Peddling religion to children - not at our house you don't!

[charlou]

A pair of door to door woo merchants encountered my ten year old son at our door this morning and proceeded to tell him the good news about the coming end of the world and how he must repent his sins in order to avoid awful consequences for his terribleness in hell, and spend eternity in paradise with the saviour and all the other repenters.

My son is a smart lad and he told me that he took the piss out of them before accepting their tract and bringing it to me (I love that kid. ). I took the tract, went out into the street after them and handed it back and told them not to peddle their religious nonsense to my children. One of them actually fucking argued with me that because my son answered the door she was entitled to do so. The look on my face and tone of my voice when I told her why they are not was enough to impress upon her that this was not up for debate. She took the tract and left ... probably to pray for us all, especially that poor boy with the demon possessed mother. :twisted:

This is now posted at our front door:

I'm thinking of getting a signwriter to make a more permanent one just like it, including the angry looking lettering. *fucking fume*

[Bella Fortuna]

Good for you!!

[Ayaan]

Way to go, Charlou!

[Animavore]

Gee. A bit extreme I think. I would've brought them in for tea and scones and picked at their brains asking as many difficult and embarrassing questions about their god as well as a thorough demonstration of its power and majesty in action as evidence.
That's just me though.

[charlou]

Gee. A bit extreme I think. I would've brought them in for tea and scones and picked at their brains asking as many difficult and embarrassing questions about their god as well as a thorough demonstration of its power and majesty in action as evidence.
That's just me though.

They can discuss it with adults who invite them in as much as they like, but this crossed the line.

[Arse]

Good for you.

[irreligionist]

Gee. A bit extreme I think. I would've brought them in for tea and scones and picked at their brains asking as many difficult and embarrassing questions about their god as well as a thorough demonstration of its power and majesty in action as evidence.
That's just me though.

That might just be you. I personally don't want faith heads peddling shite to my kids, including talking about bullshit concepts designed to frighten (eg hell).

Good for you, Charlou

[Animavore]

Gee. A bit extreme I think. I would've brought them in for tea and scones and picked at their brains asking as many difficult and embarrassing questions about their god as well as a thorough demonstration of its power and majesty in action as evidence.
That's just me though.

That might just be you. I personally don't want faith heads peddling shite to my kids, including talking about bullshit concepts designed to frighten (eg hell).

Good for you, Charlou

Ah but you see I would have asked them these questions in front of the kid and watched him laugh at them as they squirmed and bent over backwards

[redunderthebed]

Well done lou!

[Arse]

Gee. A bit extreme I think. I would've brought them in for tea and scones and picked at their brains asking as many difficult and embarrassing questions about their god as well as a thorough demonstration of its power and majesty in action as evidence.
That's just me though.

That might just be you. I personally don't want faith heads peddling shite to my kids, including talking about bullshit concepts designed to frighten (eg hell).

Good for you, Charlou

Ah but you see I would have asked them these questions in front of the kid and watched him laugh at them as they squirmed and bent over backwards

That only applies if you are present when the woo merchants try to indoctrinate your kid. In Charlou's case, they tried to indoctrinate her ten year old in the absence of any adult! They need a kick up the butt.

Again, well done Charlou.

[Ayaan]

...... One of them actually fucking argued with me that because my son answered the door she was entitled to do so. The look on my face and tone of my voice when I told her why they are not was enough to impress upon her that this was not up for debate. She took the tract and left ... probably to pray for us all, especially that poor boy with the demon possessed mother. :twisted:

I was rereading your post, Charlou and the bit I bolded jumped out of me. Using that logic, if she had been a child abductor, she would have been entitled to snatch any child who answered the door.

[charlou]

...... One of them actually fucking argued with me that because my son answered the door she was entitled to do so. The look on my face and tone of my voice when I told her why they are not was enough to impress upon her that this was not up for debate. She took the tract and left ... probably to pray for us all, especially that poor boy with the demon possessed mother. :twisted:

I was rereading your post, Charlou and the bit I bolded jumped out of me. Using that logic, if she had been a child abductor, she would have been entitled to snatch any child who answered the door.

That's right - just ludicrous ... and the audacity of it made me see red.

[Animavore]

My mother used to have a vicious temper on her too. My dad was always laid back and laughed at things. The older I get the more I realise that men are the fairer sex. Even when they are violent its because they're egged on by women. I once heard a woman say that If there were no men the world would be full of happy chubby women. I call shennanigans on this. They'd still be pulling each others hair out over every little material trinket. Its more accurate to say that without women the world would be full of happy, buddying men living in caves and having a laugh.

[charlou]

You don't think a man would feel similarly about peddling religion to children, Ani?


I've just sent the following modified version of the op to our local paper's Letters to the Editor section. I'd be very surprised if they include it, but worth a try.

(Comment to editor: If you plan to edit this letter I would prefer you did not even put it into the paper. Please insert as is or not at all. Thank you and regards, *name here*.)

A pair of door to door religion merchants encountered my ten year old son at our door this morning and proceeded to tell him the 'good news' about [paraphrase]the coming end of the world and how he must repent his sins in order to avoid awful consequences for his sinfulness in hell, and spend eternity in paradise with the saviour and all the other repenters[/paraphrase].

My son is a smart lad and he told me that he made light of it with them before accepting their tract and bringing it to me. I took the tract, went out into the street after them and handed it back and told them not to peddle their religious nonsense to my children. One of them actually argued with me that because my son answered the door she was entitled to do so. The look on my face and tone of my voice when I told her why they are not was enough to impress upon her that this was not up for debate. She took the tract and left.

If they or others return they'll now be met with the following message posted at our front door: Religion peddlers are not welcome. It's bad enough that you indoctrinate your children with nonsense. DO NOT try to peddle it to the children here.

I'm thinking of getting a signwriter to make a more permanent one just like it, including the angry looking lettering. *fume*

[Trolldor]

My mother used to have a vicious temper on her too. My dad was always laid back and laughed at things. The older I get the more I realise that men are the fairer sex. Even when they are violent its because they're egged on by women. I once heard a woman say that If there were no men the world would be full of happy chubby women. I call shennanigans on this. They'd still be pulling each others hair out over every little material trinket. Its more accurate to say that without women the world would be full of happy, buddying men living in caves and having a laugh.

And butt sex.

If we need violence in order to have wimminz, then I'm happy for there to be violence.