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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:33 AM
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Next time a group of proselatizing Christians show up at my door
and try to teach me about the bible, and accept to accept Jesus as my personal savior. I'm going to graciously invite them in, whip out my Bhagavad Gita and read it to them until they get irritated enough to see themselves out. :mad:
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:33 AM
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1. At least you're civil about it!
And upfront about it.

That's a good thing!

Bake
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:36 AM
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3. either that or put a sign on my front door
"Hindu on board"
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:35 AM
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2. I show up at the door nude, sporting an
erection and a butcher knife.

Works every time.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:37 AM
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7. A census taker showed up at my door
I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice chianti...sup..sup..sup..sup..sup
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:39 AM
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10. Fava beans don't agree with me.
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kiki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:28 PM
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22. How'd you know it's them...
...till you open the door?

Taking a BIG risk there, buddy.

"Oh... sorry mom, I thought you were the fundies!"

:rofl:
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:36 AM
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4. that's only fair
they should be willing to go that route...of course, the conversation may last longer than you anticipate and are willing to tolerate.

sP
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:39 AM
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8. They should be. One time I told them of my spiritual preference
and was told I was going to hell. I told them I'll see them there then.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:48 AM
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14. When They Tell Me That I'm Going To Hell...
I say, maybe I'll go to Hell and fix the air conditioning there.

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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:20 PM
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20. You an HVAC person?
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 01:18 PM
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25. No, But I Think I Could Figure It Out. I'd Have Plenty of Time to Learn
At least they'd have plenty of energy to run it down there :evilgrin:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:36 AM
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5. Ask them if the Moon creates or reflects light n/t
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:36 AM
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6. Good for you
:7

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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:39 AM
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9. Smack this on your door like I did and hopefully your problem will end


Now if that doesn't work, try this one:


They should get the message, but then again, we are talking about some southern biblethumpers and I know how they can be........

At our next get together, remind me to tell you why I had to put that sticker on the door. Goddamned fundies!!!!!!!!!
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:50 AM
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15. Shouldn't it be "Solicitors shot on sight"?
I suppose "Solicitors shot on site" would imply you'll only shoot them on your site rather than waiting until they've returned to their car... :shrug:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:18 PM
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18. They can be persistent. I live up in Woodstock, GA.
And every few months the Woodstock Baptist Church fundies hit my neighborhood and go door to door. I usually just don't answer the door when I see them coming. And quite often, they will bypass my house when they see my Rottweiler standing at the window.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:19 PM
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19. I had that one my door
For a long time because the Mormon Kids kept bothering me on Saturdays and waking me uup from naps. At that point, I decided I was curmodgeon at age 28 and really didn't like people I didn't know, knocking on my door and disturbing me so the text that went along with it said something like,

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"NO SOLICITORS! This includes but is not limited to: salespeople, girl scout cookie sellers, newspaper subscribers, and anyone wishing to tell me why their religion is better than mine.*"
---------------

I had the * there because at the bottom of my sign in smaller print, it said:

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* Jehovah Witnesses are welcome if they're willing to discuss Deuteronomy 18:20-22 (which talks about false prophets) in regards to some predictions of the end of the world, which your church elders periodically make.
** Mormons pretending to be Jehovah Witnesses will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
---------------

I soon had my Saturday afternoon naps back undisturbed.

TlalocW
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DUHandle Donating Member (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:39 AM
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11. The last time that happened to me
i thanked the people for coming by and told them that I worship Satan.

The looks on their faces was great.

If choose to use this remember: always be polite.
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:21 PM
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21. I stand and listen for a half-minute or so, then
suddenly raise my head and sniff the air -- put a concerned/irritated/mildly panicked look on my face and say,
"So sorry, I've got to run. The sacrificial goat is BURNING!!"

Then close the door.
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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:40 AM
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12. Or you could just rattle off some quotes showing how LIBERAL Jesus was.
nt
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jrw14125 Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:41 AM
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13. good idea! i'm going to read Dao De Jing to them while expounding on...
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 11:53 AM by jrw14125
the Big Bang theory and theories of universal expansion and contraction. They'll love that.

Seriously, if we took kids from the time they can crawl and preached science, philosophy, critical thinking, and reason to them, do you really think more than a few % of them would grow up to be religious whackos?

That's why they want their bible in our schools! They're afraid of losing the ability to brainwash their and our children. Thank GOD for that!
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:15 PM
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16. Ah, The Song Celestial!
If I were there, I'd bring my harmonium and my husband would bring his tablas and we'd lead Kirtan. Think they'd enjoy a chorus or two of Gopala?
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:34 PM
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23. They may not, but I sure would
and I'll bring my favorite shenai CD's :)
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 12:16 PM
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17. "Take your crazy, off my property"
is what I say to them
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 01:13 PM
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24. You should let them and not let them leave until they register as
democrats and become "true believers". (Having them consider * as the Anti-Christ is a bonus point.)
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 02:23 PM
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26. Sic a Jack Russel Terrier on them.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 02:24 PM
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27. All you need to say is "thanks, but no thanks"
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