I haven't had any visits from the JW's in my area since the pandemic began. It appears as though they've now replaced door-to-door visits with telephone solicitation. A young woman called a couple of days ago, asking if I would be willing to have a conversation about Jesus. I chuckled and told her that I'm an atheist. This didn't deter her and she began asking me to respond to Bible passages. I replied that I recognized the Bible as a book of mythology and pseudo-history and, if she expected to accept Jesus, she would have to convince me with actual historical and/or scientific evidence. We also touched briefly on the subject of evolution. For her edification, I suggested The Tangled Web: An Introduction to Evolution by Carl Zimmer. At that point, she thanked me for my candor and said she'd call back some other time. More on this as it develops.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
