I always kind of wonder how it would go if I ever actually answered the door to proselytizing folks.

They’d clearly be unprepared to answer about the late insertion of the fundraising reversal in Luke.

Or the ambiguous engendering of God.

Or the eroding of a matriarchal tradition in early Judaism.

Or that a lot of the stories were probably appropriated from elsewhere.

How long before they fold their arms and say “well I don’t know about that” or “I’ll have to ask my preacher”? Will I stay on their list for another round of discussion, or not?

To date the only folks I’ve interacted with around my neighborhood were Mormon missionaries, who are just so well mannered and youthfully naive I didn’t have the heart to pull out a map that shows the distance between Manchester, NY and Jerusalem.

‘Angry’ proselytizers though I feel like I’d have at least a few words for their deaf ears to balance things out for the rest of the neighborhood having to hear their words in turn.