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I do not find it sweet when religious people interrupt whatever I am doing to try to convince me that their worldview takes precedence over my own. I've gone to Hari Krishna restaurants (good food and cheap) - and in that case, I take as part of the experience that there will be a conversation. But, no, I don't find it "sweet" when religious people approach me.[/quote]

I think I found it "sweet" when it happened very, very rarely. Like once or twice over the span of a decade. It's easier to not feel harassed when it happens once in a blue moon. The past 3-4 years I am proselytized to more frequently, and at that point it becomes annoying. I do think the frequency with which you are exposed to certain behavior affects how much you are willing to tolerate it.[/quote]
+1 I had a friend (notice past tense) who once in a while would invite me to her proselytizing church or to bible study. I politely declined, and the friendship continued. Then she picked up the pace, and, with her husband, used every single get-together as an opportunity to discuss Jesus, the NT, how the only way "we" can get to G-d is through Jesus, what will happen to me in the end times, etc., etc. I asked her, after every single get-together, to please respect my religious choices, and she said OK - but then right back to it, to the point of harrassment. I ended the friendship over it, but now, from a distance, I can see that they were so indoctrinated with the belief that their religion is the only true one that they could not control themselves.

My only regret is that I did not end the friendship sooner. [/quote]

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