Does anybody know anything about the Jesus people (think they are also known as the Jesus Army)?
Having been happily settled for the last couple of years in a nice home that is perfect for our needs, we discovered to our horror the other day that our new neighbours are mini-bus driving members of the Jesus People. Aforementioned minibus is often parked across our drive (albeit part of the communal access area, making access difficult not just for us but others too) and very visible. Plus they always seem to have lots of other visitors/cars blocking up the drive and parking dangerously on the road.
We're not planning on moving in the near future, but this is making us reconsider - I don't like the thought of bringing up dc next door to a cult. But then, I know that we probably wouldn't have moved here if they were here before we were - and that it will have knocked a chunk off the value of the property and make a sale more difficult. And even I can recognise that it is going to be pretty difficult to ask them to compensate us for loss of value to the property should we move.
Sorry this is more of a rant than a real question - I guess AIBU to be worried about these new neighbours? One of the things they seem to believe in is taking 'social undesirables' (convicts, drug addicts etc) in to their homes to 'rehabilitate' (convert...) them - very NIMBY of me I know, but not really the people that I want as neighbours, especially with young dc and one of the reasons we moved here.
I don't really know much about the JP other than growning up near the village where it started - where it was definitely seen as a cult that had a bad effect on the village and was very strange and had a very twisted take on christianity. Looking on the internet now, it seems to have turned into a fairly big organisation so they have maybe gone a little more mainstream but AIBU to be so wary of them?
Whilst we haven't had much to do with these new neighbours, we did get a christmas present from them - one of those very dodgy conversion type booklets that skews things. Which both of us found fairly insulting - and made dh pretty angry - he has been pondering what to get for them in return - current favourites are the Richard Dawkins book 'The God Delusion' or a booklet on escaping from cults (if we can find one!) .
Sorry if these seems like a bit of a rant. Just not really sure what to do or feel as our dream house seems to be turning into a nightmare with nothing we can do about it. But if anyone has any suggestions - they would be very gratefully received!
And just to clarify - it's specifically the Jesus Army/Jesus People cult that I am worried about - not Christians/Christianity in general!