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Atheism door-to-door (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjoP0woZ0s)
pure class :2thumbsup:
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nice find m8
Sasaki Kojiro
11-28-2006, 12:52
That's fantastic.
It would have been better if he'd been banging on the door of Jehova's witnesses. I've never had a mormon knock on my door. But that would be difficult as there are no mormons in the entire province. But there are Jehova's witnesses, 2 temples. They've knocked on my doors.
CrossLOPER
11-28-2006, 21:46
How amusing this is.
I think the world would be a much better place.
Lorenzo_H
11-28-2006, 21:59
i dont believe in atheism. think about it, who decides what is right and wrong if there is no god? im christian btw not islam, thanks god.
i dont believe in atheism. think about it, who decides what is right and wrong if there is no god? im christian btw not islam, thanks god.
You may not believe in it but it's still there.:guitarist:
CrossLOPER
11-28-2006, 22:02
think about it, who decides what is right and wrong if there is no god?
...Your good judgment?
i dont believe in atheism.
I don't think anyone does. Isn't that the point?
think about it, who decides what is right and wrong if there is no god?
Humans? Like they always have?
Lorenzo_H
11-28-2006, 22:12
...Your good judgment?
Ok, im coming to your house, and im going to burn it down after stabbing you in the face because it was in my own good judgement to do so.
Humans? Like they always have?
oh yeah and we've seen how good they are at it.
Lorenzo_H
11-28-2006, 22:13
You may not believe in it but it's still there.:guitarist:
yeah i know its still there. but what I'm saying is that I think there is a god.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-28-2006, 22:20
Ok, im coming to your house, and im going to burn it down after stabbing you in the face because it was in my own good judgement to do so.
You're going to get arrested man.
Lorenzo_H
11-28-2006, 22:23
You're going to get arrested man.
He just told me i could.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-28-2006, 22:24
You're still going to get arrested.
Lorenzo_H
11-28-2006, 22:26
Not if I don't do it.
Sasaki Kojiro
11-28-2006, 22:32
There you go, I knew you'd come around.
Mithrandir
11-28-2006, 22:35
Please keep this on topic.
Don't turn this into yet another atheïst / religion debate.
Del Arroyo
11-28-2006, 22:35
Atheism is retarded. Faith in the absence of a God is logically equivalent to faith in His existence. Grade A clueless hypocrites, every last one.
CrossLOPER
11-28-2006, 22:38
EDIT: Original content retracted by own consent.
...I'm still amused...?
Not a religion thread: move the unrelated discussion out of here.
Extremely entertaining video, I don't quite agree with the suppositions, but very amusing, nonetheless.
Mithrandir
11-28-2006, 22:42
EDIT @Mithrandir: Posted this before I saw your post. Would you like me to delete or edit this?
No, but please start a new thread on this topic if you want to continue.
I thought this movie was too funny to risk a closure of the thread ~:).
Don Corleone
11-28-2006, 22:43
I actually find this quite amusing, being counted among those of the churched. I've never understood why some people equate evangalization with annoying people to death.
Evangalization means 'to witness'. That is, through your acts, those who do not know Christ could come to know him, simply by watching you and how you live your life. Jesus actually admonishes against standing on the streetcorner wailing away.
P.S. How did everybody like the "postive witness to Christ" displayed by the old man who proceeded to beat the two atheist missionaries with his cane? :oops:
CrossLOPER
11-28-2006, 22:46
No, but please start a new thread on this topic if you want to continue.
Too late. Don't feel like going into a Theological/Criminal Psychology discussion that much anyway.
I thought this movie was too funny to risk a closure of the thread ~:).
:beam:
Adrian II
11-28-2006, 23:40
Don't turn this into yet another atheïst / religion debate.
Atheism is retarded. Grade A clueless hypocrites, every last one.
:laugh4:
Mongoose
11-28-2006, 23:47
edited
[dead horse]:whip:
Don Corleone
11-28-2006, 23:52
Okay, if I cannot get people to get back on topic, I'll divert it in a more pleasant way.
