Angry Angry Man: "You, You're a Christian. Say something objectionable to me that I'll disagree with!"
Me: "Okay! You're an idiot"
AAM: "No I'm not! Shut up! You're a moron! And that wasn't what I meant moron. Tell me something that you Christians believe that I'll find objectionable. What about all those gay same-sex unions, I bet you hate those don't you."
Me: "Meh"
AAM: "Meh? Shouldn't you be out stoking the fires of hell for these people? Your indifference makes me sick!"
Me: "Sorry, I find it hard to get irate by a secular government, who are meant to look after everyone in the country, offering legally recognised unions for same-sex partners. It seems fair enough really."
AAM: "But gay people getting married in churches! Doesn't that make you so angry that you want to go fatwah someone?"
Me: "You still can't have same-sex union's in churches, though if someone did have one I could get irate about that if you want?"
AAM: "No. Don't bother. You obviously aren't a real Christian. Unless, you get angry about late night drinking? Do you get angry at late night drinking?"
Me: "No! Don't be stupid. Do you know how hard it is to get to a pub for last orders when the youth event you are running doesn't finish till 10? Nigh on impossible!"
AAM: "You approve of late night drinking?"
Me: "I am late night drinking! Well, in some deep quasi-metaphorical sense."
AAM: "You make me angry! So angry that I can't even be bothered to think of a punchline"
(8) 23kid - 65daysofstatic
So we all seem to have done late night drinking and same sex unions.
What a crazy weekend that turned out to be. ;-)
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I have had this same debate not only about alcohol and same-sex unions, but also about abortion and the theory of evolution.