Great thread!

I have a co-worker who is a bible-thumping lunatic. When I first started the job, he used to preach excerpts from the bible to me, always turn on gospel music, and insist I agree with his viewpoint. After all he was right and I was wrong.

He spent hours trying to shove his religious views down my throat, and MAKE me see things his way. He'd go on and on about how the planet is really only 15,000 years old, dinosaurs never existed, and evolution is a false theory and the work of the devil.

When I wouldn't listen to him, he accused me of being a satanist, and told me I was destined for "a very warm place", and that he KNEW he was right and I would be sorry.

I tried hard to get him to back off but he wouldn't, so I went above his head. They talked to him, and after that he stopped the bible thumping. But he went on to start preaching to me (and everyone else) that there is no such thing as cancer. It's always a fungal infection. He touted this special diet that he found out about from some bible channel he watches, and has been nagging the he** out of everyone in the workplace to go on ever since.

He still nags me about it, but the last time he said "you need to go on this diet", I looked at him, and flat out said "NO." I gave him no other explanation. Just "NO."

He made fun of me for a bit but then he backed off. Among other nuances, I barely tolerate him. He is probably one of the rudest people I've ever come across. He will come over to your desk when you're busy with something, and sit behind you and stare at you until you're done. It's SOOOO annoying. And he knows he's rude, but he doesn't care. His attitude is that if he needs something done, he doesn't care if you're doing something already. It can't be more important than his needs, after all.