Mongoose, you're in Connecticut? That's where I'm originally from (Mystic). You a UCONN fan? I'm not that far away these days anymore, I moved back up to Exeter, NH. Saw the Pats beat the Bears at the Razor the other night... first tier seating, row 28!!!
Now please, the topic is about the irony of an atheist "witnessing" door to door to a group well known for door to door "witnessing". Enjoy the humor, repudiate it, but as others have said, let's save the 'lunatic fanatics versus godless heathens" debate for a thread that's actually dedicated to it, eh?
Mithrandir
11-28-2006, 23:57
I do hate to repeat myself...
If you want to discuss Atheïsm, religion, whatever topic which is not about this movie, start a new thread. Ignore this post again and :whip:.
I do hate to repeat myself...
If you want to discuss Atheïsm, religion, whatever topic which is not about this movie, start a new thread. Ignore this post again and :whip:.
Since the Grey Pilgrim has reiterated has warning... I'm Mormon. I must say I'm always nice to the atheists who come to my door even on Saturday mornings. I think that gives me a better claim to being the "Mahatma frickin Gandhi" of tolerance.
Spetulhu
11-29-2006, 00:57
Since the Grey Pilgrim has reiterated has warning... I'm Mormon. I must say I'm always nice to the atheists who come to my door even on Saturday mornings. I think that gives me a better claim to being the "Mahatma frickin Gandhi" of tolerance.
Do the atheists actually go about your neck of the woods, telling people about freedom from religion? :inquisitive:
Anyway, I'm always nice to any JWs who happen to knock on my door. I tell them I'm not interested, but I don't insult them or attack them. Not that I've seen them since I scrapped my door bell. The noise was just too irritating so I picked it down and removed the batteries. :2thumbsup:
AntiochusIII
11-29-2006, 01:03
:laugh4:
[/thus laughed the retarded atheist]
Why is he choosing Mormons, though? I always thought the Jehovah's Witness are far more notorious in this practice.
Oh, and the guy's accent, voice, and way of speaking is hilarious.
It depends on what part of the country you're in, as to whether or not the knock is Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons.
I like that video. Reminds me of the time I saw the bike-riding, white-shirted, bible-toters working their way down my street when I was in high school. I had time to go grab a black, full-length hooded cloak I'd had made for a Renaissance festival costume. I donned the cloak, pulled up the cowled hood and then found a bunch of candles to light. It was late evening, and so dark, when they got to my door. They knocked and and were greeted by a cloaked and hooded figure standing in a dark, candle-lit room. When they began their spiel, rather nervously, I interrupted and invited them to participate in my evening ritual and convocation of the spirits. They left - rather quickly. :wink:
Red Peasant
11-29-2006, 01:17
Now please, the topic is about the irony of an atheist "witnessing" door to door to a group well known for door to door "witnessing". Enjoy the humor, repudiate it, but as others have said, let's save the 'lunatic fanatics versus godless heathens" debate for a thread that's actually dedicated to it, eh?
I think you'll find tht the god-squad started it, a bit further back. ~;) But I don't mind being called a retard, maybe it suits me! :laugh4:
Spetulhu:
Do you really manage to expedite a JW/Mormon retreat by being polite? They must be really obliging round your neck of the woods. In these parts a polite refusal is virtually regarded as an invitation from a long lost brother. Boy, are they persistent.
Funny vid, but none too subtle. Loved the old geezer wielding his might broom.
Samurai Waki
11-29-2006, 02:01
In my neck of the woods, the Jehova's Witnesses and Mormons kind of have street battles. Where a Group of Mormons goes to one house, talks the person, leaves, and then the JWs go to the same house an hour later... all in all, it just tends to sour the person towards either side. I remember one bright morning about 3 years ago, I was staying at a friends house in Seattle, my friend had finally had enough of the Mormon's coming to his house (about 6 times in 2 months) so he opened the door completely nude. He hasn't had a visit to date.
