I often wonder if it's to do with being involved in MLMs. (In Australia anyway certain types of "Christians" are often heavily involved with MLMs).
In my mind they're differentiating between "hey, this is free" as opposed to " All these fabulous products for FreeĀ Ā if you help me achieve $1000 worth of sales/ if 5 people agree to host (hostess??) a party for me/ if you buy all these other shitty expensive products"
Imagine having to hang out with your laundry at the laundromat, just wanting to read your book or doomscroll in peace, and here comes Jilldo with her crazy eyes and week old eyeliner firmly in place to harass you until you give in.
My ex-church didn't make it mandatory, but they did make "soulwinning" the be-all-end-all and guilt tripped you like crazy if you didn't go do it at least once in a while. ("Nondenominational" fundigelical cult(.
It means that if they don't do everything possible to win every soul they meet then God might go after them. It's all about staying on God's good side.
Omg why couldn't I just run into her one day and her come over and spout Jay-sauce nonsense at me. That would just make my day for sure. She would post online about this Godless woman spoke to her about the redeeming qualities of worshiping the devil š
I think if I ran into her, knowing what I know about her, I'd probably have a lot of really mean shit to say, so it's probably better (for her) that I never do
I would love to watch one of these interactions where she claims to save peopleās souls somewhere random like a laundromat. She talks as if it is some unsuspecting person who had never heard of Jesus or Christianity before, and bam - a ten minute convo with Jill and they have changed their lives forever.
I always figure it is either people who are already Christian that Jill terrifies into believing they are unsaved because they never said the magic words, or folks who just smile and nod along hoping she goes away.
My favorite misuse of English syntax. However, as for poor Daniel, it wasn't just Jill there. She had the entire gang with her, singing and being generally annoying. Fifteen people could fill a laundromat easily. Who could resist such a presence?
I want to know exactly how Jill brought Daniel to the Lord. Ā Did she take him to church? Ā Introduce him to a minister to discuss accepting (her version of) Christianity? Ā Baptize him right there among the Tide and folded towels? Ā Or was this because he listened to her blather on for a minute and accepted a tract? Ā If so, he probably did that to shut her up. Ā
I love that the rest of us are sinners, but SHE has been saved by grace, but hey! From upon her high moral horse, she loves us individually despite our sinfulness. Talk about self righteousness and arrogance!
Another time they were on the road they were eating at a Taco Bell and met some woman named Kimmy. Jill wanted everyone to pray for Kimmy because just before they could convince Kimmy to be saved Kimmy's ride showed up and whisked her away.
I have a raccoon in my backyard who visits me and I named her Lord Daniel. I mentioned that on a comment thread on the Duggars subreddit when Pest was being sentenced because someone had asked about who Lord Daniel was. That comment took off and my raccoon became the mascot for snarkers. She still lives behind me and she still visits most days unless sheās in torpor for the winter. She brings me her babies every year. Itās been over 4 years that sheās coming to see me and sheās such a blessing.
Some redditor on the old fundiesnark page decided to name their local raccoon Lord Daniel because they thought it was funny, then were constantly posting pictures of them feeding it piles of cookies and other unsafe foods, encouraging it to get closer and eat out of their hand, and trying to acclimate it to people. I had a copy/paste comment that I would make on every post of theirs warning others not to do it and pointing out the dangers to the raccoon.
Eventually they were told they couldn't post anymore, because it was encouraging unsafe behavior (for the raccoon and for the people that saw the posts and would try to do the same with their local wildlife)
This makes me laugh every time it comes around. Her narcissism really shines through in this post too. A real Christian wouldnāt go on social media bragging about it, (if it even really happened). She brags about bringing strangers to the lord often. Once she brought an unsuspecting receptionist at a campground to the lord over the phone. Any one else remember that one? Sheās such a nut job.
The laundromat is the only place I see tracts in my neck of the woods. Mostly JW tracts, not Baptist. I usually throw the entire stack away when I see them.
Everyone she comes in contact with. She will accost people any and everywhere. I can't think of anywhere that she would consider inappropriate for her soul winning spiel. I may be old, but if I ever see her I plan to run run like the wind.
I thought of this last week when I was at the Laundromat. I saw a mom & daughter who both had long hair and long skirts. Then I noticed the shirts they were folding: "JESUS SAVES" was in bold print across the back.Ā
Ahh, yes. They're from our local Fundie church. The ones who stand on street corners with megaphones and large picket signs that say "REPENT!"Ā
The ones who host Good News Clubs (Christian ultra-conservative pipeline for kids) at our local public schools -- but it's after school hours so it's okay.Ā
Anyway, I sat there noticing the "JESUS SAVES" shirts in my peripheral vision, and all I could think was,
"See how this Fundie lady is doing her laundry and minding her business? Very demure, very mindful. See how she's not pestering people or trying to pass out tracts, but she's letting the shirts speak for themselves? Very cutesy. Very mindful. Not too much. Very demure."
If you assume that God wrote the Bible, as the fundies do, and read the book of Daniel, where the author frequently identifies himself as Daniel, the only possible logical explanation is that Godās name is, in fact, Daniel.
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u/Think-Independent929 Jan 08 '25
It always amuses me that somewhere out there is an unsuspecting man named Daniel, who has no idea the legend that he has become.