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When religious people won't take no for an answer

Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
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There's this guy at university that is very religious and runs some Christian group.
He wanted to be Facebook friends with me so I added him. Anyways, he keeps sending me Facebook event invites to his group events even though I told him I am not religious.
This is from an event he invited me to today....

Hi guys, Come along this weekend for a discussion on way to evanglise people, wheather they be family, friend or even people you meet on the street. bring your ideas along and any stories you may have of doing this sort of ministry. I will get some tips from the best apologists out there and I am sure we will all get something out of it. So see you there and God Bless.


This guy is starting to piss me off.
I had to Google the terms "evangalise" and "apologists" which is on the event and it is pretty much to convert and make deniers of God believe.

I just click ignore on each event he invites me to.

Is there anyway to block certain facebook friends from being able to send you event invites?

I feel I will make it awkward if I ask him to stop.
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    I don't do Facebook, but why not just continue to ignore those invitations? Or block him altogether; you knew what he was about when you added him.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    hedonist said:

    I don't do Facebook, but why not just continue to ignore those invitations? Or block him altogether; you knew what he was about when you added him.

    I didn't lol. I found out after.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    You can unfriend him. Easy peasy.

    Religious people can be very persistent with gathering new victims followers.
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I'm not on Facebook but I agree with the unfriending. Some guy my husband knows kept sending us political stuff that was the extreme opposite of how we think. After my husband asked him numerous times to stop, he finally just unfriended him.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,186
    You don't have to go as far as unfriending him. If the invitation is coming from a specific group, you should be able to block everything from that group. If the invitation is coming from the guy's personal account, you can unfollow him while still remaining friends. Next time an invitation comes, look at the top right corner of the post and look for a down arrow. Clicking that should bring up the options to hide the post, block posts from the group, or unfollow the guy depending on what kind of post it is.

    For example, I am a member of "The Official Pearl Jam Ten Club Members" group. If I got annoyed with posts from that group or from someone in particular, follow the pictures below:
    image

    image

    This was from my phone, but the same should apply for desktop.
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    I got off the book years ago. Very thankful that I did. People can be extremely annoying.
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  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Just say no.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Thoughts_Arrive said:


    I feel I will make it awkward if I ask him to stop.

    Sounds like it's awkward now.
    I think you know the answer.
  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    If it helps you out, I just returned some church brochures to some ladies knocking on doors just this past weekend. I'm not embarrassed to say that I'm a church goer. However, my doors say no soliciting. They always choose to ignore it. They are the same women every few months. I walked down the street, found them and told them, "Ladies, I do believe that you may have missed the no soliciting sign on my door."

    They apologized and said that they did.

    I told them that it was right there. I said that I have a church and won't be putting this information to use, so I wanted to return it.

    They hopped into their vehicle and drove away, looking out their window to see if they could see me. I was at the neighbor's house, giving him the scoop.

    Point is that I am one to attend church and still don't want people preaching to/at me. I stepped up and said no. Just click unfriend and be done with it. You'll be happier and then you won't have anxiety when you go onto FB.
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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,840
    I thought that this thread was going to be about Catholic priests.

    Good thing it's just about Facebook issues. Seems easy enough to fix.

    Easier than what I was thinking it was anyway.
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  • chadwickchadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    you could... message him back some ridiculous bullshit
    you could... avoid him like the plague
    you could... unfriend him altogether
    you could... attend one of his events
    you could... quite possibly torque his mom's engine real quick
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    markymark550 said:

    You don't have to go as far as unfriending him. If the invitation is coming from a specific group, you should be able to block everything from that group. If the invitation is coming from the guy's personal account, you can unfollow him while still remaining friends. Next time an invitation comes, look at the top right corner of the post and look for a down arrow. Clicking that should bring up the options to hide the post, block posts from the group, or unfollow the guy depending on what kind of post it is.

