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December 15, 2004
Jehova's Witnesses
So I was sitting in the apartment watching TV - Starship Troopers II to be exact. Noticeably more low-budget than the first and not in a good way, however it did contain elements of the book that weren't explored in the first. In my opinion, it had the potential to be a great set of movies but was lost after people couldn't take the first one seriously... which is sort of ironic, cause it was meant to be cheesy. Again, I digress....
Oh yeah, the door. It was one of those knocks that I'll normally avoid. The type where it's 10am and you know it's just someone at the door trying to harass you. Either a person from Bell wanting you to switch your internet or some guy trying to guarantee you low gas prices (on a side note, a buddy is doing this and making tons of cash).
For some reason I went against my better intuition and opened the door... I don't know why, it's Christmas time and I thought it might be something surprising... like a free massage from a supermodel... or Girls Gone Wild does apartment #5, (hey I can dream). But of course, as you've already guessed from the title, it was Jehova's Witnesses.
Now I have no problem with different religions. I, myself share Christian beliefs (most of them) and plan to look into other faiths and come up with something I can live with or to. It's just something about people who are trying to force their beliefs or information upon me that is really annoying. It's like Bell coming to my door...if I wanted to switch from Rogers because they had a better deal, I would have learned about it myself and a door-to-door annoyance wouldn't be necessary.
But back to the Witnesses. I'm always polite with anyone at the door which is probably why they come and hang around so long. He was quoting bible references concerning the Saviour and such and how most people only associate Christmas with the baby Jesus and not how he was born to be our Saviour. He then followed this up with another quote about the tumult among nations and how that was what is going on right now. I forgot what he said next exactly but it was something about how this could be helped because of our Saviour...which I found a little self-absorbed. Here this man has just made this analogy when most of the conflict in the world today is between the ultra-conservative mid-western christian Americans and essentially everyone else.
I had a few minutes to comtemplate this while he continued to ramble on. Even if Jesus could return and save all the christian believers.. and forgive their sins (he'd be busy) - there's still half the world who'd look up for a second, be like "WTF", and then go back to plotting the destruction of the US for stealing their oil or trying to stage a coup in their government or something else.
And then, I realized that I really didn't want to be thinking about all of that shit cause it's the holidays. It's a time to be thankful for what you have - family, friends, etc. It's time to pass that along to those who aren't as lucky.
In this lengthy (hadn't planned it to be long) discussion of annoying door knocks and my faith, I've come to the conclusion that wherever it takes you or me, start with understanding and the Golden Rule and things will work out..... and don't knock on my door, please.
Posted by Dr.Unk at December 15, 2004 10:19 AM
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