I’m not sure which particular church they were from, but last December, two twenty-something men drove up to our house. This almost never happens, because we are in a rural area with a long driveway.
Dude #1 had a demeanor and accent of a low-budget mafia movie stereotype, with a shiny, too-small suit. Dude #2 didn’t get out of the car.
I went outside to see what they wanted. Dude #1 said “I’m here to invite you to Jesus-es birthday party”.
No thanks, was my reply, and I turned around and went inside. They left. It was weird, and I would have forgotten all about it except…
The next day, I was at a friend’s house in a nearby medium-size city, and two other dudes with a similar demeanor knocked on the door and said the exact same thing. “I’m here to invite you to Jesus-es birthday party.” It was even more weird.
Honestly, I’d rather talk to the Mormon boys or the old Jehovah’s Witness ladies. I’m not interested, but at least they’re not bizarre. And if some atheists stopped by, I probably wouldn’t go to their event (because I have hermit tendencies) but it would be nice to know there is a community of them in our little buckle of the bible belt. Something ought to balance out all the mega-churches and the non-mega-churches.