Spetulhu
11-29-2006, 02:42
Spetulhu:
Do you really manage to expedite a JW/Mormon retreat by being polite?
Politely tell them you left the church and aren't going back. Then tell them their brand of Abrahamic religion is no more enticing than the one you abandoned. They tend to give up at this point. Remember that these people are on a point system. They get points for initiating a conversation, giving away literature and inviting you to bible studies etc. Tell them straight up that you won't have any and the veterans go away. Why bother selling religion to heathens when you can try their neighbors?
Claudius the God
11-29-2006, 04:01
I do hate to repeat myself...
If you want to discuss Atheïsm, religion, whatever topic which is not about this movie, start a new thread. Ignore this post again and :whip:.
I'm going to start a new thread then...
as for the movie, this is from an episode of 'John Safran vs God' which aired in Australia last year, maybe the year before and has since repeated at least once...
it's a very funny series...
Justiciar
11-29-2006, 04:06
:2thumbsup:
Alas, I myself have a gross inability to be rude to these people. Infact some crazy looking Greek fellow has decided to come along tomorrow morning and have a conversation with me about how the answers to the most profound questions can be found within the bible. I don't really want to, but I just find myself nodding and smiling when Jahova's Witnesses start to rant at me. I'm such a bloody pushover.
Byzantine Prince
11-29-2006, 04:20
I'm only a pushover when it comes to muslims. There really is no good way of winning there.
Kekvit Irae
11-29-2006, 04:22
Door-to-door Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses amuse me to no end. So much, in fact, that I usually use one of my own tactics to scare them off.
1. Talk about how you found Jesus at an orgy, then continue to discuss how holy orgies are because of it.
2. Answer the door naked.
3. Talk about the divinity of waffles. For better emphasis, make them some waffles and discuss how you consume God's power when you are consuming the waffles.
4. Buy some pig or cow blood from a local butcher beforehand. When they knock on your door, quickly spread it over a steak knife and some on your clothes. Answer the door.
Live for the moment, be a Free Thinker!
Claudius the God
11-29-2006, 04:42
Here's a new thread to discuss Atheism and similar ideologies...
Regarding Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, Rational Skepticism, etc...
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=73476
Mongoose
11-29-2006, 04:53
Sorry for beating that dead horse.
Back on topic:
I don't really see why you need to go through the trouble of going to the JW's/Mormons, just let them come to you.
"Did you know that if you're a Jehova's Witness, you're not going to heaven?"
"Did you know that if you're not a Viking, you're not going to Valhalla?"
KukriKhan
11-29-2006, 05:13
Since the Grey Pilgrim has reiterated has warning... I'm Mormon. I must say I'm always nice to the atheists who come to my door even on Saturday mornings. I think that gives me a better claim to being the "Mahatma frickin Gandhi" of tolerance.
A Mormon, explaining tolerance of make-believe atheist evangelists, citing "Mahatma frickin Gandhi"...
irony so rich I fear I drown in ferrous fulsomeness. :laugh4:
Kekvit Irae
11-29-2006, 05:14
If I was going to go door to door preaching, I would preach about the wonders of Raptor Jesus.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/kekvitirae/RaptorJesus1.jpg
When he saw Raptor Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Raptor Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!" For Raptor Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
Then Raptor Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
"My name is Anonymous," he replied, "for we are many."
And lo, for Raptor Jesus spake, saying "Thall shalt not draw and or masturbate to pictures of animals or animals with human like qualities. Unless of course, thine percentage of animal like qualities is equal to or lesser than ten percent."
And lo, there was a murmur in the gathered crowd, and the majority spake saying "Your word is good Raptor Jesus, and we shall oblidge."
But lo, a few did not heed this command, and one rose and said unto Raptor Jesus, "Why shall we not fap to animals? Why should we not do as we please?"
And Raptor Jesus asked the man "What is thy name, my son?"
