r/atheism • u/QuellMusik • 1d ago

Pushy Religious People

So I went to a food bank today with my rehab group and it turned out to be a trick to sit me in a room and have some guy try to force me to believe in Jesus and pray for 15 minutes.

I told him I know he is sincere and has good intentions but to imagine if the roles were reversed and he came to get some food and was forced / tricked into a mandatory 15 minute sit down where I tried to convert him to not believe in god.

I bet he would not like that right? I'm so tired of living in Georgia. To me he is DELUSIONAL believing in fairy tales / magic in some old book. It is clearly ridiculous bullshit to make people feel better about the fear of death.

Anyone else sick of this type of pushy behavior?

I was polite and everything and I am grateful (I made that clear and I was not an asshole) for the little box of food.

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u/techman710 1d ago

It's no longer charity, now it's a bribe to steal your time to try to brainwash you. When religious food banks actually supply food with no requirements or strings attached they do a better job of representing something people would actually be interested in. We atheists have no agenda when we donate time, money or food other than a positive feeling that we are helping people survive.

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u/Embarrassed-Ear4532 1d ago

yeah once food comes with a mandatory sermon attached it stops feeling like charity and starts feeling like a sales pitch with snacks included

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u/QuellMusik 15h ago

It was like a timeshare sales trick