Over zealous bible thumper...

[Aethian]

You all know the type, the one who preaches out of their bible and knows that they possibly can't be wrong. Well this got reported to me by my Mom as I seemed to be too young to remember it. I faintly do but this is what she recalled to me.

We went to Broners and were looking at the various items before heading over towards where they had all of the different manger setups...setup. Anyhoo there was a quiet woman who was currently being preached to and Mom said she must have been a saint in disguise because of how she was taking this other woman's wraith.

After a close to ten minuets with Mom wanting to jump in two very nicely dressed nuns walk in and bow their heads and wait for the BT to stop and catch her breath. Finally one of them speaks up, "Excuse us Mother Superior but the girls are ready to leave and are all on board the bus." The kind woman who had taken the verbal beat down nodded her head, thanked the woman for her views and then walked past Mom and I.

Mom very hastily dragged me behind the three nuns before the BT could start up again on us. I've never seen her laugh so hard to the fish gaping the BT was doing.

[Trayol]

That's hilarious. Way to show up an idiot by not even saying a word.

[Kogarashi]

Now I'm curious as to what Mother Superior was being preached to about.

[Lil Bunny]

Oh my gosh I just finally read that right! Blessed are those that can take an SC beating without pulling rank. For them, unlimited returns are theirs!

After going through a Catholic college, this doesn't surprise me really. The Sisters were amazingly cool but they didn't "pull rank" on anyone. I think they knew that the element of surprise was enough for them. Oh but when they defended someone, man were they amazing!!

Just my experiance okies?

[edible_hat]

I've had Jehovas' Witnesses visit me at work one morning towards the end of the drag shift. One of them actually said "We're out targeting people like you who will be sleeping when we knock on the door of your house."

Their magazines (that I accepted on the basis that that's three more magazine they have to pay for and they get nothing in return) made good substitute oven mitts.

[InsanityInc]

One of my friends used to like to invite the Jehovah's Witnesses in and then debate them and ask them alllllllll kinds of questions. Like "If you love the light of God so much, why don't your churchs have windows?" Some odd reason they started to skip his house.

[Tee]

Had a guy go through my managers register, and say "...women can't hold leadership positions, it's in the bible, they can't lead."

My manager was just taking it, and ignoring it (She gets worse from our DM).

Me however, I don't like bullies, or people who say things they don't know much about, and I really don't like people who make Christianity look bad by their behavior.

So, I respond, asking if he knew who Deborah was as he's leaving.

He, taken aback that a cashier from another line had talked to him, just looks at me.

"Yeah, she was one of the judges from the Old Testament like Samuel and Samson, she led Israel under Gods guidance, and also helped lead Israel's army into battle."

Thankfully, he left, and my manager told me to not be an idiot, and never do that again.

[LabCat]

Y'all, there is already a JW-bashing thread in fratching.

[marasbaras]

When airports used to be a little more open, I'd tell the various Christian groups there that I worshipped Satan. Worked GREAT.

The Hare Krishna (remember them anyone?) were too busy handing out free baked goods and singing to venture out and really bother anyone who didn't want to be bothered. Blessed were they.

[Boochan]

I've answered the door to Jehovah's in just my underpants before, because they woke me up with rampant doorbell ringing. Been woken up by a doorbell isn't my style, and we haven't seen them again since.

One thing I've noticed is that their pamphlets and booklets and other shit seem to be printed on the CHEAPEST glossy paper I have ever felt. I've never felt anything so cheap, and it tears extremely easily. Regardless, one night my father was just sitting in his car waiting for someone at the mall, and one of these people knocks at his window hurriedly, and starts sprouting crap. The guy insults him, and throws him a book after giving him shit for been a non-believer (realistically, my dad said he wasn't interested). Hypocritical.

Regardless, I'm thankful this country is as secular as it is. I've never witnessed any religious nut in my store, or if they've been in they haven't sprouted any crap. On the flip side, I've sold stuff to nuns before, and they've been nice and friendly.

[PuckishOne]

Obligatory warning: This thread was borderline Fratchable to begin with, so please stick with discussing the OP or else join one of the many religious-flavored debate threads at Fratching. Thanks.

[donruss]

The 11th Commandment:

"Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."

[Estil]

Had a guy go through my managers register, and say "...women can't hold leadership positions, it's in the bible, they can't lead."

Apparently he never heard of St. Joan of Arc either. :P I know she was way after the Bible but that's beside the point.

[edible_hat]

On the flip side, I've sold stuff to nuns before, and they've been nice and friendly.

Two of my semi-regular customers are a nun and a priest (they don't come in together and their uniforms aren't even the same colours so I assume they're from different denominations). They're the only customers who really mean it when they say "Bless you" at the end of the transaction. Also there's the church lady who used to buy half a dozen loaves of bread a day. When the manager eventually found out what she was doing with all that bread (feeding homeless people), he started giving her yesterday's bread for free.

[marasbaras]

I've noticed that the nuns around here (Leyte, Philippines) are a pretty placid bunch. Perhaps it's a universal thing about Catholic nuns.

Just the notion of a Mother Superior standing there and listening to this women blather on ... oh, I wish I could have filmed that.

They're nothing like the knuckle-killing ruler-wielders that I heard about in horror stories from childhood friends who went to private Catholic schools in the States.