For 3 days in a row, I have been randomly approached by Christians [I hate koolaid]

[Asher]

Situation 1: I'm in the student center on my laptop killing time before my 6pm lecture, and I'm approached by a heavyset girl with a camera and a hot girl with a microphone. They ask me if I want to answer a couple questions on camera for a "segment" they're doing (I assumed they were NUTV [campus TV station]) who normally do things like this and ask poll questions ("What did you do with your Ralph bucks?" etc). It started out asking my name, major, and year and quickly descended into a religious interrogation. "Am I spiritual? Am I religious? Do I go to church?"

When they found out I wasn't religious, nor spiritual, they started to grill me and persuade me to try sometime. "Don't you feel the void in your life?" was one of their questions. I was trying to be polite but they started to go too far, so I mentioned that not everybody need organized religion in their life to feel self-worth and a purpose, and that I had no desire to drink the koolaid. They seemed offended and ended with a "Thanks for your time" and left.

Situation 2: The very next day, I'm walking from one of my lectures to the gym with earphones in my ear. I'm suddenly approached by two people (young asian guy and young hot girl) who ask me directions. Being a nice guy, I oblige. Then they mention they're visiting the city and they're from Seattle and would like to know what kind of stuff to do. Then they asked me if I'd like to play Ultimate...when I declined they mentioned they were having a "discussion" with them and a group of people that evening on campus. When asked what the discussion was about, they said "spiritually focused...". Being the nice, non-confrontational guy I am , I told them I'd see if I could come. Then they pressured for my phone number, and I gave them a number I randomly made up and walked away.

Situation 3: Today, I'm walking in the student centre from lecture to lecture and a hot guy stops me and asks me how I'm doing. I'd normally just keep walking knowing the Christians are on the hunt in the area, but he was hot. I shook his hand and did some usual smalltalk, when he invited me to come to a discussion they were having that night...I smiled, said "no thanks", and quickly walked away. He seemed disgusted by my response...

So, in summary -- WTF is with Christians? Why do they always want to convert everyone? Mind your own ****ing business.

[Last Conformist]

Seem like they've started a flirty fishing campaign ...

As for why they try and convert folks, I refer you to the Bible.

[lord of the mark]

I wish our synagogue had kool aid. Its like after services, and POTM used to always complain, cause she didnt like lemonade or iced tea, and wasnt going to drink hot coffee, so she only got to drink ice water. Now if wed had kool aid, she coulda had that. By now she drinks lemonade, and in any case is too busy running around with her friends after services to bother me about stuff like that. Though we still DO have to remind her, that even if shes not wild about the bagels OR the gefilte fish, we're STILL not going to make her lunch just cause she decided not to eat what there was for kiddush.

Oh, Christians and conversion - yeah, it can be annoying. But dont take it too personal. I dont. (I did once explain to one the details behind the Jewish view of the proper translation of Isaiah, and I think I threw him for a loop - dont think youd enjoy that as much as I did though)

[Elok]

This isn't flirty-fishing, there's no actual sex involved IIUC...

[aneeshm]

This is a problem in India , too . Christian missionaries use the aid money they receive for charity work and use it as "incentives" to convert innocent tribals . In response , the government had to ban conversion by force , fraud , or allurement .

[Last Conformist]

I usually throw Bible quotes on them till they go away.

[Lancer]

I usually wait until people's sin debt turns their minds into a painful organ and then talk to people about how I got help. I find that the pushy attitude of some make talking to people on a human level more difficult.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
I wish our synagogue had kool aid. Its like after services, and POTM used to always complain, cause she didnt like lemonade or iced tea, and wasnt going to drink hot coffee, so she only got to drink ice water. Now if wed had kool aid, she coulda had that. By now she drinks lemonade, and in any case is too busy running around with her friends after services to bother me about stuff like that. Though we still DO have to remind her, that even if shes not wild about the bagels OR the gefilte fish, we're STILL not going to make her lunch just cause she decided not to eat what there was for kiddush.

How can you not be wild about bagels?

[Asher]

These are probably the same *******s who put up very graphic pictures of butchered children in Rwanda and compared them to pictures of aborted fetuses around campus months ago.

[Hueij]

Don't know why but I suddenly feel sympathetic towards these people...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Hueij
Don't know why but I suddenly feel sympathetic towards these people...

It's because you share their values in the objectification of women and your hatred of homosexuals. That and your charming ****-stirring personality and sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong repeatedly.

Hooray for American ****-sucking religious euros.

[Lancer]

Because they have the best interests in mind of these people who hate them?

[DanS]

Very odd that you would get approached 3 times in such a short timeframe. Is there some sort of big revival going on?

[Asher]

The first group may have been different, but the 2nd and 3rd incidents are clearly the same group "visiting" from Seattle here. I'm not even sure which denomination they are.

[SlowwHand]

You really think it was random, Asher? Think again.