I had a conversation today with a Christian co-worker.
We were on a job where there were many, many cubicles. I had walked around the corner of one cubicle and surprised one of my Christian co-workers. To this, he said something to the effect, “Woh, I didn’t even see you there. So, I thought I’d be a little funny and say, “I’m mysterious.” All the while I was thinking about how God moves in mysterious ways. Here’s somewhat how the conversation preceded from there.
To this, he said (paraphrase) “No! That’s not good! That’s witchcraft!”
I said, “Nah, man. . . I’m mystical dude!” He said, “No, no, no. That’s not good. That’s witchcraft!”
So then I did what every spiritual Christian should… I played to his ego and stubbornness.
Me: “Wow, really? Witchcraft, eh?”
Him: “Yes. Believe me, I know a lot about it. I’ve been in this for a long time.”
Me (being facetious): “What? You’ve been in witchcraft for a long time?”
Him (very serious tone): “No! Not that! I’ve been a Christian for a long time.” (now with his confident voice) “I’ve been saved for 20 years.”
Me: “Wow, 20 years, huh?”
Him: “Yes. I know a lot about this stuff.”
At this point, I wanted to stroke his ego by saying, “Wow, you must be proud about that, eh?” But then I realized that would not be as effective as telling him he’s selfish and don’t know half of what he’s talking about. I thought about a throat chop, but that wouldn’t be loving either.
So, I ended up remaining silent and letting him soak in his “years” of Christian spiritual blah.
Normally, I would engage the person in a conversation about what being mysterious really is, and about how we often attribute God’s work to being mysterious, not in a bad sense. But, I was so fed up with his subborness I couldn’t handle any more conversation. If I would have talked more to him, I would have preached at him in front of others. Maybe I should have. I had to fight back the urge to call him out on his theology all day. So, in order to fight this, I just asked him about himself. And I listened. And I asked more. And he talked. And he never asked about me. And he talked. And I listened.
He didn’t seem to mind.
—Jonathan
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a lot of church folks suck, thats why no one wants to be around them
Woh! lol.