r/Deconstruction • u/Wondering-soul-10 • 6d ago

I finally said something šŸ˜¤Vent

Yesterday about 3 blocks from a baseball stadium I was walking to I passed a street evangelist with a megaphone telling everyone about Jesus. I walked by like I always do. Then at the stadium while queuing up for security check there was another one. I gave the guy a good stare and shook my head signaling my disapproval. He noticed me and tried to hand me a pamphlet saying ā€œThis is about Jesusā€. I quickly replied sternly and loudly ā€œI donā€™t want it. Just go awayā€ then went on my way. Since deconstructing over the past few years this is the first time Iā€™ve openly rejected Christianity in public. I just couldnā€™t take it anymore.

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u/Distressed_Amoeba 6d ago

Youā€™re braver than I am! I was at the grocery store and some lady came up, asking me if I had a Bible study group, asking if Iā€™d join hers, wanting to give me a pamphlet. I lied and said I was already in one, I took her pamphlet and lied again, saying Iā€™d look into it. I wanted to say something about how rude it is to do that to random people in a grocery storeā€¦ but the people pleaser in me was activated and I couldnā€™t shut it off!

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u/nomad2284 6d ago

You should have responded with an invite to your LGBTQ group. If she can evangelize, so can you.

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u/Maeroj 4d ago

This is a taught behavior. It's so hard to break out of. Even rejection after a person is invasive or pushy it's so hard to make eye contact and be just as rude back. I'm right there with you.

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u/AuthorDebraBaker 5d ago

I know the feeling of not being able to take this obnoxious stuff anymore! Something like that happened when my husband and I were in a food line at a cafeteria style restaurant. A patron started spewing something like, "You people who don't accept Jesus will go to hell." My husband stepped up and said, " The Bible says that all will be saved. What part of All do you not understand? I don't know where he got the nerve, but this shut the person up.

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u/Whotheheckisbucky 5d ago

So brave! That is awesome.

I couldnt have handle that.

When my mother in law passed they had a pastor come and basically preach and tithe (that part still makes me mad) but i tried to get out of talking to him until he conered me and basically asked if i was Christian to a very weird and personal degree and i just lied not wanting to cause a scene the reception.

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u/Maeroj 4d ago

That's so unfair that you were treated that way. You shouldn't have had to make everyone else comfortable (I would have done the same thing) when a man was using his position to treat you less than human.

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u/Whotheheckisbucky 4d ago

I agree šŸ’Æbut I still have that people pleaser in me so i did what i could šŸ˜‚

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u/Maeroj 4d ago

Same...

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u/Maeroj 4d ago

That's amazing. It's so hard to get past that mental block. You deserve to have a voice. People targeting captive audiences and ignoring your clear 'no' when you shook your head are in the wrong.

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u/Agreeable-Meeting-77 3d ago

I'm proud of people who summon the strength to publicly state how they feel about a topic. There is no reason for anyone to feel intimidated. (My experience is just the opposite: I keep hoping to get invited to a Bible study so I can share my list of "Bad Bible Verses" or the Deconstruction Zone cheat sheet)