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Originally Posted by koop
Come on, I don't like them coming to my door and bothering me, but I don't think they go door to door to "take advantage of vulnerable people" unless I'm missing something. Their ideas may be loony, but I've never got the impression that they are trying to take advantage of people. What do they really have to gain anyways?.
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They are trying to make converts - who do you think they are converting, people who are happy in their lives and well-grounded in their beliefs? They may not SEE it as taking advantage of the vulnerable, but that is exactly what it is.
As far as the people who claim it takes only 30-40 seconds of your time, have you never had them come when you were sleeping and wake you up? I have, more than once, and let me tell you I didn't just smile and say, "Oh, sorry, not interested! Bye-bye!"
Maybe I should just go by one of their churches one day, right in the middle of the service, open up the doors and yell, "Hey, morons, you're wasting your time with this idiocy! Let's all go grab a beer!" After all, it's "only a few seconds of their time" I'm taking, and I "sincerely think I'm doing them a favor" in extolling the virtues of a few brews over listening to some hairy-eyed preacher tell them a bunch of fairytales.
Then again, maybe I have better things to do with my time than annoy perfect strangers for no other reason than I think I know better than they do what is the "right" path through life.