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And now for something completely different... Just had a couple of Jehovahs witnesses at my door.
Told them outright I didn't believe in god. Might as well have said I was from Mars by the reaction I got. It was very funny. They tried to persuade me to read one of their leaflets. I said to this guy that he has as much chance convincing me there is a god as I have of convincing him there isn't one.
Then he got all tongue tied and started coming up with some weird analogy that involved a meat chopper and a dishwasher that I really didn't get at all.
His wife asked me if I ever believed in god. I said no not really - we never discussed religion at home. I asked her if she was brought up Jehovas Witness - she said no - Christian (close enough). I told her she probably believed in god because of the way she was brought up. She didn't know what to say.
They kept saying things like "but look at this breeze, someone created that" I kept saying "no, its just a natural process"
I told them if there was god, what does it matter that I'm atheist?
They said but it does matter because look at all the evil people in the world. I said yes, and most of those people believe in god so what was their point?.
Eventually they gave up and went away. I shut the door and burst into fits of laughter and went and told my husband. He asked me why I even engaged with them. I don't know but it was very entertaining.
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Then he got all tongue tied and started coming up with some weird analogy that involved a meat chopper and a dishwasher that I really didn't get at all.
"Meat chopper?" I hope this doesn't mean that the Witnesses have drifted over the line into some brutal modern form of circumcision.
Then he got all tongue tied and started coming up with some weird analogy that involved a meat chopper and a dishwasher that I really didn't get at all.
Maybe some sort of "airplane parts in a hurricane" analogy that if you find something complex it had to have a maker??
It would seem from your description and others that I have heard, that JWs are not all that well trained and basically just use a scattershot, "throw mud at the side of the barn to see what sticks" approach. Trolling, doubtless, for the unthinking, which are easier for them to hold on to as well as easier to reel in. I have never heard or read JW propaganda that was very thought out or capable of holding its own against any sort of rational argument.
Honestly guys I couldn't begin to tell you what the meat chopper analogy was meant to be. I asked them to repeat it once over and it was all I could do to keep a straight face on the second telling. I think it was something to do with humans having to assemble meat choppers and therefore someone had to have invented humans or something like that. I'm totally lost as to what the dishwasher had to do with it.
Still giggling now.
And now for something completely different... Just had a couple of Jehovahs witnesses at my door.
Told them outright I didn't believe in god. Might as well have said I was from Mars by the reaction I got. It was very funny. They tried to persuade me to read one of their leaflets. I said to this guy that he has as much chance convincing me there is a god as I have of convincing him there isn't one.
Then he got all tongue tied and started coming up with some weird analogy that involved a meat chopper and a dishwasher that I really didn't get at all.
His wife asked me if I ever believed in god. I said no not really - we never discussed religion at home. I asked her if she was brought up Jehovas Witness - she said no - Christian (close enough). I told her she probably believed in god because of the way she was brought up. She didn't know what to say.
They kept saying things like "but look at this breeze, someone created that" I kept saying "no, its just a natural process"
I told them if there was god, what does it matter that I'm atheist?
They said but it does matter because look at all the evil people in the world. I said yes, and most of those people believe in god so what was their point?.
Eventually they gave up and went away. I shut the door and burst into fits of laughter and went and told my husband. He asked me why I even engaged with them. I don't know but it was very entertaining.
I know why... laughter is good for the "soul"!!! lol
Honestly guys I couldn't begin to tell you what the meat chopper analogy was meant to be. I asked them to repeat it once over and it was all I could do to keep a straight face on the second telling. I think it was something to do with humans having to assemble meat choppers and therefore someone had to have invented humans or something like that. I'm totally lost as to what the dishwasher had to do with it.
Still giggling now.
Maybe it's the same type of analogy as the "explosion in a print shop" theory... that there was an astronomically small chance of creating a dictionary?
Thanks! Maybe I didn't miss much. I have it on record now.
I think actually you can view entire old episodes on YouTube as well.
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