For some reason I’m a regular target for people trying to convert others to their religion. Maybe because I give off cynical gay energy and am always alone idk. Anyways, I feel like sharing some stories.

  • One time a white guy in some robes with some glitter paint smacked onto his forehead walked up to me with his red wagon full of books and said “Excuse me, are you familiar with Hinduism?” Then came a five minute long conversation in which he tried to convince me to listen to him about converting to Hinduism. I had to explain to him that yes, I am perfectly happy being a Christian, thank you. Good luck, my guy.
  • There are these people in suits that go around campus pretty often in pairs trying to convince people that God of the Christian bible is a woman. Strangely enough they’re usually men. Every time I tell them that I believe that God’s gender can’t be known or that they have all genders or no gender I see them blink in confusion for a moment while their brains try to rewire themselves around that concept and I use that moment to make my escape.
  • The Jehovah’s Witnesses are always just kind of there but usually they don’t get anyone’s attention. They just wait for you to come to them. Except with me apparently. I’ve had a couple of them try to flag me down. Then I run away like a scared cat because I know who they are and what they’re trying to rope me into.
  • Sometimes a Westboro Baptist type cult will start preaching fire and brimstone outside the library. I have to run past them lest the guy ranting about porn hub and homosexuals starts pointing at me and asking me questions.
  • Some guys from the local mosque tried having a chat with me one time. They were actually pretty nice. A little too persistent, but nice. I don’t know if they were actually working on behalf of the mosque or just decided one day on their own that they should start passing out pamphlets about the Quran but they seemed nice.
  • There’s a guy that’s sometimes selling Zen Buddhism and meditation books near the food court. It’s always a different guy. I don’t know where these guys come from but they are always guys and of every ethnicity under the sun. They also really like cornering me by the fraternity booths.
  • People from the university’s Christian club always find me. I tell them that I already have a bible study group and they don’t know what to do with me. They just give me their card.
  • The one positive experience I had was these people coming in response to the angry cult to remind people that most Christians don’t think that way. (the angry cult had been there for like two weeks at this point) They were very nice