How I got snowed by an old lady

So I was in Panera Bread last night, relaxing and enjoying a bagel sandwich (that I brought from a real bagel shop), when a nice old lady approached me and began to sign in ASL. She had seen that I was hard of hearing and wanted to know if I signed too. Since I had normal hearing otherwise I told her no, but that I’d like to learn it some day (particularly with a smoking hot deaf biddy willing to sign very naughty things to me, but I omitted that part.)

We had a nice conversation, and she turned out to be of normal hearing. It was actually her 18 year old daughter who was deaf, and since her daughter had also seen me as I entered the cafe, I guess they must have been curious about me.

So the lady tells me she has a few free DVDs in her car that were educational videos for those who were deaf, but wanted to learn more about the Bible. In addition to using closed captioning, all the characters would sign in ASL too. I thought it was pretty cool, and I was happy to meet someone who was a Christian, and better yet, someone who would truly understand what it’s like to live with a hearing loss.

She went to her car, came back and gave me the DVDs in a brown bag, then asked me if I was interested in getting a few more to pass around to any deaf friends I might have too, she’d be happy to send them to me by mail. We chatted for a bit more, and then she left.

The DVDs were completely innocuous looking, like something you might find at a typical Christian bookstore. Then I happened to look at the very fine print to see who published the materials. “Watchtower Society.” :wideeyed: Jehovah’s Witnesses?!?! Oh no! No, no, no, nononononononono!! :wall:

I had just given a JW my mailing address, and unwittingly invited an army of religious salesmen to my doorstep to give me no end of grief. God only knows what I’m gonna get in the mail now too. All because I had let down my guard just a little bit because of a sense of camaraderie I had with a sweet old lady. Why, why, WHY do I slip up like this? GAH!!

Sigh, I guess I’ll need to wire my doorbell with a few thousand volts of electricity today. Just in case.

Tags: bible, camaraderie, christian, conversation, cult, deaf, educational videos, hearing, hearing loss, jehovah witnesses, panera bread, Watchtower Society
Categories: Christians Gone Wild

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11 Responses to “How I got snowed by an old lady”

TJSharky wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 01:01:pm
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Hehehehe…That’s why they recruit the little old ladies. They lull you into a false sense of security and then, WHAMO!

Despite what their reputation is, Jehovah’s Witnesses will respect your wishes if you are not interested. A part of my GF’s (sorry! ) family are Witnesses. We know a bit about the religion.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 01:07:pm
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A part of my GF’s (sorry! )

Meh, as long as your girlfriend is hot, all is forgiven. I’m awesome that way.

Tom wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 02:59:pm
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here you go linc, though I suspect that if you saw the girl in the picture you would invite her in

http://kev.needham.ca/gallery2.....nocker.jpg

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 05:31:pm
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I am ashamed to say it but yes I would invite her in. *meow*

Don’t think I could stomach using such a doorknocker though. :sick:

Kelly wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 08:26:pm
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Was her 18 year old daughter hot? Maybe you could convert her and make her your Christian love slave? teehee

It’s so funny, those Jehovah’s witnesses that kept coming to my door here in Japan…(Japan – freaking Japan!) They seemed so nice and their religion seemed so innocent until I looked up more about it and found out they don’t allow their members to have blood transfusions even if they will die without one…Not to mention all the other hosts of crazy that come along with it.

From what I know of JW’s, they are all extremely nice people – it’s just a shame their religion is nuts.

TJSharky wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 11:01:pm
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Kelly,

It’s not the transfusions that are not allowed, it’s the other person’s blood. Many practicing JW’s will stockpile their own blood in case they need it.

Call Me Mom wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 11:17:pm
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I view their offered Bible studies as an opportunity to correct their doctrine and to chide them about not voting in a country where God has clearly given us a duty to do so. :angelgrin:
At least I did until I was put on their do not visit list. Their pastor told them not to visit me anymore :run: when I questioned their authority to translate the word “kuyrios” ( I hope I spelled that corectly) as “lord” (meaning nobility or teacher according to them) in one place in the NT and translating the same word as “LORD”(their beloved tetragrammaton) in another place. :sighing:

And I had such fun discussing the Bible with them too. :shaking: Oh well, maybe some Mormons will visit one day and I can discuss Joeseph Smith’s inadequacies as an Egyptologist and their complete lack of archeaological evidence when compared with the Bible with them.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on October 31, 2009 @ 11:35:pm
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@Kelly: I looked but I didn’t touch. Besides, it was kind of hard to ogle someone with Mommy looking right at me. Ah well.

@CMM: You have an interesting way of spending the time. I used to be up to speed on all the major fringe religions ut back then I was under the delusion that people actually had an interest in what I said. Nowadays I spend my time in more constructive ways, such as whining on my blog and eating cupcakes when I’m in a sad mood.

thewordofme wrote a comment on November 1, 2009 @ 12:17:am
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Just tell the next round of JW’s that come to your door to put you on their do not visit list…works for me.

...Ann wrote a comment on November 1, 2009 @ 02:40:pm
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… :rofl: … You know, I read some of the material left with me (I just stick my hand out and ask for the reading material to skip the conversation). I tried to give it the best open minded approach but was forever confused by part of the information… Since your going to be all buddie buddie now :gaga: can you find out how it was possible that the North star was followed if (as their writing states) it was really raining? If you confuse them they might just walk away…
All the best, :innocent:

Caseyc wrote a comment on November 2, 2009 @ 12:03:am
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Well, I like to give them something to think about. If they come, ask them who translated their Bible (most of them don’t know). Since it is different in key places (particularly those having to do with the deity of Jesus), they must have had a first-rate scholarly team work on the translation. After all, why should we believe their Bible over the other ones, which were translated by huge teams of Hebrew and Greek scholars? As it happens, the JW “Bible” was translated by a team of laymen, led by a guy who dropped out of college. Sorry, but I think something as important as the deity of Christ should be settled using materials translated by scholars, not college dropouts.