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Solly Mack

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23. I always try to work up a fart. A little stank to go along with the shit they are selling.

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Tue Jul 18, 2023, 10:49 PM

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When you find yourself confronted by a Christian waving their faith in your [View all] AndyS Jul 2023 OP

I like to think that if these people have to proclaim themselves Christians, then obviously alwaysinasnit Jul 2023 #1

Christian trades people KentuckyWoman Jul 2023 #19

+1000 alwaysinasnit Jul 2023 #22

Also remind them: "Your religion tells you what *you* can't do, not what *I* can't do." Ocelot II Jul 2023 #2

I don't know what Bible you read. onecaliberal Jul 2023 #3

Exactly! They never seem to quote Christ - only the Old Testament. One Wonder Why Jul 2023 #11

Otherwise known as the prosperity gospel. Another "christian" lie. onecaliberal Jul 2023 #45

friend of mine who is my church was at a local big box churh. AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #16

I always thought that verse was... LastDemocratInSC Jul 2023 #33

lol AllaN01Bear Jul 2023 #42

Funny. I read the one that endorses ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #34

Yes, the Old Testament. Before Jesus. onecaliberal Jul 2023 #46

Or Canetoad 1:7 canetoad Jul 2023 #4

Lol Bristlecone Jul 2023 #7

Hehehehehhe malaise Jul 2023 #8

I am SO stealing that! hatrack Jul 2023 #13

Excellent!!! n/t GP6971 Jul 2023 #17

Answer the door in undies. KentuckyWoman Jul 2023 #21

Latest practice of Christianity::: pushing babies back in the water - Abbot, Texas border. keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #5

I don't even bother to respond to situations like that.... anciano Jul 2023 #6

"By their actions you shall know them" usonian Jul 2023 #9

I really like the last one. MLAA Jul 2023 #10

I respond by pointing out that I am also a Christian. lees1975 Jul 2023 #12

Just say, "Don't know. Don't care." LuvLoogie Jul 2023 #14

superb post!🤣👍 bringthePaine Jul 2023 #15

I will bring some canned food to your next food drive for the poor Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #18

i must remember that last one. barbtries Jul 2023 #20

I always try to work up a fart. A little stank to go along with the shit they are selling. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #23

I just wait until they tell me I'm going to hell Warpy Jul 2023 #24

One question Sessuch Jul 2023 #25

Religious Narcissiists Phoenix1960 Jul 2023 #26

There's nothing you can say or do that will sway a zealot who has already made up their mind Major Nikon Jul 2023 #27

Have you tried saying--I worship Satan, and practice voodoo? Bayard Jul 2023 #36

Well Chi67 Jul 2023 #28

There is more to your first quote. gordianot Jul 2023 #29

Have you noticed that those who want to share their religion with you do not want to share yours? keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #30

Yep Chi67 Jul 2023 #31

My 6 foot oak staff tends to discourage them before I actually have to run niyad Jul 2023 #32

I simply tell them I'm a Buddhist, and vlyons Jul 2023 #35

Ask them to quote the Beatitudes from memory. Then ask them... TreasonousBastard Jul 2023 #37

I tell them I am a third generation atheist Hamlette Jul 2023 #38

I just tell them to bugger off ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #39

I tell them I don't speak English. The Wizard Jul 2023 #40

It's normally on the order of "have a blessed day," and Hortensis Jul 2023 #41

Same here. I can't think of a time when anyone has ever tried to push their religion in my life. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #43

I've never encounter more then that either Raine Jul 2023 #47

Count to ten, then throat punch them at eight. They never expect that. Swede Jul 2023 #44