Thursday, July 3, 2008

Street Smarts: NOT My Forte

So I drove from Ames up to Duluth, MN yesterday, it was about a 5 hour drive, which I made alone. Somewhere north of Minneapolis, I stopped to get gas, during which I was greeted by a complete stranger who walked up to me and held the following conversation:

Him: "Do you feel blessed?"
Me: "Excuse me?"
Him: "Do you feel blessed? Are you a christian that has accepted Jesus into your life?"
Me: "...not particularly..."
Him: "Hm...do you read the bible?"
Me: "Occasionally..."
Him: "Do you feel yourself prepared for the end, which will be coming soon? Are your actions that of a good person?"
Me: "...I do my best, I think people should try to be good."
Him: "Do you go to church?"
Me: "...not really..."
Him: "You should stop by my church sometime."
Me: "Actually I'm from out of town, I live quite a ways away."
Him: "You should find a seven day adventist church near you, then, and go."
Me: "...I'll look into it."
Him: "May you know peace" (makes open-armed hugging gesture)
Me: (...hugs back?!)
Him: "Have a good day."
Me: "You too."
(he walks away)

It's a miracle I've survived this long. The strange thing was, aside from the strong christian thing, he just seemed like this really nice, polite, kind man that was just trying to do what he believed was the right, good thing to do - save people. I suppose that could have been the trap though, eh? Fortunately it was the middle of the afternoon and there were some people around. Lord knows *I* didn't act in any kind of pro-self-preservational way. =\

1 Comments:

Blogger John said...

Do you believe in our lord and savior, jebus christ? Renind me to show you Zeitgeist when I get back to Ames.

July 12, 2008 9:11 PM  

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