Comments | aranelcharis: Weirdest experience ever

aranelcharis

Weirdest experience ever

Nov 16, 2008 14:16

I get back from church today and 2 ladies knock on my door, and then invite themselves in. Sadly my house was not clean...yeah, so they just stood on the landing and evangelized to me. I tried to tell them in broken Japanese that I already went to church, and it came out that they were offering a 2 for 1 on gods I think, since they were saying ( Read more... )

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the_marquis November 16 2008, 10:25:51 UTC

Sounds like the Japanese equivalent of the Jehova's Witnesses or Mormons maybe?

Says he with no idea what creed you belong to (hopefully none of the above).

aranelcharis November 16 2008, 10:33:41 UTC

For some reason I don't think they were, because of the whole "Jesus is good but ________ (god I didn't know) is also compatible with Him too!" bits they were going on about.

(I'm Christian, btw)

the_marquis November 16 2008, 17:28:04 UTC

(I'm Christian, btw)

Ah yes but so are, notionally, the M & JH. This is a house with many rooms: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Free Church, Unitarian, Non-Conformist, Amish, Shaker, etc, etc). I'm a Hatch-Match-Despatch Anglican.

platysseus November 16 2008, 10:31:13 UTC

Eh? *blinks*

2 for 1? lol.

Though, technically, we get 3 for 1. ;) Best deal around. :D

aranelcharis November 16 2008, 10:35:05 UTC

Exactly. I was speechless myself because they weren't trying to convert me, they were trying to add a god in addition to Jesus in there somewhere...

wellinghall November 16 2008, 11:07:21 UTC

That does sound bizarre!

adaese was once stopped by Jehovah's Witnesses when she was coming out of the house, and asked, "Do you believe in God?" The house she was coming out of was called "The Rectory", she had hymnbooks in one hand, and choir robes over the other arm ...

aranelcharis November 16 2008, 11:43:13 UTC

Wow, that beats my story! I'll have to remember it for future use. :)

colinbj November 16 2008, 12:51:52 UTC

I think they might have been Bahaii - one god, many aspects:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahaii

Claimed to be the world's second fastest growing religion.

aranelcharis November 16 2008, 12:59:43 UTC

Could possibly be. Now I'm curious and must have the flier they gave me translated.

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aranelcharis November 16 2008, 13:52:38 UTC

Here's a pic of it. Hopefully you can see it ok....
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/aranelcharis/pictureofflier.jpg

Maybe I can just say I'm a baka gaijin who only wants 1 religion next time...

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Re: ZOMG MY SINS!! aranelcharis November 17 2008, 01:17:02 UTC

Oh noes my sin! Too bad mine is already taken care of...

Sadly I missed the name...it was a weird one I`ve never heard of.

*memorizes your baka gaijin sentence for future use*