Well true
but one of my best friends ia a man who is a born again christian and you couldn't wish to meet a more genuinely lovely guy (apart from his timekeeping which sucks).
They aren't all bad by a lomg chalk
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 15:54, 2 replies)

oh i know that
but watching the look of smug, self-righteous satisfaction on the face of one particular true believer as she watched her neighbour getting taken to hospital following a heart attack, coupled by her then saying "that's god judging him for not believing" is hardly going to make me want to seek out the nice ones
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 16:00, closed)

I know
Should have said to her "judge not lest ye be judged"
before headbutting the evil witch
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 16:26, closed)

i've actually tried that line before
the response i got was along the lines of god was judging these people, so obviously it was fine to say that they deserved what they got.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 16:33, closed)

yeah that's because they were idiots
I mean I know they all are and that, but that's the opposite of Jesus' teaching as well as the book of Job. I could easily give you scripture and verse for that! t'would be quite amusing if someone's regularly in that position...
(teasus likes tea, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 17:18, closed)

i tend to leave them to it these days
as banging my head against a brick wall is painful.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 17:23, closed)

yeah me too to be honest
and most of them know to leave me alone too. Or fairly quickly get the idea! Knowing the bible has it's advantages. A few years ago (whilst still at least vaguely evangelical) I was accosted in the street by Jehovah's Witnesses. They ended up backing away then running down the street. And I didn't show them my knob or anything!
(teasus likes tea, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 18:07, closed)

We used to live right on the catchment area for two Kingdoms Halls
So having them turn up at the door spouting their ridiculous dogma became a depressingly regular event. It was ussually early on a Sunday so everyone was nursing a hangover and it was generally only me that bothered his arse to answer the door. I tried all the usual lines ranging from the polite "i'm not interested" to the absurd "I'm jewish" (while munching on a big bacon hangoever cure sandwich) and still they came back.
They only finally got the message when i answered the door barely coherent in my dressing gown, having just woken up and holding a barking staffordshire bull terror by the collar. Whereupon they said "ermm it doesn't matter" and beat a hasty retreat.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 10:12, closed)

I met some of the nicest people in church
and some of the nastiest fuckers I've ever come across.
(teasus likes tea, Wed 16 Oct 2013, 17:19, closed)