An failed attempt at conversion
Sep. 11th, 2010 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylI had a slightly awkward conversation with a couple of proselytising Jehovah's Witnesses this morning. They very politely handed me a pamphlet and asked me whether I had views on the handful of leading questions it posed — does God really care about us; what happens to us when we die; etc. I said that I was quite satisfied with my current set of answers and they headed off to evangelise elsewhere.
I always find it slightly embarrassing dealing with people who are extremely religious because I'm completely uninterested in what they're selling and I think the whole business is absurd. But equally I don't really want to come out and say that to their face, because it's horribly crass, especially if they've been polite, and likely to get me hooked up in a futile argument — futile in the sense that anyone with serious faith is unlikely to be swayed by logic because, well, the very point of faith is that it involves believing in something in the face of logic, reason, evidence, etc...
I always find it slightly embarrassing dealing with people who are extremely religious because I'm completely uninterested in what they're selling and I think the whole business is absurd. But equally I don't really want to come out and say that to their face, because it's horribly crass, especially if they've been polite, and likely to get me hooked up in a futile argument — futile in the sense that anyone with serious faith is unlikely to be swayed by logic because, well, the very point of faith is that it involves believing in something in the face of logic, reason, evidence, etc...
