Are Christians creepy?

[thesummerqueen]

My question to you tonight is, do you automatically think someone is creepy when they say they are a Christian, or is it just when they try to convert you? I myself am massively creeped out by the Bible Network and several real-life Christians I've met. I believe I mentioned earlier that it triggers my fight-or-flight reflex.

The only Christians I automatically consider creepy are the ones who ride on little bikes up to my house - first of all, I think it's rude on many secular and religious levels (Jews don't proselytize, so it grates all the more now that I'm a heathen) and second of all I think that's a fairly dangerous thing to do. Although I'm sure they'd argue that God would protect them. Then again, I notice (living on the cusp of the crack-baby area and historic rich section that I do) that they never move past MY neighborhood into the poorer sections either.

I've said it before - one of my absolute best friends in the world is an elder, or deacon, or something, at his church. While it's true that most of those closest to me are atheist, or at least agnostic, this man and my best girlfriend still identify as Christian. I don't hold it against them. It rarely comes up with her - and she's married to a Turkish Muslim. It only comes up with him ever-so-often, and he actually listens to my point of view. We got into a debate about children receiving sex education in school and I actually changed his mind about a few things. I think the difference is that instead of saying he does things in Jesus' name, he lives as he believes Jesus would expect him to live...which I could argue with him that he'd be that way with or without the invisible friend but I doubt it would change his mind. It's not worth the friendship.

Do you know who I automatically think is creepy? People who come up to me and are wearing those "power bands" or "hologram energy bands".

Follow up question, how would you react to someone "telling you about the Gospel" in a nice way? Is it always offensive/enraging/however it makes you feel? I know a lot of churches have Evangelism classes, but one of my favorite professors says they "teach people how to be socially inappropriate." What if someone took the time to get to know you, then tried to subtly bring up the Gospel a lot? More or less creepy?

The last time anyone tried to "nicely" tell me about the gospel, it was right after she accused me (without foundation) of having an affair with her husband...so...probably a little biased there. I know that it's supposed to be a Christian's job to "spread the word" so I wouldn't hold it against them unless they didn't understand that "no means no". I'm confused, however, about what you mean by teaching people to be socially inappropriate.

Also, none of my Christian friends have ever tried to convert me.