tj_dragonblade | (no subject)

...Oh my god. My husband? Is, like...amazing. Has huge reserves of something or other. It's not patience, but it's...something. Some pair of old guys spreading the 'word of god' came to the door. He's been standing there amiably debating his atheism vs. their religion for like, half an hour. Civil, polite, assertive, firm, and bluntly honest. I can tell he's having...fun, giving them a reaction they don't likely expect.

Me, I'd have slammed the door in their faces before they could get past 'sin', 'smitten' and 'judgment day'. But then, having grown up under a christian religion, I tend to have more violent issues with people telling me I'm going to hell because I don't follow their lifestyle choice.

Don't get me wrong, he and I think the same way, but he's able to be far more civil about it. And have more fun fucking with preachy missionarying types. Though he'll have plenty less amiable to say once he's sent them on their way, I'm sure.

Stepping away from the keyboard - I feel a rant coming on.

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I don't quite understand how this door-to-door word of God thing works. But I don't even know how door-to-door salesmen manage to sale any vacuum cleaners. Does someone actually go "Oh, now that you mention it, I should throw away my perfectly good vacuum cleaner now and buy this one from you!" or "Well I don't have any carpets actually, I mop and polish my floors, but hey you've convinced me, I'll get the place wall-to-wall carpeted tomorrow!" or "Yes I am between vacuum cleaners right now! And instead of getting a major brand one from a respectable store down the road where my whole family shopped for generations, I'll get this funky thing from you, random dude!" It's a mystery really. I just tell these people: "No thank you, we're okay for religion." For some reason it visibly confuses them.

XD You make a very good point.