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Interesting way to proselytise...
« on: February 15, 2008, 10:12:23 AM »
scary ass evangelical leaflet... *CLICKY, OR BURN IN HELL SINNER!!!*

I guess they put the fun in fundie. born again nutters scare the shit out of me. :tinfoil:

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2008, 10:21:13 AM »
Are they as much of a problem over there as they are in the US.
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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2008, 11:11:55 AM »
Not so much. Most glassy eyed doorsteppers are Jehovah's Witnesses, with the occasional friendly Mormon salesmen from the temple up the road for variety. Evangelical rightwing nutjobs aren't a big part of the religious map here - its said our national religion is agnosticism. followed by Islam (mostly NOT of the infidel-burning, jihadi-training variety), Catholicism (since around 20% of the English population is of Irish origin), C of E (Catholic light, with no pope and rituals in English) and Methodism, Hiduism, Sikhism and Buddhists, with a bevy of dying Protestant denominations thrown in who tend to share chapels and the like these days. There's some exceptions though, like this one - quite a 'gospelly' church, but throws itself into social projects, so they cant be that bad.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2008, 11:17:52 AM »
Your lucky the US is full of nutjobs
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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2008, 11:22:19 AM »
considering just how religious the US is, its amazing how quiet the voices of non-fundies are, particularly when it comes to refuting the hateful, intolerant bullshit their reilgious leaders spout. Maybe it doesn't make for such good copy.  ::)

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2008, 11:27:52 AM »
Are they as much of a problem over there as they are in the US.
The problem isnt as big over here. Though it still exists, we have an issue with it in Durham: http://www.knowtruth.co.uk/

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2008, 02:06:36 PM »
sure, its proselytising, but at first glance it doesn't strike me as lunatic fringe bible-thumping. certainly not a problem. depends what the emphasis is I guess: hate and fear, as in the link I posted, or a mainstream explanation of what Christianity is.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2008, 02:16:49 PM »
sure, its proselytising, but at first glance it doesn't strike me as lunatic fringe bible-thumping. certainly not a problem. depends what the emphasis is I guess: hate and fear, as in the link I posted, or a mainstream explanation of what Christianity is.
Lets just say there are some people in my college who are scarily sucked into it. One of them even organised a table tennis tournament in college, with a "small talk and some reflections". I am so thankful that Know Truth week is now over.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2008, 07:03:59 PM »
Here it also depends where you are.  The fundies are everywhere but not as bad were I am in New England as they are in the Midwest and South.  I am vocal about my opinions on the subject and am a member of People For the American Way and the ACLU both of which are active in countering their crap
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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2008, 07:15:58 PM »
I can't believe people would be sucked into ping pong,
by religion.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2008, 10:57:59 PM »
I mean if churches had Donkey Kong and Pac Man, that might be a different story.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2008, 11:03:33 PM »
Or donkey dong and pork man.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 05:50:00 AM »
I can't believe people would be sucked into ping pong,
by religion.
The other way around silly. :P

Its the way they showed up at nearly everything for over a week to give talks, so we could all know truth and atone for our sins, or so they say. I reckon they were looking for heretics to burn.

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Re: Interesting way to proselytise...
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2008, 05:52:19 AM »
So, they were trying to convert the chinese?