@Ruth_Mottram At my last place, I had some Jehova’s knock on the door. I told them I was an anti-theist, and offered them the opportunity to leave and try their chances on the next house. The woman said “I was an atheist too!” And I had to clarify that I thought religion was a terrible idea that caused untold suffering in the world, far more than any good it has ever done.

She hadn’t heard the term before, but persisted. I listened for a while and when the opportunity presented itself, went on a rant about what kind of all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing and all-compassionate deity gives kids cancer - and invited them to see their god’s work at the local pediatric cancer ward. I suggested that she should be raising money to cure the cancer her god gave those children, and not asking people to worship that same god.

Unsurprisingly, I was at that address for nearly 15 years… and they never came back.

@JustinDerrick @Ruth_Mottram
Once upon a time, two very nice women came to my door to invite me to their bible study. They politely asked about my beliefs, so I explained modern paganism. The younger woman was very curious and kept asking more and more questions, and soon I was going into great detail about my worldview and the main tenet of paganism ("and it harm none do as thou wilt") and how I saw it as "tolerance for all things and all ways" and etc.

I think I was on the verge of converting her when the older woman abruptly cut off the conversation (she seemed to have decided that I was in the "devil quoting scripture" category).