A
GUIDE TO MISSIONARY TACTICS
Edited by
Christianity-Revealed
This guide is intended to teach you about the
tactics used by missionary groups and cults
The tactics of missionaries and missionary groups may vary, but there
are some basic guidelines to keep in mind that will be helpful in dealing with
them.
Some missionaries attempt to develop a rapport with their subject
without divulging their own religious affiliation. If you are not sure about
the religious identity of the stranger who begins talking to you about
religion, ask him directly if he is a believer in Jesus. Be suspicious of an
indirect answer.
Don't be deceived by any outward signs of love and caring. Missionaries
are taught to make their targets feel more comfortable by making the speaker
seem to be genuinely loving and caring. Missionaries are coached by their
superiors to not to arouse suspicion.
When talking to a person about religion, a missionary may attempt to
elicit as many "I don't know" responses as possible, in order to
establish his superiority in matters of religion. Don't allow yourself to be
intimidated!
Remember, the missionary has studied for the sole purpose of leading you
[the evil non-believer] to swallow― hook, line and sinker ― his
fictitious dead man-god Jesus and Christianity. Keep in mind that he is not
speaking to you to exchange ideas, but rather to lead you only to his religious
delusions. Therefore, feel free to simply end the conversation and walk away.
However, some of you may want to listen to their arguments to be better
prepared in case of future encounters on the street or with the door knockers
working your neighborhood. The following pointers should give you a basic idea
of what to look for.
The missionary may tell you that he (or a Christian friend or acquaintance)
was once a non-believer; someone with a traditional family life, etc. This is
almost always a lie, so don't let him fool you. The hidden message that he is
attempting to convey is that he came to believe in Jesus after praying and getting
a burning in his bosom or some such idiocy, therefore, why should you bother to
check it out?
He may drop certain catchy phrases or talk about the details of his
"traditional" upbringing, all designed to lend more credence to his
story. In fact, his "memory" is often the result of careful coaching.
Mormons, the other Christian white-meat, fund 17 missionary training centers
world-wide to carefully school their "cookie-cutter" missionaries in
12-week crash courses including various foreign languages. In 2005 alone, the
Mormons trained over 51000 full-time missionaries.
Usually, all that is necessary to expose the missionary hoax is to ask
him to prove his premise that there was a historical Jesus ― god
incarnate ― but use independent non-Christian sources. Then demand proof
that this dead man-god who is now the Christian's Invisible
Man in the Sky actually created the universe in 6-days or that there was a
cunning, walking talking snake and much more. Unfortunately, most people are
themselves not knowledgeable enough to be able to expose this type of
deception.
In the same vein, the missionary might tell you that he knows the
objections to his arguments, and will then proceed to show how such objectives
are ill-founded. Don't expect to hear real Old Testament Bible response from
such a source. He will not discuss his god (Invisible
Man in the Sky) checking camps for turds or dashing babies heads against
the rocks. He will not discuss his god's (Invisible
Man in the Sky) approval of slavery and hatred of women.
Don't be taken in by the "good cop―bad cop" routine.
This routine involves a "bad cop" who threatens the subject, and a
"good cop" who protects him from the "bad cop". The subject
is so grateful to the "good cop", and so worried about losing the
good-will of his protector, that he invariably shows his appreciation by telling
the "good cop" what he wants to hear. In similar fashion, the
"good" Christian talks about how much he loves mankind etc., while
denouncing the "bad" Christians who hate and persecute gays, women,
atheists, Catholics, or Jews. Anyone with any knowledge of Christian
anti-Semitism will feel grateful to the "good cop," and may
automatically judge him to be a friend and reliable ally. Watch out for hidden
motives behind such "friendship." It all hides the true bigotry,
misogyny and hatred in this fictitious religion.
At the outset, the missionary will talk about his belief that Jesus is
the messiah. Many people don't find out until later, often after they have
joined the missionary’s Christian group, that their fundamental belief is that
Jesus is god incarnate. Any talk about "the messiah" or "son of
god" is merely a cover for that belief, basic to both fundamentalist
Christianity and unaffiliated Christians. This most basic belief of
Christianity is glossed over as much as possible when missionaries talk to
non-Christians.
Don't be impressed by the claim that Christians have 50, or 100, or 300
"proofs from the Old Testament" that they are correct in their claims
about Jesus. The Hebrew Bible or Old Testament is just as fictitious as the New
Testament (or Qur'an). It begins with a 6-day creation of the
"UNIVERSE" and goes on to describe a god who is so tired from making
the UNIVERSE that (s)he/it has to take a day off. And if any human being works
on that day this god will kill him or her. Then the bible tales get even more
weird, with a walking talking snake; then god killing every man, woman and child
on earth and much much more delusional bull shit.
Very often, the reasoning used by
Christian missionaries is circular. That is, the "proof" only points
to Jesus if you believe in him in the first place, and therefore is no proof at
all. This is the same for any Abrahamic Derivative Religion (ADR) ― Jew,
Muslim, Mormon etc. As Carl Sagan once said; " You can’t convince a believer of
anything; their belief is not based on evidence but a deep-seated need to
believe."
If you need advice concerning a missionary problem of this sort, contact
people who are familiar with the tactics being used and who know how to deal
with them. Visit Dr. Richard Dawkin's web
site for the vast wisdom he shares. Also, study the resources identified in
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