I just had a random memory pop into my head.
My husband and I were at a festival, waiting to cross a street and there were some street preachers with fliers in hand, screaming about their religion. Everyone around was trying their best to ignore them when I hear one yell something along the lines of, "Do you know where you'll go when you die??"
Me, the quiet introvert who normally avoids making myself known in public, yells back, "In the ground with everyone else!" We were on our way across the street by that point, so they couldn't see anyone's reaction, but I laughed.
I know I shouldn't stoop to their level, but damn are they irritating. Has anyone ever stopped and listened and thought, "You know, they have a good point!" and then converted? I highly doubt it. Religious people wonder why there are less and less of them, but fail to see that it's because of crap like this. The religious are ruining religion and it's honestly about time.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.These guys are all over the place in NYC. Especially in Midtown. Most of the time I just walk by them, but sometimes I can't help but engage.
One guy asked me if I had accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. I told him "Thanks, but I'm already seeing a savior..." I didn't really stick around to debate the guy, but I did have to respond.
During Pride, the evangelists were everywhere along the route, and one guy told me I was going straight to hell... I put on my best gay-man imitation, and <snap-snapped> my fingers and said, "Dude, of all the ways I'm going to hell, STRAIGHT is not one of them."
I don't debate because it does not good, but making a joke about seems to stun them at least long enough to get away... they're prepared for our debate, but they're not ready for us to respond a little comically.
Benthoven
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Feb 13, 2019
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"Dude, of all the ways I'm going to hell, STRAIGHT is not one of them." Best comeback ever.
@Kynlei - Were there any "God Hates Fags" signs?
@OldWiseAss Not that I remember, although I did try to avoid them as best I could.
@OldWiseAss: I don't remember seeing any of those, but there were a lot of versions of "going to hell," "abomination," things like that. I saw a lot of "God hates Figs" signs in response to the protesters.
@Benthoven - LOL So this was a fig festival?
I had the greatest street preacher story happen in 77 at the U of Arizona campus. I was visiting friends and was stretched out on the grass. Some preacher stood on a wall and was spouting the normal stuff, including his experience of going to San Fran in 68. He kept babbling, then a guy, bald head and goatee, with a robe and staff and minions throwing free drink wooden nickels came and stood nearby preaching about Satan. Back and forth went the yelling. Then, the greatest thing happened. In 1977. A guy in a Spider-Man suit appeared and started dancing around the two. The crowd, absent in mind by then, came alive and started to cheer. Spidy is a real hero.
Beowulfsfriend
Level 9
Feb 13, 2019
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I knew I could always count on Spiderman!
To the "where do you think you'll go when you die" routine, I just respond "It all depends on how much money you have.If you're rich, you get a fancy mausoleum, with a flashing neon sign! If you're poor, you get cremated!".
davknight
Level 8
Feb 13, 2019
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I always liked the idea of a "living urn", where they use your cremated remains to grow a tree or plant. Might as well do some good with this chunk of flesh after I die.
I assume those were bloodclots from the Westboro Baptist Church. They're based in my home town. It's hard to drive past them without driving OVER them.
OldWiseAss
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Feb 13, 2019
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I don't know about that. They weren't completely insane, just a little.
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