• Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    The bullets I’ve been dodging are small things. Mormon missionaries coming over trying to get young blood to join them. I’ve gotten better at saying no and politely lying about not having time for them. Saves me a lot of headache.

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      4 months ago

      I’m a brass musician and an atheist so the only time I go to church is when I’m getting paid. The last time some Mormons approached me about going to church I asked them, “What’s the pay?”

      They were genuinely confused.

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      They don’t come around anymore, but I used to say that I was disfellowshipped/excommunicated, whichever was fitting for whatever religion they were selling. If they ask why, which they basically never do, just say “I’d really rather not talk about it, if you don’t mind…”

      They don’t actually want to waste time talking to people who were kicked out of the church for “bad behavior”, and in many cases aren’t even allowed to, so they blacklist your address.

      No soliciting signs typically do the job, too, though.

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          Boil some chicken bones and tie them together with hair and hand it to them next time they come over.

          Completely harmless, but deeply disturbing for anyone who thinks witchcraft is real.

          The key is implicit permission. They believe that objects imbued with demonic power grant permission for the demon to enter your life if you accept the object.

          Whether this will work depends on how intensely they’re into “spiritual warfare”, so maybe actually don’t do this.