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[deathboy]

Well, that was quite pleasant.

'Just had some Jehovah's Witnesses round for an hour. Talked about the bible a lot, they were quite content with my contesting about three things in every paragraph of their pamphlet ("What does the Bible really teach us?"), which we got all of 10 pages into as we got derailed so often.

Poor lads seemed terribly pleased that I did in fact invite them in and have a natter. It was all a little bit like the scene in Black Books where Bernard invites the lads in to talk about Jesus (here, about half-way through), actually.

I'm interested to see how they talk about homosexuality, as JWs appear to be really quite against The Gays.

Sneakily recorded an mp3 of us talking, but as they were really quite chilled (I'm sure they will ramp things up in subsequent weeks), it's not actually very entertaining (unless you're a fan of listening to a brummie accent going on about cyclical arguments and a cockney agreeing, then repeating them).

They did try the odd Jedi Mind Trick, like getting me to read a few paragraphs of their pamphlet with them (I assume, the first step to us all reading the bible aloud together)... for my part, I intend to try to get them into drum and bass and playing the Wii.

On the up-side, Corben LOVED having new people and voices discussing things animatedly, and lay there giggling and gurgling and casually shitting himself. For an hour a week of happy baby-time, I may consider converting.

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[wererogue.livejournal.com]

Funnily enough, I did a few sessions of that recently with the local mormons - had some interesting discussions, some cyclical arguments, and generally re-affirmed my faith in the non-existence of deities. It was awesome.

[kohai.livejournal.com]

generally re-affirmed my faith in the non-existence of deities

Well that's an outright slap in their face. Don't forget, Mormons believe that if they reach the pinicale of their faith, when they die, they travel to other worlds and become god-like beings to spread the word of god to the pagan alien cultures.

[kohai.livejournal.com]

And no, I'm not confusing that with Scientology. I was married to a Mormon for a short while and he had a lot of stories about his family's faith. The only good thing about him, he was a recovering Mormon that found his spiritual peace in Druidism.

Yes, Druidism.

[wererogue.livejournal.com]

Yeah - they were pretty bummed out when they realised I wasn't going to turn.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

I said, straight out (as I do to all religious folks that get their doorstep on) that I'm a staunch atheist. I'm sure they still consider it a worthwhile investment of time to see if that's so, and as long as it stays friendly and interesting, they're welcome to have a crack, but I suspect there'll be a point where they realise they'd be using their time more efficiently talking to someone else. until then, fun!

[wererogue.livejournal.com]

That's exactly the kind of arrangement we had. Also, at the end of the first session, I fired up the projector and the Wii, and they were amazed - I guess they hadn't seen any new tech for a while, or something. They brought a DVD to one of the sessions, just so we (they) could watch it on the projector.

Have fun, anyway - it's good to discuss religeon/spirituality with people who have different views every so often.

[deathboy.livejournal.com]

aye, I'm basically just finding that what I read does nothing for me (and mostly refreshes my existing state), but we both managed to chuck a few things in the other wasn't expecting, so it's been worthwhile.