Thursday, September 11, 2008
may i blow smoke in your face?
so i as i was enjoying my first break at work on tuesday, with 2 fellow employees. we were sitting on the bench really enjoying our cigarettes. when at 7:30 in the morning in the front of macy's a car pulls up. then pull up to the curb and 2 older gentlement get out of the car. one girl goes, don't tell me, it's jehovah witness'? low and behold, it was they started greeting us, then preaching about the miserable suffering we endure in this country. they offer some literatur, one accepts, i refuse as does the other girl. we does this politely, thank you very much. then they continue to preach about jesus. then the other man opens up with have you heard what the pastor said about the shottings in our area recently, we had a mass murder in skagit county about 10 miles north of here, to five miles south, 6 died and 4 injured, very devestating. the one girl says, you are in the wrong place to be talking about what we have heared, about the devestation in our communities. we realize what happened, we don't need to be preached about the devestation, thank you very much. they accepted and turned to their car and drove away. interesting, we thought the audacity to approach people sitting out in front of a mall early in the morning to preach, very odd, i thought, actually i found it rude. i like to go to preachers, them not come to me. my comfort level may be different then others, but this was just odd.
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That is pretty weird and random. Sometimes i think perhaps those people just have like a quota or something, perhaps the more watchtower pamphlets they hand out the closer they are to being one of the few that get into heaven. I guess good for them for being proactive, they sure train those puppets good. I was even handed a watchtower once from the artist known as Prince! Seriously, he was giving them out to the people that waited around to meet him after his concert, wtf!
my sister fiance is a Jehovah's witness...the religion is similar to others in the sense that there are good and bad things about it...the reason they seek out people to turn on is because, according to them, that's what Jesus did...Mike's a very intelligent person and interesting to talk to. Another cool thing that I learned about the witness religion is that they have to study other religions. It's important for them to know about the other religions and understand them. Especially because they seek out people. I think religion is interesting to learn about...
it's true their is good and bad to every religion. it was just a random odd thing, i was a little angry about their aproach, well maybe disappointed. but, well that's life. anyways, it's cool they have to learn other religions, nothing wrong with theirs, just like most having it thrown into my face randomly without my permission. not so much. and a watchtower from price, weird!
I have a friend who grew up a witness, now he's spiritual and not religious at all. my mom used to turn down the t.v and make us be quiet so they would leave so nobody would have to talk with them. I bet they are used to that, word up to what they do and what not, but yea, random approaches especially the ones that come with preaching is odd..I usually accept tho, and sometimes read the pamphlets cuz its interesting sometimes. doesn't mean I have to convert or anything
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