Rachel,
Quoteperfect example of one that needs to butt out, putting religeon and work together is never good unless you work in a church, and even then its iffy.
I mentioned to my gender clinic psychiatrist the wonderful work that the hospital chaplain did on me when I was flat on my back following the 3rd stroke and fearing the worst of outcomes. Totally paralysed below my neck, I could still manage to speak ( an odd situation because the 1st stoke wrecked my speech skills and voice tone ) and managed to relate how I had always felt I should be born a girl and that now ( the situation at that time ) it was too late to do anything about it. He looked at me with great intensity for a moment and sqweezed my hand and said that I should try to have a good sleep and that all will be good when I awake.
Well now, as expected, nothing felt any different when I awoke and I was feeling bitter and frustrated and puzzled by his words. It was then that the JW ex co-worker/manager came to visit me and he started his speech about the evils and wrongdoings that I was being punished for by God/Jehova and I swear that my already high blood pressure went into hyper status and that steam could be seen eminating from my orifaces.
Anyway, soon after discharge from hospital, that chaplain came to see me at home just to check up on me and my 'spiritual' state of mind and at no time either in hospital or at home did he ever try to 'peddle' religion. He never EVER once asked me if I was a Christian or if I had any faith at all. He simoply offered me support and a measure of understanding of how I felt about myself as a person. To condense my story since that time, I had that moment, the Eureka moment of clarity and that I needed to get off my butt and do something.
It is said that God works in mysterious ways.....
Quote from: Aiden on August 28, 2008, 10:02:33 PM
Yeh I remember where used to live, they often came by, I usually was annoyed but tried to be nice. Like say, yeh ok, uh huh, take the pamplet, and when they were gone throw it in the trash. That was usualy when it was a nice old lady doing it. But got this rude guy and opened door, he started his speach and I basically said not thanks, not interested and shut the door on him.
After moved here, didn;t have to much problems, then again I lived across from a catholic church for a while and the place at now they can't enter the appartment building without the staff upstairs allowing them to. Did get stuff with living with one for a few months though. That didn;t go well.
There seems to be a situation developing here where I live in that there may be a turf war in progress between the JW's and the Mormons. Every Friday they troop around my locality knocking on doors, approaching people on the street and generally making themselves obvious at pinch points at the shopping mall and guess what? I am gettting mighty tired of dodging these people and I have to ask this question of them all, WHY DO YOU NEED TO CONVERT EVERYONE IF THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD? If it were true then it hardly matters does it?
