RE: Proselytizing
June 30, 2010 at 4:34 pm
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2010 at 4:36 pm by Paul the Human.)
I feel the same way. I do not like being preached at, but it is primarily due to the fact that I've heard it all before and don't believe a word of it. It just makes me feel like "Shut the fuck up and leave me alone!"
I understand that, sometimes, they have good intentions (save me from hell and all that), but once I make it clear that I am not interested in hearing about it... they should be respectful enough to... well... shut the fuck up and leave me alone. I try to remain polite in my request that they stop preaching at me... right up until they dismiss that request. Even if they think it is for my own good, they are in the wrong for dismissing my desire to be left alone.
(EDIT: It's worth adding that I feel this goes both ways. I would never force a theist to listen to me denounce their religion if they asked me not to. Then again... I do not go out prowling for theists to do that to, either.)
I understand that, sometimes, they have good intentions (save me from hell and all that), but once I make it clear that I am not interested in hearing about it... they should be respectful enough to... well... shut the fuck up and leave me alone. I try to remain polite in my request that they stop preaching at me... right up until they dismiss that request. Even if they think it is for my own good, they are in the wrong for dismissing my desire to be left alone.
(EDIT: It's worth adding that I feel this goes both ways. I would never force a theist to listen to me denounce their religion if they asked me not to. Then again... I do not go out prowling for theists to do that to, either.)