And lo, the man spake, "Zabadab, Raptor Jesus." And Raptor Jesus knew there would be troubled times ahead.
The Book of 4chan.org
Sermon 23
Verse 5
Do the atheists actually go about your neck of the woods, telling people about freedom from religion? :inquisitive:
I live in California. We have every stripe and hue of people and thought in amounts to spare.
A Mormon, explaining tolerance of make-believe atheist evangelists, citing "Mahatma frickin Gandhi"...
irony so rich I fear I drown in ferrous fulsomeness. :laugh4:
I thought it was pretty good too, glad I'm not alone. ~;)
I do hate to repeat myself...
If you want to discuss Atheïsm, religion, whatever topic which is not about this movie, start a new thread. Ignore this post again and :whip:.
Would you really :whip: me? Hmmm... tempting... :eyebrows:
Door-to-door Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses amuse me to no end. So much, in fact, that I usually use one of my own tactics to scare them off.
2. Answer the door naked.
No comment.
Think I'm going to get myself a Jehovah's membership card :eyebrows:
On topic again: VERY amusing video :laugh4:
It depends on what part of the country you're in, as to whether or not the knock is Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons.
I like that video. Reminds me of the time I saw the bike-riding, white-shirted, bible-toters working their way down my street when I was in high school. I had time to go grab a black, full-length hooded cloak I'd had made for a Renaissance festival costume. I donned the cloak, pulled up the cowled hood and then found a bunch of candles to light. It was late evening, and so dark, when they got to my door. They knocked and and were greeted by a cloaked and hooded figure standing in a dark, candle-lit room. When they began their spiel, rather nervously, I interrupted and invited them to participate in my evening ritual and convocation of the spirits. They left - rather quickly. :wink:
loool.....you actually did that?....:laugh4:
Ah yes mormons. We have something not that different. Jehovas. Always waking you up on Sunday, making you open the door wearing your pyjamas. And it's even worse if you have somewhat long hair. You open the door looking like a wild baboon, with temporary the same intelligence, and what do you see? Two overly happy men or women asking you if you don't dream of a better place. You think, indeed I do, a place where they don't wake you up to talk about nonsense! But the problem is, they don't really want to talk about the bible or anything, they just want to annoy you and use a simple excuse. But a terrific excuse, as they make you think that they don't know any better. They believe the world will be destroyed in a not so far future and all other kinds of strange things, at least they say. Anyway, this makes them look so stupid that you forgive them. And you think, poor stupid fellars (as you might also get up early every day if you tought the world could be destroyed any time. You too would want to make the best of it, now you still can.)
But then you, I mean they, start talking and come up with the most bizarre arguments why all the nonsense they talk about is true. And then, even tough you are so tired and barely are able to preform the most simple actions (that's why they come so early, as any reasonable man when awake would kick them out), you figure them out. Even they, with their dull faces, rediculous clothes, even they aren't that stupid!
Now, they want to irritate people and make them believe the strangest things, right? Well what if I try to irritate them. So then you invite them in. You give them some coffee. And you talk talk and talk. About how the easterbunny is a sex-symbol and offensive to Jezus. (Yes they really really told me so). You make them talk and you keep them talking. But they realize that you don't get irritated and they figure you don't believe a word they're saying. But you keep talking and talking and talking. And they get irritated but can't just go like that. It doesn't mind anyway, you think, it's not like they are going to influence me or anything, they are just some stupid dull irritating jerks. Now that's what I tought too. But it isn't true, you see they are actually nice and they tell the truth. Funny how I only realised it after that old man showed me his grandfather's watch. So next time they come around just invite them in, they're actually verry freindly people telling nothing but the truth and I've heard they all have nice, golden watches. Strange that they always make them move sidewards tough...
Adrian II
11-29-2006, 23:53
(..) so he opened the door completely nude. He hasn't had a visit to date.I might do that if they came around every Sunday. Alas, they never venture into my neck of the Dutch rainforest.
