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[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Why is it that the Jehovah Witness people always come round when you are busy?

Paul

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Because they've called to help you!

The question is……..How do they know that?

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

Normally I don't mind, in fact I have had some of my best philosophical arguments on the doorstep with these people when they refuse to go away.

But I am under the weather today with my heart disease and tanked up with Tramadol and just not in the mood to be preached at and now I am ashamed to say that when he wouldn't take my polite refusal I ripped his religious standpoint to pieces so much so that the poor man was nearly in tears.

Now I feel guilty (hows that for cosmic irony)

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Paul

We hope you are feeling a bit better tomorrow.

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hello Bob

I will be ok its just par for the course as far as my condition goes, but I do feel guilty about that poor chap as I let him have both barrels.

I know that with knocking on peoples doors they must expect a certain level of animosity but he really looked shocked and upset when his friend led him away, I hope that I haven't disillusioned him to much.

Paul

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Paul

If anyone refuses to respond to a polite request to go away – especially if you've explained that you are unwell – then there's no reason to feel bad about putting him in his place. I'm sure his faith will be restored by whatever he calls God very quickly.
The next problem might be that, like the old "Navigators" at University, he'll divine that your lack of faith (i.e. his faith) places you in peril of eternal damnation and the b*gger will come back to try and save your soul with his shoddy saleman's pitch.
Unlike you I can't be doing with door-to-door religion or philosophical argument. I frequently pretend I'm either Jewish or gay when I answer to door to these types – it seems that they don't regard either as fitting the membership criteria for their church. I also rolled a spliff in front of two of them – they didn't hang around waiting for me to light up! (This was 40+ years ago, officer, and I swear I hid the rest of the gear and I've since forgotten where it was.)

Dave M – the happy hippy heathen.

Edited By Dave Milbourn on 14/10/2012 16:31:25

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Religion and Politics are the subjects most likely to cause a flamefest on Internet Forums so I'm afraid I will have to lock this topic.

Colin

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