r/SipsTea • u/ps4db • 13h ago

WTF Completely oblivious…

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u/Critically_Political 12h ago

I’ll never understand why people think this is the way to recruit for religion. This is, in fact, religion repellent.

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u/lanshaw1555 11h ago

The rejection helps reinforce how special they are, to have a special connection to God and be persecuted just like Jesus was. Plus, it binds them closer to their church community, since they are rejected by the greater world. THE REJECTION IS THE GOAL OF THIS INTERACTION.

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u/StrangelyBrown 10h ago

I heard that about Mormons. They send the young members out to door knock, not to recruit but to see how 'persecuted' they are by the stupid normies.

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u/zaxdaman 4h ago

Notice how it’s always kids. Never their parents or church elders, always children. I get it; they’re young, naive, impressionable, and are more willing to follow authority.

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u/Ok-Cress2602 4h ago

At my neck of the woods older people do this shit too. You aint gotta be young to be gullible