In the US, in my experience, it's primarily Christians, Mormons (Latter Day Saints), and Jehovah's Witnesses who are known for being pushy about their religion. In your locale is that also the case or do other groups fill that role?
I agree. In the UK, they're the only ones who will actually knock on your door to try to recruit you. If it's Mormons, it'll be the two young men in suits (Although I haven't seen Mormons for a long time, now that I think of it.). If its the Jehovah's, it'll be one young person and one old person of the same gender. (I can spot god-botherers at a hundred yards!) If I see them going around I won't answer the door. You also see them standing in town centres where they might approach people walking by. I get approached A LOT. I obviously scream "godless heathen". I'm sure it was a Mormon leader who said something like, "Scotland is a dark land full of homosexuals." a few years ago because he'd seen pictures of men wearing kilts - kilts=skirts therefore they must be gay and gay is bad and they need god in their lives and we're just the people to put god in their lives!
I was on a bus in Edinburgh once and a young man in a suit got on. He spotted another young man in a suit and sat beside him - they can obviously spot each other at a hundred yards! They started speaking about their respective pastors, then they went on to speak about the local food. One said incredulously, "They put butter on their sandwiches!" which I almost laughed out loud at. Then one asked, "Have you tried haggis? It's just like sausage!" and I thought, "If you like sheep's lungs and oatmeal in your sausages, then yes?!?!"
Four times already, I've been approached by people wanting me to join their Bible study crew. And just yesterday, out of the blue, I got a text from this dude who crashed my lunch last year on campus [during my first days in the US]! My face must scream "convert me," because these invites just keep coming!
One time I was walking from uni to home and it was around 9 p.m. It was a bit dark. I saw three dudes coming towards me and I thought to myself: "OK! This is gonna be my first time being mugged in America." However, to my surprise, they asked me if I was interested in joining their Bible study group!
You get the occasional Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door, and a few times I've seen Mormon missionaries talking to people on the streets close to where they have a church, but that's about it. Nobody else seems pushy about their religion, but I do live in one of the least religious parts of the UK.
Yes. Same. A lady once “baptized” in the parking lot outside of a Subway. She insisted that I needed to be baptized because as an infant, I hadn’t been given the choice. I humored her because I thought it would make for a funny story so I told her to go right ahead if it would make her fulfill her quota for the day.
My college campus is absolutely full of Christians, including Mormons and JWs, but also Catholics, and Protestant apologists, and homophobic wackjobs, all trying to get students to talk to them about Jesus.
I've found that to be the case too. I've mentioned on here that I'm a Buddhist, and while we do love to have people start practicing as well, I don't think we're as pushy as many of the Christian sects, or use the fear-based tactics.
Jehova's Witnesses are notorious here too. Plus a couple of Evangelical sects with brain washing ideology trying to catch young people. Mainly siblings from their US parental sects.
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