
Originally Posted by
fabiodriven
Serious question- Who in your opinion is more crazy? A flagrant, badgering bible thumper who won't let it go, or someone who smokes marijuana? If you were forced to travel in a car cross country together, who would you rather have with you? Feel free to share stories in either direction.
Personally, I find holy rollers to be quite disturbing. Go to church? Good! Pray every day? Great! Planning a trip to the Vatican to visit the pope? Fantastic! The problem arises when that is the only thing these people will talk about. They get focused and obsess to the point they won't talk about anything else, cue the pushiness at that point. Now it's their mission to make you see their view and join their church. Tell them no and they just keep going. At times it gets just plain scary.
I had a customer who used to come in to the inspection station I was running, this guy was holier than Mickey's side of any argument. With the church and Jesus all the time, every word of every conversation. He owned a car repair business and brought his customer's cars by regularly, I had many mechanics and garages that did this. One time he brought by this guy and introduced him as "Brother so-and-so". Everyone was "brother". After he introduced us, he proceeded to ask me in front of our "brother" if I'm giving his customer "his price". There was no special pricing with him, he just paid what it was. I looked over and he winked behind the guy's back. So he wanted me to play along and give his customer his "special price". I played along and kept my mouth shut, but I was appalled that this bible-crammer would act so righteous all the time. He badgered the shite out of me trying to convert me, he'd even come by the shop when he didn't have a car to be inspected, but then he deceived his brother not only right in front of me, but he involved me. I had hundreds of mechanics come in that shop regularly, but the holy roller was the one to pull such a scum move and involve me.
My neighbor is fantastic. Great guy, in his 70's, hard core old school hot rodder from way back. He's got some toys. I smoke pot with both he and his daughter as a matter of fact. Every now and then he'll tie one on and get a bit tipsy with the booze. That's when the Jesus stuff begins. He starts dancing around and waving his hands in the air, it's quite funny really. Once he starts pressuring you to join though, that's when it goes a bit far. Myself and the other neighbor have had to shut him right up before. Unfortunately, this same sinner starts getting some unholy thoughts as well after enough of the beverages have been flowing. If there are any ladies around you might want to keep your eyes on him. Dudes as well. But he's holy so he's forgiven. I don't need god to forgive him or tell me to, I already forgive and forget. He's a great guy anyways. That's what the sauce will do to some people though.
I'm a live and let live kind of guy. You live your life and I'll live mine. If we jive then let's hang out and build something, if not it was nice to meet you! I don't walk up to people's doors and try to tell them what they should and shouldn't believe, I don't badger those people I like into thinking what I think in every single conversation I have with them, I don't blow other people up in the name of god, I don't judge other's beliefs, I don't people from ancient times telling me how to live my life in a modern world, and I don't destroy other people's threads where a serious discussion is trying to be held just because I don't agree with the promotion of the substance being discussed. I don't like spite and have eliminated it from my life. I have reasons not to agree with religion and I'm entitled to my beliefs just as any religious person is entitled to theirs.
I could sit here and type all night about my thoughts on religion but I would never tell anyone that they should or shouldn't be a religious person. If I really wanted to prevent anyone from becoming religious, I'd just show them this thread. Mickey's words truly do speak volumes in this particular instance.