Wombat
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I met one today.
One of those people who in (almost) every respect is sane and normal.
He has a profession/career (Opera singer), makes a good living, has a nice partner, dresses well, doesnt smell, seemingly articulate/well versed if not well educated, smokes but does not drink/take drugs, has no psychiatric history............no excuse for it really....but he was an absolute religious nutter.
A fervent faith frootloop.
A Bible Bashing Buffoon.
Interrupting a (important/work related) conversation between myself his partner and three others he took the first obscure opportunity to raise the issue of his faith and proceeded to pursue it with dogmatic determination in the face of the clear disinterest of all present. It was obsessive, compulsive, rude and disturbing behaviour.
It was quite apparent that he occupied a separate reality that had only minimal and passing connection with the reality/circumstances around him...and no apparent interest in anything other than what >he< had to say re God/faith/the Bible.(Is there such a thing/condition as Biblical Narcissism?...the inability to interact with others other than through a self absorbed-self obsessed and singular focus on the Bible?)
This separate reality seemed to switch on and off...he was quite capable of ordering coffee and a meal without mentioning Jesus and even said something in passing pertinent to purchasing real estate without mentioning God...then, when others were discussing something else, he would latch onto some obscure irrelevant link and clumsily force a conversational segue back to his faith.
When he rose and briefly left us I thought there might be some respite...alas...he had only gone next door to the bookshop to purchase a Good News Bible for his partner to present to a (shared) client- a troubled teenage girl. Oh! said the partner with delight Its not drab and black, its Aqua! Her favourite colour!
I resisted the temptation of suggesting that a girl that stays out drinking and smoking dope all night is probably not going to see an Aqua Bible as a fashion accessory...but did point out to the partner (the girls Caseworker) that it is a breach of The Welfare Act and >illegal< to attempt to influence a client in your professional care in relation to their religion (lack thereof), politics or sexuality.
The partner/Caseworker was dismayed at news of this restriction on her civil liberty to proselytize and nutjob Bibleboy declared No one can stop the work of the Lord.
I advised that I had another meeting to attend and a co-worker smiled knowingly and said I bet you do.:run:
To the non theist/atheists I wish to say- Yes, they are out there in every sense...I have met some...I met one today...they are very unpleasant and potentially dangerous...though they have nothing to do with me/theists in general and I/we are not responsible for them....................I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge and apologise for their existence.
One of those people who in (almost) every respect is sane and normal.
He has a profession/career (Opera singer), makes a good living, has a nice partner, dresses well, doesnt smell, seemingly articulate/well versed if not well educated, smokes but does not drink/take drugs, has no psychiatric history............no excuse for it really....but he was an absolute religious nutter.
A fervent faith frootloop.
A Bible Bashing Buffoon.
Interrupting a (important/work related) conversation between myself his partner and three others he took the first obscure opportunity to raise the issue of his faith and proceeded to pursue it with dogmatic determination in the face of the clear disinterest of all present. It was obsessive, compulsive, rude and disturbing behaviour.
It was quite apparent that he occupied a separate reality that had only minimal and passing connection with the reality/circumstances around him...and no apparent interest in anything other than what >he< had to say re God/faith/the Bible.(Is there such a thing/condition as Biblical Narcissism?...the inability to interact with others other than through a self absorbed-self obsessed and singular focus on the Bible?)
This separate reality seemed to switch on and off...he was quite capable of ordering coffee and a meal without mentioning Jesus and even said something in passing pertinent to purchasing real estate without mentioning God...then, when others were discussing something else, he would latch onto some obscure irrelevant link and clumsily force a conversational segue back to his faith.
When he rose and briefly left us I thought there might be some respite...alas...he had only gone next door to the bookshop to purchase a Good News Bible for his partner to present to a (shared) client- a troubled teenage girl. Oh! said the partner with delight Its not drab and black, its Aqua! Her favourite colour!
I resisted the temptation of suggesting that a girl that stays out drinking and smoking dope all night is probably not going to see an Aqua Bible as a fashion accessory...but did point out to the partner (the girls Caseworker) that it is a breach of The Welfare Act and >illegal< to attempt to influence a client in your professional care in relation to their religion (lack thereof), politics or sexuality.
The partner/Caseworker was dismayed at news of this restriction on her civil liberty to proselytize and nutjob Bibleboy declared No one can stop the work of the Lord.
I advised that I had another meeting to attend and a co-worker smiled knowingly and said I bet you do.:run:
To the non theist/atheists I wish to say- Yes, they are out there in every sense...I have met some...I met one today...they are very unpleasant and potentially dangerous...though they have nothing to do with me/theists in general and I/we are not responsible for them....................I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge and apologise for their existence.