Beside listening to Keane, I was a little surprised to find people here in LA are more religious & waving their bible than people in Kansas or even Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa or even Missouri. It's not unusual to see someone handing out church pamphlets at the bus stop, in front of a coffee shop, or someone signing some church song out loud in the bus. On one occasion I was reading Victor J. Stenger's "God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows that God Does Not Exists" at a park. When out of nowhere this older lady came up to me. She saw the big bold word God printed on the cover & exclaimed that I'm reading a book about God.
"Yeah, it's actually a different kind of book. It examines the existence of God." I told her as I tried to continue my reading.
"Oh, you don't believe in God? You know when you die, you will burn in hell forever unless you accept Jesus as your savior. " As she puts her hand on mine sitting next to me.
At this point I look at her angrily & tell her, I'm not interested. She doesn't care about that, she shuts her eyes as she starts telling me her memorized lines about accepting Jesus. By now, I began to get really upset. I move my hand from her grip. She stops & opens her eyes to see what's going on.
"Listen, I'm not interested at all. I don't care either. I just want to go back to my reading if you would excuse me now."
She gets up to leave. Before leaving she tries to hand me a pamphlet. I just ignore her going back to my reading.
1 comment:
Was the book good? It's pretty great that all the woman saw was God, and it was enough for her to feel comfortable telling you how awesome he is!
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