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Really nice girl. I'm never rude to them, in fact, I find them one of the least hypocritical religions.

Regardless, we chatted for over an hour and a half. I think I converted her. I scored a ton of points on the discussion about evolution vs. creationism, starting with vestigial limbs in whales. Then, we moved on to the Big Bang & quantum mechanics. It was fun.

90 minutes later, I believe I had her quite convinced that she needs to do a lot more research on her own about evidence for evolution.

Do I get a prize for converting a Jehovah Witness?
Sex sells everything. Why haven't the religious organizations realized that?
 

bignateyk

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Apr 22, 2002
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I never tell them that I don't believe in a God - I tell them that I don't believe in a personal God. "Why not?" I paraphrase George Carlin's standup routine where he prays to Joe Pesci, but instead use the Greek gods, Roman gods, and all the other gods, and point out that the people praying to them had pretty much the same results. Sometimes they get what they're praying for, sometimes they don't. Pretty much 50/50. Dear God, please let the Bills win this weekend. Dear Zeus, please let the Giants win this weekend. Same results, 50/50.

Zeus followers will have a much better chance of having that prayer heard than the God followers. :hmm:
 

JEDI

Lifer
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I usually just go over the whole "Jesus is God" thing and rattle off a half-dozen old & new testament verses to clear it up.

For the evolutionists.....I just keep a giant tub of stuffed platypus dolls at the front door & ask them if they'd like the larger tan one to hang from the rear-view mirror or the pink keychain one.


platypus = false god
 

moshquerade

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Nov 1, 2001
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Really nice girl. I'm never rude to them, in fact, I find them one of the least hypocritical religions.

Regardless, we chatted for over an hour and a half. I think I converted her. I scored a ton of points on the discussion about evolution vs. creationism, starting with vestigial limbs in whales. Then, we moved on to the Big Bang & quantum mechanics. It was fun.

90 minutes later, I believe I had her quite convinced that she needs to do a lot more research on her own about evidence for evolution.

Do I get a prize for converting a Jehovah Witness?

I can't engage those people at all, but I can see how some people are entertained by them.
 

Gibsons

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I never tell them that I don't believe in a God - I tell them that I don't believe in a personal God. "Why not?" I paraphrase George Carlin's standup routine where he prays to Joe Pesci, but instead use the Greek gods, Roman gods, and all the other gods, and point out that the people praying to them had pretty much the same results. Sometimes they get what they're praying for, sometimes they don't. Pretty much 50/50. Dear God, please let the Bills win this weekend. Dear Zeus, please let the Giants win this weekend. Same results, 50/50.

With the Bills? 25/75 seems more likely.
 

misle

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Last time a JW came to my door, it was a pretty attractive blonde woman. I was going to obscenely flirt with her, I figured that would get rid of her quick, but then I noticed she has two small kids with her. So, it just ended up being a lot of nodding and being polite.
 

AlienCraft

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They never go alone. She was just casing the joint...
Truer than you know.





Seriously.
She and her husband had been over a few times, but only spoke to my wife. We knew they were coming back today (which gave me prep time), but I didn't expect her to be alone. Extremely nice couple - people I would have no problem inviting over for dinner.
Easier to tie you up that way....
Who else is going to carry the flat screen???
AND they know the cops will look at you like you're crazy saying it was the Jehovah's Witness Lady....


....crazy like a fox.....
 
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JulesMaximus

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Really nice girl. I'm never rude to them, in fact, I find them one of the least hypocritical religions.

Regardless, we chatted for over an hour and a half. I think I converted her. I scored a ton of points on the discussion about evolution vs. creationism, starting with vestigial limbs in whales. Then, we moved on to the Big Bang & quantum mechanics. It was fun.

90 minutes later, I believe I had her quite convinced that she needs to do a lot more research on her own about evidence for evolution.

Do I get a prize for converting a Jehovah Witness?

LOL, you must be bored.
 

DrPizza

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LOL, you must be bored.

It's well below zero with the windchill factor - I don't want to do extra work outside. I've been on vacation from school for a week. I've been doing some trim work to finish off the kitchen, but all of my clamps were being used so I was at a point where I had to wait a couple hours. So, yeah, bored.

And now the worst part - I wanted to put away all the outside Christmas decorations the other day - the other day when it was 33 degrees outside & felt like 33. But my wife said "nooooo, wait til after New Years Day." It's after New Years Day & now I have to put those decorations away today. Wind chill factor is -9F outside; 42 degrees colder than it was the other day when I wanted to do it.
 
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TehMac

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a buddy of mine is a good guy but he's turning into a pretty big jesus freak. i haven't hung out with him while his church buddies are around but i've heard from our other friends that they start the whole, "do you know about jesus" thing with everyone. i'm kinda excited to see where that conversation will go when one of them does ask me that.

You're awesome, how can I be more like you?
 

Exterous

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Jun 20, 2006
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You're awesome, how can I be more like you?

Didn't you know? It's cool to be a jerk to people who have different religious beliefs. You get bonus super-cool points if you are a jerk and don't believe in religion
 
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Didn't you know? It's cool to be a jerk to people who have different religious beliefs. You get bonus super-cool points if you are a jerk and don't believe in religion

i don't push my bullshit on them, they shouldn't push their bullshit on me. we can be friends. if you constantly need to repeat any one topic, regardless of what it might be, it can get slightly annoying.
 

PottedMeat

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Apr 17, 2002
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i don't push my bullshit on them, they shouldn't push their bullshit on me. we can be friends. if you constantly need to repeat any one topic, regardless of what it might be, it can get slightly annoying.

you sound irritated. you know what makes me feel better, the word of jesus. have you heard the word of jesus christ?
 

Jeff7

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a buddy of mine is a good guy but he's turning into a pretty big jesus freak. i haven't hung out with him while his church buddies are around but i've heard from our other friends that they start the whole, "do you know about jesus" thing with everyone. i'm kinda excited to see where that conversation will go when one of them does ask me that.
And that's the thing, it's like....who the hell hasn't by this time? It was explained to me thusly, by a Jehovah's Witness no less, that the whole "tell people about Jesus" thing came about back when Christianity would have still qualified as a cult due to its low number of followers. Back then, you don't have Twitter, you don't have a phone network - information was conveyed face-to-face, so the best way to get people hooked on the Jesus Juice was to tell them directly. By now, I'm pretty sure everyone's aware of the Jesus lore, so there's really no need to go bothering people about it.



Sex sells everything. Why haven't the religious organizations realized that?
The Flying Spaghetti Monster understands your pain.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
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We get the JW's here from time to time. I'm never rude to them...or to the Baptists who come through the neighborhood. I just tell them, "No thanks." and that's it...no sense being rude if they aren't being rude or pushy.
I may not agree with their religious beliefs, but that shouldn't suspend societal politeness.
I never did give the Mormons that courtesy however. When we lived in "Mormon country," if they came knocking...they got run off quickly and very rudely.
I'd rather have the Moonies at my door than the Mormons.
 
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