    For example, I am a member of "The Official Pearl Jam Ten Club Members" group. If I got annoyed with posts from that group or from someone in particular, follow the pictures below:
    image

    image

    This was from my phone, but the same should apply for desktop.

    Thank you. I will try that next time he sends me an invite. He always invites from his personal page.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I don't want to unfriend him as we will be in the same lectures and possibly classes next semester and semesters in future.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    chadwick said:

    you could... message him back some ridiculous bullshit
    you could... avoid him like the plague
    you could... unfriend him altogether
    you could... attend one of his events
    you could... quite possibly torque his mom's engine real quick

    :rofl:
    Oh please let it rain today.
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  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I don't want to unfriend him as we will be in the same lectures and possibly classes next semester and semesters in future.

    See what you get for being nice :lol:
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,922
    chadwick said:

    you could... message him back some ridiculous bullshit
    you could... avoid him like the plague
    you could... unfriend him altogether
    you could... attend one of his events
    you could... quite possibly torque his mom's engine real quick

    you could....get the hell off faceturd.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Wow. Marky there are 34k members in that fb group.
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I don't want to unfriend him as we will be in the same lectures and possibly classes next semester and semesters in future.

    TA, Didn't realize that you were the OP. Block out what you can. Are you positive you'll be in classes with him?
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ^^^
    You didn't realize who the OP was?
    It's not even half a page.
  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ^^^
    You didn't realize who the OP was?
    It's not even half a page.

    Avatar change. Sorry. Mistakes. I make them. The world continues to spin.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Just be honest and if he doesn't stop, there's no shame in unfriending (blocking?) him.

    If things get awkward, so be it. Getting through and over it can be a valuable experience.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Get off faceturd.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    deadendp said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I don't want to unfriend him as we will be in the same lectures and possibly classes next semester and semesters in future.

    TA, Didn't realize that you were the OP. Block out what you can. Are you positive you'll be in classes with him?
    Yeah we study the same subject so will definitely be in lectures and if we end up being allocated in the same classes, then there too.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    FoxyRedLa said:

    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    I don't want to unfriend him as we will be in the same lectures and possibly classes next semester and semesters in future.

    See what you get for being nice :lol:

    Yeah, I am too nice for my own good.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    This guy thinks I need some saving. He wants me to the see the light.
    I told him twice at university I am not religious, this is before he sent me a friend request.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Just unfriend him. BFD if you have classes with him. Again, you're worrying about what people think about you, who cares? It's not like he's going to kill you for unfriending him.
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    - Christopher McCandless
  • deadendpdeadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    This guy thinks I need some saving. He wants me to the see the light.
    I told him twice at university I am not religious, this is before he sent me a friend request.

    Flick a light switch on and tell him that you see the light! :smiley:
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,186
    Thoughts_Arrive said:

    markymark550 said:

    You don't have to go as far as unfriending him. If the invitation is coming from a specific group, you should be able to block everything from that group. If the invitation is coming from the guy's personal account, you can unfollow him while still remaining friends. Next time an invitation comes, look at the top right corner of the post and look for a down arrow. Clicking that should bring up the options to hide the post, block posts from the group, or unfollow the guy depending on what kind of post it is.

    For example, I am a member of "The Official Pearl Jam Ten Club Members" group. If I got annoyed with posts from that group or from someone in particular, follow the pictures below:
    image

    image

    This was from my phone, but the same should apply for desktop.

    Thank you. I will try that next time he sends me an invite. He always invites from his personal page.
    No problem. It would be better if he did that from a group page instead of his personal page. Imo it's easier to cut off communication from a group page than an individual's page. If you unfollow him and he posts other things not related to those invitations, then you'll be out of luck seeing those posts (more like you'll be lucky to not see those posts based on what you've said already).
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,186
    FoxyRedLa said:

    Wow. Marky there are 34k members in that fb group.

    Yeah. The only person from here in that group that I even recognize is dimitrispearljam because of the flag :lol:
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