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[darchildre]

Aaaaand after working at the library for 13 years, tonight is the first time I've had someone openly and aggressively evangelize at me while I'm working. She was talking about Christmas and asked me if I had a church service I was planning to go to (which was already presumptuous and weird) and when I said no, I'm not a Christian, she decided it was proselytizing time.

Apparently, Jesus loves me and has not forgotten me and will be waiting whenever I want to come back to him. I'm perfectly happy to know that - Jesus seems like a cool guy and all - but no amount of telling her that I'm content with my religious choices or that this is not a conversation that I can have while I'm at work* would convince her to stop before she decided that she was done.

It's times like this that I wish the Thor's hammer was a more recognizable religious symbol. Not that it would stop this sort of thing entirely, but I think being visibly marked as a member of a religion (rather than the fallen-away atheist/agnostic I think she assumed I was) would ward off some of it. Of course, that would probably mean I'd get different weird religious people talking at me.

In response, I will spend the evening planning stuff for Yule because, y'know, I have a religion that I thought hard about and prayed on and chose and I would prefer to think about my own gods instead of other people's.







*Or that I want to have anywhere ever at all.

Comments

[finch]

Aggressive Yule-ing, activate! XD

I'm sorry you had to deal with that, though, very annoying.

[umadoshi]

Ugh, that sounds incredibly aggravating. -_-

[goss]

but no amount of telling her that I'm content with my religious choices or that this is not a conversation that I can have while I'm at work* would convince her to stop before she decided that she was done

*waves hi* (here via Network)

Heh. That happens to me now and again too. I'm a practicing Hindu, and I've found two tricks that work quite often for me:

(1) I bring out my own HUGE religious text and try to thrust it at them. They take a step back as if it's the work of the Anti-Christ or Kryptonite or something. Maybe they believe that if they touch it, they will catch something? o_O

(2) I tell them that in my religion there is no Hell, so I can't possibly go there when I die. They are left flabbergasted by the weird logic. It is a bit of a mindfuck and leaves them without context to argue. LOL.

Whatever, they go away quickly. :D :D :D

[teigh_corvus]

UGH. Why do people feel like that behavior is ever okay, or that it's going to actually convince their captive audience of ANYTHING aside from their own rudeness?

I hope the Yule planning went well.

[silveradept]

Ah, yes, those people. That's where, if you have a coworker that's on their game with you, they run interference.

I'm sorry that this other person could not leave well enough alone. (And if they did recognize your hammer for the symbol it was, you'd get a different proselytization, and possibly a louder one.)

[honorthegodsblog]

I look back fondly on the years when I worked in a predominantly Jewish area. Everyone wished "happy holidays", and those who were curious about my religion were always respectful...even the Christians. It was almost like recognizing Christianity wasn't privileged in that particular setting encouraged Christians to treat members of other religions civilly!

[frenchroast]

Ugh. Assholes for Christ are the worst(and I say that as a Christian). Especially when you're at work and can't just walk away.

I'm sorry.