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Religion Salesman
It seems as if I have a homing device to attract the religious of all stripes. I don't know what it is; perhaps it's my air of disrepute that attracts them like moths to a flame.
Recently, they hired a new guy at my place of employment, a squeaky-clean, straight arrow kind of person. I didn't have a problem with him until he started peddling his religion on me. He'd heard that I liked music and had some formal musical training, so he used that as a way to start preaching to me. Starting out innocently enough, he told me that he was the "praise leader" at his church, in charge of providing the music for their services, blah, blah, blah.
After a few moments of this, he got to his point of the entire conversation -- he wanted to know where I went to church. All the fundies do this, as they believe it's their duty to sell their religion to one and all.
Not really caring to discuss my opinion about religion with him, I simply told him that I didn't go, hoping to leave it at that.
No such luck.
He invited me to attend his church, telling me that I could be an asset to their "praise team" with my musical training.
I nearly choked and laughed myself to death all at the same time. Hell, talk about barking up the wrong tree! I'd probably burst into flames if I ever set foot into his smarmy, fundamentalist church.
Still not wanting to discuss religion in a work setting, I merely declined, citing the fact that I'm scheduled to work every Sunday.
Fortunately, at this moment, he had to get back to work, so I was spared being more blunt with him. But I'm guessing that some time soon, I'll have to tell him to fuck off in no uncertain terms.
Maybe you should pre-empt him by pushing your views on him. "Hey,
I noticed that you're a guy and figured based on that that you probably
like sex, am I right? Are you in a monogamous relationship now? Well, let
me tell you what being a libertine has to offer..." And then bring it up
every time you see him, preferably with crude gestures added for effect.
Thanks for the laugh, John. He's also gone on, ad nauseum, about his wife
and family, and how they're all involved in their church, too. Perhaps I
should relate to him the details of some of my one night stands when he
starts the church crap on me again.
I say go with John's idea, then ask to see a picture of his wife ;-)
My son thinks he may have won a convert. He was studying alone at school
when a couple of proselytizers approached him. One struck him as quite
possibly a closeted gay, and when my son said that at his church gays were
accepted %100 just as they were, their relationships fully acknowledged,
this would-be proselytizer perked up and got very interested. One more
recovering fundamentalist for a UU church somewhere.
If I only had this handy how to manual at my job a couple weeks ago.
