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I respect religion, but I feel like if youre bothering me in my home, uninvited (well, practically IN, on your doorstep is kindof in, no?), then i have the right to do the same to you. If Jehovahs Witnesses came to my door, I would make a habit of checking before I opened my door and if it was them, Id strip naked and open the door to invite them for tea. Or do various other things to make them uncomfortable.
Unfortunately, I live too far up in the boondocks for any religious recruiter to come to my door. I have to go downtown for that (fliers).
blleeeeeeeh.
on the other hand, if i knew that people stripped nakey when jehovahs came to their door, i might convert just for an excuse. HA!!!! maybe for a day anyway.
Unfortunately, I live too far up in the boondocks for any religious recruiter to come to my door. I have to go downtown for that (fliers).
blleeeeeeeh.
on the other hand, if i knew that people stripped nakey when jehovahs came to their door, i might convert just for an excuse. HA!!!! maybe for a day anyway.
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Wed, November 23, 2005 - 9:10 PMShit, I live in the middle of nowhere and I still get Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons showing up! (I think they have my house marked somehow as an infidel)
I always tell them I'm not interested, then close the door. The last time a woman came and when I said that, she looked like she was gonna cry and said "But why?"
So I told her I was agnostic and THEN closed the door.
I never thought of the naked angle, but that's pretty funny actually. I have a lot of amish neighbors, with my luck I'd do that and give ole Amos or Jonas a heart attack! -
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Thu, November 24, 2005 - 8:46 AMwell shit, i dont wanna make anyone cry...but...but...
BBBUUUTTTT!!!! gah. it would be so much fun if they didn´t cry. meh.
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Thu, November 24, 2005 - 4:53 PM
Polly,
While I can understand the sentiments (I, too, am agnostic, though I prefer to say "agnosto-athiest", and i've been near-accosted by Witnesses before), I really feel that I need to caution against this sort of thing. I really do think that, if we want to communicate our perspective to someone else, the best way to do this is to not offend them. If a Witness comes to our door, we have a choice: we can either speak to them with respect (and perhaps even engage them in discussion and possibly plant the seeds of doubt in their heads), or we can be rude or mean to them, which only makes them likely to try harder, "those agnostics are so mean and rude, they need to be saved soooo badly."
I chuckled at the idea, though -- if I were to do that, and a Witness kept their composure, i'd _certainly_ invite them in after that, saying "ok, that was a test, but you passed, so come in and we'll talk about what I believe, what you believe, and while we may find that our respective beliefs are hard to shake, we can at least get to know each other as people."
Regards,
John
Falling You - exploring the beauty of voice and sound
www.fallingyou.com
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Thu, November 24, 2005 - 6:11 PMScrew that, I don't want anyone coming to my house that I didn't invite!
Personally, I don't care if it offends them, they're offending me by presuming that their religious views are superior (have you ever noticed that every religious branch seems to think they're the only ones going to heaven?). -
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Thu, November 24, 2005 - 6:47 PM
Vicky,
No, not necessarily. There are those who prefer to adopt the exclusionary "if you don't follow us you're gonna burn" rhetoric, but there are progressive "believers" out there. I'm thankful (on this day and others <smile>) to count some of them among my friends. Sure, we disagree on some things ("there is no god", "but there is!", "nope", "yes!", etc.) but eventually we just agree to disagree and get on with being friends :-)
Regarding superiority, the knife cuts both ways ... there are those among us who delight in trying to make believers feel inferior, sometimes by associating believing in god with a weak intellect e.g. "just another stupid christian who can't think for themselves"; other times by using the bad parts of their bible (in the case of christians) against them e.g. "your bible condones slavery, so you must be a racist."
My point is that more respectful behavior serves everyone better. If I were to choke on something, and the only person around to help me was a Witness, i'd like to think they would help me because I was kind to them.
Regards,
John
Falling You - exploring the beauty of voice and sound
www.fallingyou.com
P.S. I am, however, still chuckling about the original posters idea about opening the door in the nude :-)
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Re: I wish Jehovahs Witnesses would come to MY door
Fri, November 25, 2005 - 8:28 AMyes. i can see what you mean. promote understanding and respect.
hm. processsssssssssingggggg. meh.
i would actually love for someone to come to my door to discuss. and. i feel like there should be some give and take on both sides if i were to welcome them into my home. i didn´t realize when i first posted that yeah, i guess it is kinda mean. i dont think rude, but mean. that wouldn´t be my intention.
and this part:
"those agnostics are so mean and rude, they need to be saved soooo badly."
is scary. and true. i think.
so thanks John.
Polly
p.s. does this mean that if a Witness ever comes to my door, i can´t do that. maybe i should call through the door before i open up "i hope you dont mind...im a nudist and i´d prefer not to put anything on before i open the door."
yeah. teehee *giggling. i suppose not. and i´m still thinking "there´s gotta be a semi-respectful way of going about this."
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