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It was 4:30 in the morning, and my dad and I pulled into a gas station. One of those "bag ladies-" you know, frumpy, short, slightly deranged- came up to my window once my dad went inside for some coffee. She tapped and waved at me, holding up several copies of the King James version of the Bible. I shook my head, smiling uncomfortably, and she rapped harder on the pane. Fearing it would break, I rolled down the window.

"Miss," I said, "I'm really not interested, so would you mind stepping away from the car? I feel threatened." She made a face, shaking her head, and stepped away. "Satan's Daughter!" she yelled as I rolled up the window. Dad was just coming out of the convenience store, and he looked confused. The bag lady settled down on the bike rack, giving me the worst evil eye I've ever received. It was creepy and funny at the same time.

My strangest experience.

Someone came to the door once, whilst I was having sex in the living room about five feet away.

This morning, two deaf people came to the door. They couldn't talk but they tried showing me a pamphlet.

The cover of the pamphlet, "Do you live a life without fear?"

I actually fear nothing, which seemed to be enough for them, and they smiled and walked off. I don't even know what they were trying to preach.

The way I figure, if something's dangerous, you don't fear it, you destroy it. Fear achieves nothing.

The weirdest place?
Gaia.

School.
At my Middle School I had this crazy Music teacher and she would go on for minutes on end talking about religion and trying to get people to 'convert.' She drove me nuts. stare
We would listen to music every morning (well, it is music class) but the only music we would listen to would be 'Christian Rap' and 'Christian Rock.'
One of the songs went like this... "You will burn in hell if you don't beeeliiieeeveee!"
She also made us watch Christian Music Videos and she even rigged her radio to only be set to the Christian and Country channels. We had this thing called The Vibe Zone and every week someone got to go there, take a day off, and listen to music.
Here is a quote from her... "Now remember children, only God can hear you in The Vibe Zone. So don't listen to any music with cusswords or he'll be very upset!"

She is the leader of the school's FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and started a bible study before I left. I'm entering High School this year and I thought, "Yay! I can finally get away from that crazy Christian lady! 4laugh "....
To my horror, she just got a new job there. eek

(sorry for the long post sweatdrop )

Luckily when I went to see the Fantastic 4, I didn't see any of those commercials. Though I thought the movie sucked which is twice as bad ((almost)). I liked the comic though. Um..I guess I should save this for the movies thread. sweatdrop

They even PMed you? Replying in your thread I could understand. Well, at least PMs are better than AIM or something..

Does someone trying to convert you on the phone count as home?

I was talking to my friend on the phone. I was upset at the time. My friend was like "seems like there's a lot that you regret. I recommend this book called 'Purpose Driven Life'. It tells you what God intends for you. It should make you feel better". Only then did I realise that my friend has became Christian. Not only that, there wasn't anyone trying to convert her, she suddenly decided to become Christian! (Oh no!!! How sad is that?) I tried to tell her why I don't believe in God, and then she was like "you should, doesn't everyone at your school believe in God?" (This person used to be my classmate until I left the school last December, and she knows that I now go to a school of the Uniting Church)

I mentioned reasons why I don't believe in God, and she said "but it's the truth!" For some reason, at the time I decided to drop the topic, but come to think of it, I should've said "and how do you know it's the truth?"

Jehovah's witnesses came to my door repeatedly, and I really hated that. The ******** preachers enraged me with their "principles" and their mindless repetition of dogma.

My friend tried to convert me. She said a number of things, some of which are more stupid than others. "Christianity is the most popular religion on Earth." That is a logical fallacy - appeal to majority. "If you don't believe in God, you'll go to hell." Well, what makes you think there is a hell in the first place? "God sacrificed his son for us. Jesus died for you so that you will be saved." Saved from what? And Jesus didn't die - according to the bible, Jesus is still up there with God. What sort of sacrifice is that?