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Started by Josquius, May 02, 2013, 02:05:04 AM

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Ed Anger

I torment door knockers, jesus freaks, ADT salesmen and my new pet peeve, the energy company people.
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I would always get my Dad when the Witnesses knocked on Saturday mornings, since he was always nice enough to listen to them.  Drove Mom batshit. 
I liked the copies of the Watchtower, because they always had really cool illustrations of armageddon on the cover.

Josquius

Quote from: Malthus on May 03, 2013, 01:38:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 03, 2013, 01:32:54 PM
What about this situation, Malthus?  A childhood friend of Princesca's went to Mali, but instead of being a giant hippy with the Peace Corps she instead went as a Southern Baptist missionary, ostensibly to help 'teach' the children of whatever shithole town she went to.  I guess she wasn't aware that the people of Mali already have a religion they are pretty well committed to? :hmm:

Hey, I come from the Jewish tradition. In our tradition, being a missionary of any sort is just rude.

The Jewish attitude is: everyone should stick with their own absurd ancestral beliefs. Hey, ours are totally silly, and you don't see us trying to convince anyone else to believe this stuff, right?  :D

OTOH, if she's just there to help out because it's the good religious thing to do or whatever, and not to try and convince the people of Mali to be Baptists, not a big deal.
Quote from: Malthus on May 03, 2013, 01:38:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 03, 2013, 01:32:54 PM
What about this situation, Malthus?  A childhood friend of Princesca's went to Mali, but instead of being a giant hippy with the Peace Corps she instead went as a Southern Baptist missionary, ostensibly to help 'teach' the children of whatever shithole town she went to.  I guess she wasn't aware that the people of Mali already have a religion they are pretty well committed to? :hmm:

Hey, I come from the Jewish tradition. In our tradition, being a missionary of any sort is just rude.

The Jewish attitude is: everyone should stick with their own absurd ancestral beliefs. Hey, ours are totally silly, and you don't see us trying to convince anyone else to believe this stuff, right?  :D

OTOH, if she's just there to help out because it's the good religious thing to do or whatever, and not to try and convince the people of Mali to be Baptists, not a big deal.

thats my attitude too. yet so many people of germanic stock insist on this jewish god stuff. pah.

missionaries are scum. its a bit of a different topic to this but they just annoy me so much. theyre pretty common in japan. all the worse because they think theyre in the right with their immoral deeds
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Quote from: Ed Anger on May 03, 2013, 05:00:04 PM
I torment door knockers, jesus freaks, ADT salesmen and my new pet peeve, the energy company people.

Post a sign.
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Quote from: 11B4V on May 04, 2013, 04:19:38 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 03, 2013, 05:00:04 PM
I torment door knockers, jesus freaks, ADT salesmen and my new pet peeve, the energy company people.

Post a sign.

Doesn't work. Plus they are argumentative now. Some black bitch from DP&L energy had the balls to refuse to leave my property when told to STFU and git.

Now the gate stays shut. FESTUNG ED.
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