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(October 9, 2019 at 8:41 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: So due to a recent career opportunity I was flown out of state... Some issue at the hotel ended up having me room with another one of the job candidates, though he was going for a different position. No issue because the room was really nice and we essentially had our own rooms except for the common areas like the bathroom and kitchenette.
Overall, I have to be honest - the guy was an uptight asshole. A lot of his views were really concerning... he believed things like:
-One needs to be religious, specifically Christian, to be a good person
-Tattoos make someone immoral and are "against god"
-Violent games and music cause real life violence
-Sagging your pants makes you a thug or a hoodlum (apparently it's not just a fashion thing)
-Black people shouldn't like or listen to rap music
-Gospel music is the only acceptable music to listen to
-One should surround themselves with only religious thoughts, materials and people
The list goes on and on. Of course, he slowly eased me into a lot of these topics, and while I actually agreed with him on a lot of different topics at first (we talked a lot in those five days), but any time the subject approached anything concerning religion or morality it took a hard turn for the worst.
It makes me wonder how many religious individuals are just like this... He didn't really seem like a bad guy, but he was just a very weird, uptight individual with a lot of strange ideas. I didn't necessarily dislike him, but I can't say I'd care to sit down and have coffee with the guy.
(October 10, 2019 at 7:43 am)brewer Wrote: OP: I've met some JW's and SDA's that think/talk similar.
What exactly are Seventh Day Adventists, again?
(October 10, 2019 at 7:54 am)Figbash Wrote: Sounds like a judgmental racist, hiding behind a bible.
I am going to guess he also has issues with women existing.
I'm not sure I got the vibe of him being a racist... generally bigoted? Sure. Not like the distinction even matters.
(October 10, 2019 at 7:57 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Two of my three flat mates at university were Christian. Nice folks, but couldn't make plans with them at week ends.
I later lived with a girl who was a practicing Christian, but wasn't insane about it. Methodist, I think.
Boru
I could live with Christians, so long as they didn't constantly talk religion. That being said, I'd probably be relieved to learn I didn't have to make plans with my roommates every weekend.
(October 10, 2019 at 2:20 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(October 9, 2019 at 8:41 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: So due to a recent career opportunity I was flown out of state... Some issue at the hotel ended up having me room with another one of the job candidates, though he was going for a different position. No issue because the room was really nice and we essentially had our own rooms except for the common areas like the bathroom and kitchenette.
Overall, I have to be honest - the guy was an uptight asshole. A lot of his views were really concerning... he believed things like:
-One needs to be religious, specifically Christian, to be a good person
-Tattoos make someone immoral and are "against god"
-Violent games and music cause real life violence
-Sagging your pants makes you a thug or a hoodlum (apparently it's not just a fashion thing)
-Black people shouldn't like or listen to rap music
-Gospel music is the only acceptable music to listen to
-One should surround themselves with only religious thoughts, materials and people
The list goes on and on. Of course, he slowly eased me into a lot of these topics, and while I actually agreed with him on a lot of different topics at first (we talked a lot in those five days), but any time the subject approached anything concerning religion or morality it took a hard turn for the worst.
It makes me wonder how many religious individuals are just like this... He didn't really seem like a bad guy, but he was just a very weird, uptight individual with a lot of strange ideas. I didn't necessarily dislike him, but I can't say I'd care to sit down and have coffee with the guy.
Anyone else have experiences like this?
Christians are a strange breed.
Indeed!
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
