's who ask me if I know God, I assure them I talk to HER every morning and usually get HER to see my point of view. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 I have a different technique. I open the door, see them, and say, "Sorry, not interested," and close the door. Works perfectly. There's a Mormon church located a hop and a skip from us, but between them and the Witnesses, we only get three or four door knocks a year. C Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 You know what I call cute young Mormon twinkies on bikes coming to my house? Curb Service. Link to comment
Jason Rimbaud Posted November 11, 2014 Report Share Posted November 11, 2014 I usually answer the door in my undies, the scimpier the better. Either they want to come in for some chit or dirty chat or they excuse themselves. Either way I'm happy Jason Link to comment
colinian Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Jason! Glad to see you here. I've missed you. Colin Link to comment
colinian Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 My approach with the JW's is, when they ask if they can give me one of their tracts, is to say "No, thank you. I already know everything about religions." That rather confuses them, but they follow the script and ask me if I believe in God. I whisper, "Actually, I'm God." Now they are really confused, and I close the door and they go away. I suppose eventually they'd catch on and come up with something to say to keep me listening. But so far, so good. The other thing is so far we haven't had any JW's here in Walnut Creek where we've moved. We did get them in Berkeley, though. That's where I played my "I'm God" trick. Colin Link to comment
TalonRider Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Not that I'm complaining, but I've not seen any JW's in years. Especially since I moved to Pennsyvania over 20 years ago. Link to comment
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