Some door knocking Christians showed up.
I thought about doing the usual "no thanks, not interested" and closing the door, but decided to engage with them.
I asked the preachiest one if he'd actually read the whole bible.
No.
So I suggested, given he is so passionate about this book, to the point of going door-to-door to tell people about it, to read the whole thing. Because I know there are a lot of nice things to read in it, but there are also a lot of awful things in there too.
Like what?
Well, for a start, women not having the right to speak in a position of authority.
You're thinking of the quran. It doesn't say that in the bible.
No, it's definitely in the bible. In fact, I can find the exact passage right now. [I look up the passage on my phone and read it out loud].
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
But what comes after that? You're not reading the full context.
I don't know what comes after that, but as you're holding the whole book, you could look it up? It's 1 Timothy 2:12.
And then I watched as he tentatively started to turn the pages, decided he better not, flipped back to Genesis, and continued on preaching.
Eventually they left, but not before telling me that:
*I'm not open minded enough to see the truth
*That I'm going to hell if I don't repent my sins
*That it doesn't matter that the bible tells people how they can beat their slaves and still not be punished if the slave doesn't die within a day or two because we're all slaves, and I'm even a slave to the government and the pandemic right now
*And that even if I was open minded (I assured them that I am) I'm not chosen by god anyway (but they'll pray for me)
How lovely.
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