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[etakyma]

I am not feeling at the peak of health today. I've had a sore throat for a few days, and working from home is great in that I don't really have to "look presentable" to do my work. However, it means that I am home all day. Today, a well dressed man holding a briefcase came up to my door and rang the doorbell.

I did not answer the door because I am not dressed for company, and wasn't expecting anyone. He then knocked, and I ignored him some more. Then he toddled off down the street to the house across the street. He did not even approach my sane neighbors (likely home with the twins). But he left something on my door, that I stealthily retrieved.

He was - wait for it - a Jehovah's Witness, and he left me with an invitation to go to Assembly Hall of JW in a town near mine for Easter - although they are very careful not to call it that... Let me see (and I quote):

"This year, the anniversary of Jesus' death falls on Saturday, March 22, after sundown. Jehovah's Witnesses invite you to remember this event with them and to examine why Jesus' sacrifice was the demonstration of a love beyond compare."

Um. Yeah, not so much. Personally, from the JW's I've met I think they're all a little barmy. Some more so than others.

Kinda glad I'm doing the hermit thing this morning and did not get dragged into a theological discussion about what sorts of insane things he believes (and did you ever notice the JW each have a specific thing they harp on over and over, and it is never the same specific thing two JW in a row? Yeah. I have far too much experience with this specific bunch of religious mixed nuts).

Now, I am not against religion. I think as a whole it has done a whole lot of good for a whole lot of people. But it has also done a whole lot of wrong for a whole lot of people too.

I don't believe in organized religion. Mostly, I don't believe in organized religion *for* *me.* As long as you don't bother me with trying to get me to see religion just your way (the right way, they always think and never say), we'll get along just fine.

*tosses invitation into the recycle bin* Not for me.

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[conjured-1.livejournal.com]

Hee! I love it when the JW's and Mormon's come to my door. I immediately ask them if they've ever thought about being audited and then explain what Scientology is to them. I don't say I am a Scientologist, but I hint at it. LOL! They usually don't come back. Altho many years ago, when I was living in LA, I did become friends with an elderly JW woman named Nettie. She was from Holland and had spent time in various work camps during WWII. Once she understood that I wasn't interested in the JW rhetoric, we spent many afternoons disussing so many things. I totally respected her decision to become JW, it meant she would be released from the camps earlier. She was such a neat lady.