Thursday, May 3, 2018

THIS is why people hate Christians

So.  I'm at the Shell station, putting gas in the car.

I walk out of the store, having pre-paid for my gasoline.  As I walk to the
car, I see a man walking toward another man who is putting gasoline into
a very nice, late model SUV.  The first guy asks the man pumping gas if
it would be possible to borrow a dollar or even 50 or 75 cents.  He says he
lives in O'Fallon, and is just trying to get enough gas to get home.

So...the guy pumping the gas has a couple of choices here.  He can:  a:  help
the guy out...give him a buck...something; b. tell him no; c. turn into a total
raging dick about the whole thing.  Anybody wanna guess what Mr. SUV
decided to do?

He starts shouting that "I have my own problems, you don't even *know* the
things I've facing now..I have to fix MY problems, you fix yours."  He adds
a few more choice comments.

As the "walking guy" goes past me, I reach into my wallet and take out the
$3 that I have in cash and give it to him.

SUV guy gets in his car, starts to drive past me, and says, out his window,
"I don't have to help him, I have my own problems."  To which I reply,
"You're right, you're not obliged to help.  But that doesn't mean you get
to be a DICK about it.  That was uncalled for."

So...life in the 21st century, right?  Except...except....as he drives past, I look up...

AND THERE IS A FUCKING JESUS FISH ON THE BACK OF HIS SUV!!!!!

How DARE you, sir!?  How DARE you put that symbol of Christianity on
your car, if you're going to go stomping through your world, being a clear
and present example of just exactly how Un-Christ-Like the followers of
Jesus can be?  How DARE you give us a reputation like that?

I SOOOOOOO wanted to chase after this guy and rip that fish off of his car.
It's Sunday.  I have to wonder...did this man go to church this morning?
And, if he did, how did he hear NOTHING of what was said there?

Mood:  STEAMING