Flatnoses
Smart young men in polyester suits, sometimes with a meek, headscarfed wife and sunday-buffed child in tow. They turn up on your door and try to engage you in a conversation about God.

They are masters of winging it; they can turn almost any conversation into one about God. Whatever you say, they can handbrake-turn the flow to their desired direction.

Almost. I did once manage to stump them: I told them I didn't believe in the universe. Left them with very little to work with...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 16:23, 6 replies)

i make sure to only poke my head around the door
so i can tell them i'm not dressed and they go away.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 16:42, closed)

I don't know why so many people struggle with this.
- Open door.

- person says 'sorry to dist . . '

- close door.

Questions?
(username failed moderation, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 17:22, closed)

That's why they're called Flatnoses

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 17:23, closed)

Oh, I love these guys
They left me with a leaflet titled "Why you can trust the Bible" with sub-headings such as "There are no contradictions in the Bible".

When they came back, I had nine sides of notes, which I was very keen to go through with them in very fine detail.

I think eventually they blacklisted my house.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 17:26, closed)

I've posted about him before...
... but a friend of mine shared a flat with someone whose father was a lay minister, and as a result had a rathe church-y upbringing. He knew his Bible inside and out, and half a dozen translations at that.

So when they'd come knocking, he'd just sit there quietly and let them say their piece, then slowly take a pull on his tin of beer and polish his glasses on his Slayer t-shirt rather theatrically, and then systematically demolish every single thing they said.
(gordonjcp, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 17:49, closed)

What, with biblical truths?

( 4Q just lurking, Wed 3 Apr 2013, 22:29, closed)