Door to door religion
Discussion
bigkeeko said:
Oh man, six and a half dozen. Islam is just as retarded. Plagiarism at it`s finest.
2014 and most of the world still believe in a `God`. FFS, what about all the other `Gods` that no one cares about now? Odin, and Thor and Zeus etc etc. They must be in the God job centre.
I`ll tell you the hardest part of religion for me to accept.
The part that intelligent people buy into it. I`m not entirely sure if they really know it`s Bulls
t or whether they genuinely believe some/all of it.
I read the Qu'ran once, it has its own special kind of loonyism, really out there.2014 and most of the world still believe in a `God`. FFS, what about all the other `Gods` that no one cares about now? Odin, and Thor and Zeus etc etc. They must be in the God job centre.
I`ll tell you the hardest part of religion for me to accept.
The part that intelligent people buy into it. I`m not entirely sure if they really know it`s Bulls
t or whether they genuinely believe some/all of it. As for intelligent people, I know a few who're religious, it seems that they think it'll make them a better person following it rather than due to actually believing in a literal sense. My father is a Christian purely because he sees it as an important tradition and the backbone of the country, whether it's true or not is irrelevant, it's what made Britain great so good enough for him.
Around here we seem to get them knocking on a Sunday morning. This is both bad for me and bad for them as it the day and time I am most likely nursing a hangover. As a consequence, if I have enough brain function I like to be awkward. A few months back I had the knock; upon opening the door I am asked, "Do you think about Judgement Day", to which I responded with, "Personally I think the first film was better". This amused me far more than it did them.
I did feel bad for the last chap to knock. He did so while I was awaiting a friend to arrive. I heard the knock on the door so leaped up to open it but it had been locked the night before. Thinking this was my friend I shouted, "oh, for f**k sake, the door is locked; hang on". Once I unlocked the door there was a smartly dressed bloke with his very young daughter. He asked something or other, as usual. Slightly surprised I said that he'd have more luck telling me Santa Claus exists. He politely thanked me for my time and left. I know they don't celebrate Christmas but I still felt bad for swearing and suggesting Santa doesn't exist to a child.
I did feel bad for the last chap to knock. He did so while I was awaiting a friend to arrive. I heard the knock on the door so leaped up to open it but it had been locked the night before. Thinking this was my friend I shouted, "oh, for f**k sake, the door is locked; hang on". Once I unlocked the door there was a smartly dressed bloke with his very young daughter. He asked something or other, as usual. Slightly surprised I said that he'd have more luck telling me Santa Claus exists. He politely thanked me for my time and left. I know they don't celebrate Christmas but I still felt bad for swearing and suggesting Santa doesn't exist to a child.
I sit next to a JW at work. He’s a bit odd at times but then he was before he converted many years ago. Into big bikes. Currently has a Meteor. He has a wickedly dry sense of humour that he only lets rip occasionally and brings the office to a complete halt.
We get a few visits a year. I am usually working in my garage with the doors open so am easy prey. I had a conversation with a couple and told them that I had my own belief/creed but I am basically an atheist and that I don’t need any form of religion. They were quite accepting of my view and toddled off.
On a couple of other occasions I have had a couple of mid 20’s blokes. They have got to know I have a Caterham and the second time they came with a bunch of others and I heard them say to the others “We’ll go to this house”. No religion was spouted and we just talked about my car and cars in general.
I have never and any unpleasantness at all.
We get a few visits a year. I am usually working in my garage with the doors open so am easy prey. I had a conversation with a couple and told them that I had my own belief/creed but I am basically an atheist and that I don’t need any form of religion. They were quite accepting of my view and toddled off.
On a couple of other occasions I have had a couple of mid 20’s blokes. They have got to know I have a Caterham and the second time they came with a bunch of others and I heard them say to the others “We’ll go to this house”. No religion was spouted and we just talked about my car and cars in general.
I have never and any unpleasantness at all.
JohneeBoy said:
Around here we seem to get them knocking on a Sunday morning. This is both bad for me and bad for them as it the day and time I am most likely nursing a hangover. As a consequence, if I have enough brain function I like to be awkward. A few months back I had the knock; upon opening the door I am asked, "Do you think about Judgement Day", to which I responded with, "Personally I think the first film was better". This amused me far more than it did them.
I did feel bad for the last chap to knock. He did so while I was awaiting a friend to arrive. I heard the knock on the door so leaped up to open it but it had been locked the night before. Thinking this was my friend I shouted, "oh, for f**k sake, the door is locked; hang on". Once I unlocked the door there was a smartly dressed bloke with his very young daughter. He asked something or other, as usual. Slightly surprised I said that he'd have more luck telling me Santa Claus exists. He politely thanked me for my time and left. I know they don't celebrate Christmas but I still felt bad for swearing and suggesting Santa doesn't exist to a child.
I think you will find that the child has been TOLD that santa (an anagram of Satan BTW) doesn't exist, and the swearing will be a learning point for the rest of the week. I did feel bad for the last chap to knock. He did so while I was awaiting a friend to arrive. I heard the knock on the door so leaped up to open it but it had been locked the night before. Thinking this was my friend I shouted, "oh, for f**k sake, the door is locked; hang on". Once I unlocked the door there was a smartly dressed bloke with his very young daughter. He asked something or other, as usual. Slightly surprised I said that he'd have more luck telling me Santa Claus exists. He politely thanked me for my time and left. I know they don't celebrate Christmas but I still felt bad for swearing and suggesting Santa doesn't exist to a child.
The reason they do it is because, one of their commandments is they must spend so much time preaching and prophesying each week. They even have to record this down and they have auditors that review the books to catch out the cheats.
They supposedly don't have tithe but the rich members can finance other members to take on this responsibility for them. A bit like the old catholic indulgences.
They supposedly don't have tithe but the rich members can finance other members to take on this responsibility for them. A bit like the old catholic indulgences.
Edited by Martin4x4 on Wednesday 1st October 21:31
After getting really, really annoyed at the amount of times the doorbell goes during the day when working from home, I put a small sign on it telling people what I didn't want. I included "NO EVANGELISTS" and it now amuses me when I see JWs come to the door, see the sign, then walk away again.
I see them on the CCTV in case you're wondering how I know
I see them on the CCTV in case you're wondering how I know
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