# Why do people Proselytize?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-proselytize/79425>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 2, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-proselytize/79425 "2001-09-02T19:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-proselytize/79425/41 "2001-09-07T01:59:09Z")

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Just getting this back to the front… comon people, debate! My first post ever… sniff… please don’t die… :{

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-proselytize/79425/42 "2001-09-07T08:29:08Z")

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Another hijack:

On Oxford Street last night, a gentlemen with a megaphone was exhorting the passing crowds to repent and give their lives to Jesus. Or at least that’s what I think he was saying. Not only was it so loud people had to put their fingers in their ears as they passed to avoid being deafened, but there was so much distortion that all I could hear was:

“_wurble wurble wurble **JAYYYY-sus** wurble wummel wurble WURBLE wurble_ \*\* JAYYYY-sus\*\*…”

Important tip for street preachers: your message will go down better if people can actually tell what it is.

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