Dealing with bible belters

How do you handle them when they push their views on you? I have had a few encounters. I just would walk away.

I ignore it.

Quoting Lucid Dreamer:" How do you handle them when they push their views on you? I have had a few encounters. I just would walk away."

Fortunatley, it doesnt really happen around here. I'd probably do the same thing as i do with pushy sales people. i usually say something like "I'm good....thanks for your interest but REALLY, I'm good and i dont want either of us to waste each others time."

i say a lot of "yups, mhmmms, okays" and let it go in one ear and out the other

I live in the freaking Bible Belt. I hate it. I constantly get Christianity shoved down my throat, starting from when I was tiny, and even worse now that I've announced I'm Wiccan. It's horrible.

I try to ignore them, but they won't stop. I try telling them that I respect their beliefs, so please respect mine. That doesn't work either. They're rabid.

I don't get a lot of that, my SO is from TX and he says its more common their.

I normally ignore it but sometimes I like to say things like say hi to your imaginary friend for me

I tell them they are making me late for a good old fashioned baby eating..
but nah, I ignore them, or respectfully tell them I'm not interested.

I don't live in the bible belt but my mother is extremely religious (catholic), shes actually a Eucharistic minister at her church, and ahe has a real problem with the fact that i dont believe and my children arent and wont be baltized. She is also prolife and is in charge of her chruch's "life team". Which is a group for teenagers and young adults who support the prolife movement and they travel around the country participating in prolife marches and protests.
I disagree with her views on religion and the abortion debate. I actually think her involvement in the prolife movement is disgusting. I don't bring it up and if she does I try to change the subject quickly. She is really persistent though and gets more aggressive as I try to avoid the topic. It usually ends up with me telling her that she will not change my mind or convince me she is right. I believe what I believe and she believes what she believes and we have to agree to disagree for the sake of our relationship. It's fine if she thinks my kids are going to go to hell/limbo/whatever because I don't believe in any of that smurf. As far as I'm concerned my children are beautiful, innocent beings who do NOT need to be cleansed of anything and don't need to accept her magical sky daddy to know how to be good people. I can teach them.

I lived in the Bible belt for two years. Never once was anything shoved down my throat. In fact, I have never had anyone knock on my door anywhere that I have lived. The Pacific Northwest, The South, The Midwest, The East Coast. I wish I could have them knock. I would love the discussion  

<blockquote><b>Quoting lovinthem04:</b>" I lived in the Bible belt for two years. Never once was anything shoved down my throat. In fact, I have ... [snip!] ... The Pacific Northwest, The South, The Midwest, The East Coast. I wish I could have them knock. I would love the discussion  "</blockquote>




Lucky.

<blockquote><b>Quoting lovinthem04:</b>" I lived in the Bible belt for two years. Never once was anything shoved down my throat. In fact, I have ... [snip!] ... The Pacific Northwest, The South, The Midwest, The East Coast. I wish I could have them knock. I would love the discussion  "</blockquote>



Right but you're a believer. They tend not to try shoving their views down the throats of people who already believe.
They are always looking for non-believers to save.

Quoting SavageDarling🌙:" <blockquote><b>Quoting lovinthem04:</b>" I lived in the Bible belt for two years. Never ... [snip!] ... to try shoving their views down the throats of people who already believe. They are always looking for non-believers to save."

They have no idea I am a believer by knocking on my door though...

Does anyone else regularly see street corner preachers? In the town next to mine nearly every week when the weather is nice there are two men walking around a corner on Main Street, screaming a sermon and bible quotes, waving their bibles at the passing cars. And it's right next to a red light, so when we stop the come up to the window and yell, "ma'am have YOU accepted Jesus Christ as your lord and savior?" Then they go on screaming how the end is near and we need to repent immediately to save our souls from eternal damnation.

I HATE driving by them. I always get caught at the red light and they make me damn uncomfortable next to my window like that.

I live in the bible belt. I get a lot of "Where do you go to church" and "Would you like to join our prayer circle in Walmart?"

First you just have to accept that this is the culture. Just like in Mexico where you can see Virgin Marys,etc.... there is nothing you can do about it, so just go with the flow.

Usually people are only wanting to help and mean nothing bad by it. Try to take what they say and imply it to you. For example, "I will pray for you and your sickness" and take it as, "I hope you get better and I will be thinking about you." Dont take things too literally.

You can also lie. If someone wants to talk about God and Christianity to you, just say "Thank you, but I have my own relationship with God and I want it to remain private."

If someone offends you, just ignore them or tell them they give Christians a bad name (they hate that) and walk away.

Some of my very good friends down here are "bible thumpers." As long as they arent judging me, I won't judge them. Hell, I even go to their church functions sometimes. They can be very nice people.

<blockquote><b>Quoting lovinthem04:</b>" They have no idea I am a believer by knocking on my door though..."</blockquote>


Right but when out in a social setting or with family, when religion is brought up you participate and agree with the conversation. If religion comes up in a social setting or with family for people who do not believe it becomes very uncomfortable because you can't say what you think without some one telling you how wrong you are.
I know in my family at get togethers, everyone prays before meals. I don't participate and neither does my husband or children because we don't believe. But that always leads to people making rude comments about us just tryin to be difficult or they all just sit waiting for us to join hands, staring at us. It's uncomfortable and it's rude.