And I'm sooo good-looking! https://img235.imageshack.us/img235/976/mirrorshockak8.gif (https://imageshack.us)
I used to know a couple of Mormons when I studied in Leyden, though. Two young guys living around the corner in a small, tidy terrace house. No sound ever came out of it, no dog ever barked up their lane, the curtains were always open. I often saw them in the Haarlemmerstraat proselytizing among the students.
They were polite, they didn't smell, they gave me a free copy of Da Book (always a good start with Adrian II - and it doesn't have to be free either) and I invited them over one afternoon to talk about it. They were dressed in black suits, white shirts and modest grey ties, their shoes were so shiny that it hurt my eyes and the conversation went absolutely nowhere until I asked them about their home towns. I think they must have been home-sick. They were totally disarming in their modest, soft-spoken way.
Strike For The South
11-30-2006, 04:19
awesome
ajaxfetish
12-01-2006, 01:59
As another Mormon, and one who spent two years straight doing little else, I must say he pulls off a dang good impression. Most of the reactions he got are pretty instantly recognizable to me, too. I wonder if he came away with any more respect for the difficulty of the job. Anyway, definitely the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. I wish he'd found my door while he was here.
And Aenlic, that's absolutely fantastic. I ran into a lot of weird situations, but nothing quite like the welcome you gave your missionaries. Props for the creative awkwardness.
Ajax
I found it rather amusing - to bad no one invited him in for lemonade.
Adrian II
12-01-2006, 11:10
As another Mormon, and one who spent two years straight doing little else, I must say he pulls off a dang good impression.I was surprised to see Mormons thrown in with the JW's and the other thumpers. As I said, my experience in The Netherlands indicated that they were actually very nice and modest people. So?
Is this because (1) they have changed their preaching ways since the 1970's, or (2) they behave differently abroad, or (3) Adrian is so imposing/good-looking that he has Mormons eating out of his hand?
Duke John
12-01-2006, 11:31
I also had them ringing my doorbell a couple of times. Most of the time I let them talk and when I saw an opportunity I tried to poke a hole in their reasoning. And they gave me free books and kept coming even when I told I wasn't going to change my mind, which I find interesting to read through for a bit, just for understanding better how they think.
The man was always polite and not irritating at all, a second, female, Jehova Witness always stood at the background. Never invited them though. If I didn't have time I just said so and they went away again.
ajaxfetish
12-04-2006, 15:18
I was surprised to see Mormons thrown in with the JW's and the other thumpers. As I said, my experience in The Netherlands indicated that they were actually very nice and modest people. So?
Is this because (1) they have changed their preaching ways since the 1970's, or (2) they behave differently abroad, or (3) Adrian is so imposing/good-looking that he has Mormons eating out of his hand?
I'd say it depends mostly on the individual missionary. Some have a lot more forceful personalities, others are much more gentle in their approach (for an easygoing introvert like me, forceful just wasn't going to happen). From my experience ('02-'04), I'd say the majority would probably fit the style of the ones who visited you, Adrian, though there are those who can be very pushy. I personally never liked serving with them much. It's a balance between boldness (trying to make people aware of something most don't want to listen to) and politeness (offending someone isn't going to accomplish anything).
Ajax
Louis VI the Fat
12-06-2006, 02:55
I've been visited by missionaries from just about any American Church.
And I have to go with others here: they were very polite, the lot of them. A bit too clean-shaven and well-groomed for my liking perhaps, but undeniably of agreeable character and behaviour. Perfect.
Heck, they were so good you'd wish for them to cease their fruitless proselytising and get a real job in sales or something. They'd make loads of money.
AntiochusIII
12-06-2006, 03:04
Heck, they were so good you'd wish for them to cease their fruitless proselytising and get a real job in sales or something. They'd make loads of money.Come to think of it, my current French teacher is a former missionary who went to France (mainly around Carcassonne, I believe) for a few years.
Huh. I couldn't imagine that basketball coach-French teacher walking around knocking on people's doors for some reason. :sweatdrop:
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