Christians: What would you do?

Question

If atheists started coming around to your door trying to push atheism onto you? Trying to spread the word of Dawkins? And we came around every weekend knocking on your door?

Non believers- how do you feel when it happens to you?

I am sick of having people coming to my door pushing their faith onto me during my time! Just want to find out how you would feel if it was you in the situation.

This is a serious question so please answer seriously!

I do say no but they keep on and on and when i have to close the door in their face i feel bad but i have to otherwise they keep going even after i have said no!

Answer 1

I am a Christian and can't believe that people do the door to door thing in this day and age. I HATE when people stop by uninvited or unannounced for ANY reason. Although, I must admit that I would rather enjoy inviting an atheist into my home so I could pick their brain a little and try to understand more of where they are coming from. I would also like the opportunity to show at least one atheist that we are not all judgmental, self-righteous, brainwashed sheeple (did I get enough of the sterotypes in there?)!

Answer 2

Where do you people live who always complain about people coming to your door all the time? I never have anyone come to my door, ever. It has been many years since a JW, or a Mormon, or any kind of church person came to my door so I just don't think this is a real thing - just some crap you all try to use as some sort of fuel.
People are always trying to get me to change my beliefs in everyday life but that doesn't mean I have to, or even that I have to give it any thought. I could just sit around and whine about all the stupid stuff that Christians and other believers have to put up with from people like you who can't believe anything other than the physical realm exists. All I can say to that is you must have a very limited ability to imagine that there could be something to life other than this flesh body that lives a few years and dies.

Answer 3

I'd have to decide if the message were true.

Imagine a Green activist came around telling you that the new dam up on the hill was not built to specs, and that a flood could come crashing down onto your $250K house. You'd at least want to check out the evidence for his claim.

In the case of Dawkins, the evidence is pretty slim. Some chemicals in a slime pool were struck by lightning and turned into a living, metabolizing, self-reproducing cell. Gimme a break. The monkeys hitting random key strokes on typewriters would have a better chance of turning out a Shakespeare play.

In the case of the Judaeo-Christian claims, I'd want to investigate them, too. Decades of SETI, and not a peep from acres of radiotelescopes trained on the galaxy. A perfect position between the spiral arms of the Milky Way, with a perfect yellow star, in the perfect position from that star, with a perfect moon stabilizing the earth's axis, with the perfect atmosphere to sustain life . . . . makes you wonder if all this might not be an accident.

Cheers,
Bruce

Answer 4

I'd do the same thing I do with all door-to-door salesmen...ignore the door if I could or open the door and tell them I'm not interested before shutting it again.

I am curious to know where in the world you live that you have people knocking on your door every weekend trying to sell their religion. I may be moving in few years and I want to make sure I don't end up where you are...I've lived in my house for over three years and I can count on one hand the number of people that have knocked on my door trying to push religion. FAR fewer than the number of people selling other things I don't want...kids selling over-priced junk for their school, people that want to paint numbers on my curb, trim my trees, mow my lawn, test my water quality, and worst of all, convince me to vote for someone or something!

I'm also curious to know if the broad term "Christians" is really what you meant to use. I've certainly had Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses knock on my door...but I can't recall a single salesperson from the vast majority of other "Christian" denominations in the past 20 years (perhaps one or two that weren't LDS or JW but can't recall the denomination).

As a "non-believer" of those two religions, I can answer your second question...I don't like this approach any more than I like other forms of door-to-door selling. Taking it a step farther, I don't like "cold-calling" as a prospecting method for selling anything including religion. I detest pre-recorded telemarketing messages, broadcast faxes and most of the other cold calling methods people use to market their product (or idea) and I'm not alone. The positive results (new customers) seldom outweigh the negative perceptions created by companies (and religious groups) that practice various cold-calling techniques.

Answer 5

Well, most likely we would invite you in and we would have one very interesting conversation.

I don't know about most Christians, but I look forward to talking with Atheists and seeing exactly why they believe what they do. Of course my reasoning is biased...I am called to share the Gospel of Christ with any who will listen, and of course I would want them to question why they believe what they do for the sake of their eternal souls.

They want me to question why I believe what I do...for ...well, there really is no vested interest or religious calling for them to do so...I guess just to see if they can cause a believer to doubt? Not sure, but I would always do my very best to act or react in love as Christ would have me do.

Take Care.

P.S. If anyone continues to come to your door...the same person or persons that is (since if it is a different person each time, there is no way in knowing if they actually "know or are associated with" the last person who knocked on your door)...but if it is the same people who do not respect your wishes...and continue to come to your door even after you have expressly asked them not to...I would first post a sign that says "NO Solicitations!" If they keep coming...(since you truly have no idea who they really are or what their intentions are since they disregard your wishes, and since we are all to be cautious in this world...)

911.

Answer 6

I think it would be a good debate, because most of these door-knockers are Jehovah's witnesses. My beliefs are very different than theirs, and I am Christian.
But you don't want them to knock at all, right? You could post a little sign or something, on your door.

Answer 7

Seriously. I would thank God for sending them to my door instead of me having to go to theirs!!!! It would be so much easier to spread the Gospel that way. And Seriously, I don't believe that any Christian should push their faith but rather present it and if you don't want it, that's your choice, your loss.

Answer 8

I live in the Bay Area, so I see little of this. You have my sympathy. Though, to tell the truth, I might enjoy a visit from a religious nut case, instead of the infinite visits from delusional activists.

Answer 9

I would respectfully ask them to leave me alone, that I do not share in their beliefs. If they had literature I would take it and throw it away when they leave. I respect anyone who shares their religious views in a respectful way. Doesn't mean I have to agree with them but if they can respect my right to not feel as they do, then I respect their right for the same.

Answer 10

I am a Christian and I wouldn't want to have people come to my door. I dont go to their door, lets just stay peaceful nieghbors.