I Got a Gift of a Trojan Horse!

[leora]

Someone came to my door and said he had a DVD to deliver to $my_legal_first_name $my_legal_last_name. This seemed weird, but okay... He explained it was from a rabbi who wanted to share his beliefs with person with Jews and wanted person with my name to see it, and they weren't asking for any money. This seemed a bit creepy, but I said okay, and

Comments

[nella580]

That's actually a really funny story. They thought they'd trick you, I guess, into believing? "She'll never notice it's really about Jesus and once she hears the message she'll be hooked. What can possibly go wrong?"

[leora]

It's kind of like the Chick tracts where the premise of many of the stories is that people don't believe in Jesus because they have never heard of Jesus. This may be true in some parts of the world, but in most of the US, it really isn't

[chaos_by_design]

That's really strange. I've never gotten that particular type of proselytizer. I have to admit though, people trying to sell me Jesus give me hives. I'm very comfortable and at peace with my atheism, thankyouverymuch.

[leora]

I really don't mind it, so long as it's honest. But hypocrisy and dishonesty really, really annoy me. And if you're supposedly advertising a religious system, which thus is supposed to have some sort of ties into a more moral way of living, then I find it particularly obnoxious if you go about doing so through immoral actions. I am somewhat in agreement with this cartoon.

[beth_leonard]

But hypocrisy and dishonesty really, really annoy me.

*nod*

People like that give Christians a bad name, and I am embarrassed and made uncomfortable on their behalf. Just like when parents do something which is totally out of line (the AS commercial comes to mind) I feel ashamed on behalf of all parents who do love their children and I wish the inappropriate cases weren't so public about it.

--Beth

[leora]

They really do. However, they are a very small minority of Christians, and I don't hold it against the honest ones. It's not like an honest Christian can go around saying, hey you, stop being dishonest. And I do support freedom of speech, so they have a right to go around being dishonest. I just would prefer that they not do so. But I think they make Christianity look bad when they act like they are ashamed to admit that they are Christians. I find it odd to understand how people hold the view that they ought to follow Jesus, but then don't want to go around being clear about what it is that they believe, but try to sneak it in. Just be honest about it. Maybe even be proud of your beliefs if you truly believe them. Which is why I generally am fine with honest door-to-door evangelicals. I find them kind of interesting, and most of them are very upfront about what they believe. I just get annoyed with them when they come by when I'm trying to sleep, but that isn't really at all connected to their beliefs.