A Favorite Christian Story?

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A Favorite Christian Story?

I thought of this because "I was in the Bus Station in Daejeon just yesterday. A guy in a suit walked up to me and said "Hello." I looked at him and said. "I'm not religious and I think God is a really stupid idea. I am waiting for a friend to come out of the bathroom but if you want to stay and talk for a while that's fine with me." To his good natured graces, he smiled, extended his hand, and said "I'm Peter." Now I know for a fact that Peter was not his name because he was Korean. Peter was his Church name for when he goes out witnessing to foreigners. I smiled and shook his hand anyway. He had no idea I spoke Korean. Still, he was nice enough. After introducing himself he simply walked away. Probably best for both of us.

I made him out to be a JW. The Mormons here always work in pairs. Apparently there is some JW university in this town someplace. It's not the first time I have been approached by Koreans witnessing in English.

Being a foreign resident in Korea basically the only Koreans that approach me on the streets are the religious and people wanting to sell me stuff.

So what sorts of situations have you found yourself in with these Christian witnessers?

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One morning, while I was

One morning, while I was attending OCC in Costa Mesa. Ca., I heard a knock at my door just as I was leaving for class. I opened the door and there were the Mormons. Elder someone and his sidekick elder someone else. And then the Evil Cog took over. What a great Practical Joke.

They made their introductions and so I invited them into the house and offered them a seat on the couch. Then I made an excuse to exit. "I have to go grab the mail. I'll be right back." Then I left for school. I really wasn't afraid of being robbed. They are Mormons. What were they going to do. Besides that, my roommate was still sleeping.

I laughed my ass off when I came home from school that night. My room mate woke to his alarm, stumbled out to the living room in his boxer shorts and into the kitchen for some coffee. He greeted the Mormons and offered them some coffee. They declined. He then went back into his room as he could not sit at the kitchen table and read the paper as he would have done had they not been there. Then he took a shower and dressed for school himself. When he again came out of his room the Mormons were still sitting on the couch. As I was not there, they began witnessing to him. He was running late for school at this point and finally had to ask them to leave. To get them out he told them he would talk with them another time. They pinned him down to a date and time. Ha ha ha ha ,,,, I was in tears as he told me about his morning.

Nyarlathotep's picture
I had a fling/sex with a

I had a fling/sex with a Jehovah's Witness pioneer (that is what they call their proselytizers).

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NYAR WINS!!!.....*fist bump

NYAR WINS!!!.....*fist bump and high five with Nyar*...

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"So what sorts of situations

"So what sorts of situations have you found yourself in with these Christian witnessers?"

Too many to remember.

The very last one, I was caught by my mom's Pastor as I was leaving her church after bringing her something (forget what). We got to talking about the loss of my family (mom told him) and I said, "I am not interested in anything you have to say about that." He then said:

“You should be ashamed of yourself for not raising your daughters in the Word of God. You should be ashamed for never taking them to church to teach them to be proper Christians. It is no wonder you lost them all. You lost your entire family as payment for not raising your children correctly.”

I became so angry I just walked away. I used to not know why I just walked away, but now I know it was because there were no other people around to stop me from killing that sorry shit if I had started.

Just this past Saturday he called me mom and told her to tell me he owed me an apology. He did not tell her why. I simply told me mom, “Tell him. It is too late. He should never have had to owe me an apology. Apology, NOT accepted.”

He waited over four months to apologize. As Tin-Man said in a PM (and I paraphrase): The only disappointment I now have is actually going to that guy and making him grovel at my feet to apologize. Then deny his apology and walk away.

Now that would have been the ultimate statement.

rmfr

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arakish: What a horrible

arakish: What a horrible thing to say. I have found over and over again that this sort of reaction is at the core of most Christians I meet. The vile nature of the religion and those who follow it is exposed when you challenge it in any way. I would never accept an apology from an asshole that had the balls to say something like that to me either. He has shown his true feelings and regardless of his smiles and good wishes, what lurks inside is a shriveled up bigot with no more insight than a cucumber.

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