RE: Testimony (why not share)
October 18, 2012 at 11:14 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2012 at 11:14 pm by Cyberman.)
Had something of a similar thing myself, many moons ago. My nephew Chris was then perhaps about six or seven or so - he's twenty-three now (where does the time go?) - and one of my closest friends (we'll call him Dave) was visiting as he always did, playing video games until well into the wee hours. Anyway, Dave (because that's his name) and his then-girlfriend, now wife, somewhere along the line caught religion. Not in any serious way, more a sort of hobby or a social thing. Either way Dave at least is nowhere near as devout as he was then possibly due to my influence. Well, I caught him telling Chris about Hell and Satan and all his demons, that sort of thing. If I remember correctly, there was some sticker or badge involved as well, which he'd obviously got from his church, probably as some sort of witnessing prop. Bear in mind that Chris was wide-eyed and impressionable as many kids are at that age. Chris took these horror stories more or less in his stride at the time, but I could see his bottom lip was quivering and I asked Dave to please knock it off, which he did.
Later, after Dave had gone, Chris came up to me, his trusted and favourite uncle, and wanted reassurance that they were just silly stories and nothing more, none of it was real and after a while he forgot all about it and we went back to doing normal family stuff. I promised him I'd have a word with Dave and ask him not to do it again, and one short sharp 'chat' later, that's what happened. Incidentally, we're still very great friends and have been for many years; it's just that one of us has some very peculiar ideas.
Later, after Dave had gone, Chris came up to me, his trusted and favourite uncle, and wanted reassurance that they were just silly stories and nothing more, none of it was real and after a while he forgot all about it and we went back to doing normal family stuff. I promised him I'd have a word with Dave and ask him not to do it again, and one short sharp 'chat' later, that's what happened. Incidentally, we're still very great friends and have been for many years; it's just that one of us has some very peculiar ideas.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
