stupid spiritual guidance

I got accosted by one of the krishna people today. I hate carrying my viola sometimes because everybody feels like it gives them license to talk to me about anything vaguely related to music. I can't tell you how many people have seen my case, asked what I played, and then told me for twenty minutes about how they played the tuba in fifth grade. Anyway, so this guy asks me if I know music is the soul of god or some such thing, and I recognized him, because several months ago he actually managed to talk me out of two dollars for one of those little books they hand out. So I said, "Look, I don't need one of your books." He pressured me, and asked for a donation, so I told him to leave me alone and let me walk on my way. He followed me, saying he was already walking that way, so I just turned around and went the other direction. Grrrrr. I just hate it when people won't just leave you alone, and it always seems like I get the ones who are really persistent. A few months ago, another guy with a shirt that said "Jews for Jesus" wouldn't leave me alone and kept asking me who I thought Jesus was. That resulted in another walk-away. It's kind of depressing, really, all these people who I'm sure think they are trying to help people, and maybe even have some valid things to say on occasion, and all they're doing is pissing people off.