I've heard guys tell other guys, you should go to the Big Shot Church, it's a great place to meet  new clients with money.  
   If they take that  advice and show up at Sunday church, I wouldn't call them Thumpers.  I would call them smart, aggressive, desperate salesman, looking for good leads.  
   If I was a salesman I wouldn't do that, I would feel extremely uncomfortable attending a  Church, and more uncomfortable being hypocritical.  
   
The Jehovah witness who  knocks on your door uninvited and attempts to read some of his/hers favorite Bible passages is a Thumper.  
  That's happened to me five or six times in my life.  
   I survived without converting to their belief or hurting them.  
   
   The Christian who confronts you at the gas station asking have you been saved, is a Thumper.
    That's happened five or six times in my life. They take the hint and give up quicker than the Jehovah's, usually about 10  seconds after I explain, if there is a Hell I'm likely going there when I die.  
    The Jehovah's are a bit more persistent but they seem nice enough, I try to not be rude, unless they woke me up when I was napping Saturday afternoon.  
   I can be polite and they will leave in 30 seconds.
     
    The Baptist who goes to Service, or whatever it's called, every  Sunday, and never proselytizes his beliefs to anyone outside his Church  I do not consider him to be a Thumper.  

  The Catholic who goes to Mass every Sunday and confesses his sins to the Priest so he is free to sin again on Monday with a clean slate, and never professes his beliefs to anyone outside his Church, I do not consider him to be a Thumper.

 From my perspective a Thumper is someone who aggressively promotes their religion or constantly quoting the Bible to someone who didn't ask for information.  
   I personally know none of those people.  

  If you are so  afraid of religions and their talking points, do yourself a favor, do like I do, don't listen to Religious  talk radio or watch God Damn Televangelists on TV.  
   
    You wouldn't surprise me if the next thing you say, you are using the ignore feature on TER because you  you can't stop yourself from reading  our  most adamant judgmental, bigoted, left or right TER posters, or whomever you don't agree with.  

   I believe you know, maybe not,  I went to private Religious boarding schools in my youth.  
   I never heard of any teacher abusing or molesting any students when I was there, unless you consider a swift ruler across the knuckles or a knock on the skull as abuse.  
   
    I did hear of some homosexual activity going on in that school.  I never heard of any forced homosexual acts.  
  Since I  wasn't raped or indoctrinated to Homosexual or Religious conversion  as a child,  I know for sure a Homosexual or a Bible thumper  has no chance of converting,  terrifying or abusing me as an adult.  
   
   That's why I   live and let live, to each their own, my way is my way, live your life any way you want, but I won't change my mind because you look at Religion differently than me , when your definitions and attitude toward Religion  are as  ignorant and  judgmental as those  you despise.  

Most guys have heard golfers outside the course tell other guys, Golfing is a great way to meet clients.
    Golf thumpers  don't frighten me in the least.  
  On the other side of the coin, people who don't believe  Golf is a sport aren't anymore of a threat to me than Homosexuals, Bible Thumpers, Casual Christians,  Muslims, Hindus , Buddhists, Krishna's  etc.