The Attack of the Evangelista Part II

ok, first, the disclaimer, i'm not really against christianity or catholicism or any other religion that evangelises i.e. have people coming to you spontaneously and say "let's be friends" or "lets play together at my church" or "have u heard the good news" or some other funny moniker.

yup, it is more the people who do this that i'm more disgusted with. they are very easy to spot, once they open their mouth. things like "church" and "Jesus" and "Christ" will tell u more or less that the guy's an evan. (Unless they scream something like, OH, JESUS CHRIST!!! i almost won the lottery!!)

then until recently, they have resorted to house visits, much like MPs. i think they are not very welcome. they visited my mum once but she said she wasn't free and so they came again. and this time i answered the door. what do two middle-aged woman want from me? i thought as i peered through the keyhole. they don't look like saleswomen.. who don't come on Sundays...

then they asked to see my mother. i asked for what. they were quite reluctant to say..
then i asked them where are they from. "oh we are from the church at and we're coming to discuss the bible with your mother and how people don't believe the bible and how we can make people believe in it (SMILE).

oh gosh, i din't knew mum was a bible freak. maybe not - nah, most unlikely. so i made up some excuse and ok, fine - it was all smiles all the way and i declined them politely, LYING saying that we had no time and we were going out somewhere and blah blah blah some rubbish. damn, i hate lying.

so they said, nvm its ok, we'll be back next time when you are free. @#$%... have to meet them again. i hope they won't be chased by my mother with the broom next time.

yup i think although evangelism may or may not be a part of my friends' lives, some whom are christian/catholic, they do it sparingly - even not at all - to me. which is fine. (well, if they are such fervent preachers, i probably don't contact them much either). they often invite me to their gatherings - christian in nature, especially during christmas. and sometimes, maybe that rare incident among a hundred invitations, i go (though not alone) and find out its a christmas party-cum-a normal session with all the prayings and stuff.. but i don't participate, it's ok. been to two catholic weddings, they're generally fine, as in they don't force u to participate in the singing and stuff if u don't wish to. it's a joyous occasion, anyway.

yup. main point - i am not against christians or catholics. well maybe evangelism. as long as you don't befriend me for the sole function of spreading religion. i am very happy with my religion, although i'm not a firm believer. but i don't want others to meddle in my affairs. imagine if i went up to someone just coming out from church and preach buddhism? or taoism?

hmm maybe next time they come i can put a loudspeaker outside my house and when those two dudes come by again, before i open the door, i'll play the "NAH-MO-AH-MI-TUO-FO" chant, put on saffron robes, open the door, "...right, let us talk about the Sutra of Eternal Bliss now?"