One of my friends at work told me a funny story last week. She's from India and lives in a posh part of Hampshire. "Not many Indians in that town, I think," she joked. She said a born-again Christian came to her door recently and tried to convert her, telling her about the wonders of Jesus. "I'm Hindu," she told him, as he continued to try and talk her into his religion.
Finally, she said, she got annoyed. "You name one god in your religion who is a woman," she said. "We have hundreds of female gods in Hinduism. We have equal rights. Where is the equality in your religion?"
She said he left immediately after that.
(I can't tell the story as well as she told it to me last week, but I have never thought of such a thing before and wanted to tell you guys. What an original point of view -- I was impressed by her chutzpah, if I can use that term in this post. :) )
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Hilarious... a Hindu lecturing someone about equality!
Yes, a bit ironic.
It's rare, but the occasional off-brand sect member will ring the doorbell, asking me if I've found God. My standard reply is, "I was not aware that He was lost."
If that doesn't send them back down the sidewalk, that handy water-pistol does (just kidding. But not a bad idea...)
Absolutely - use "chutzpah" whenever and wherever! Also, "chutzpadik" is quite handy, as in, "She was chutzpadik to tell me I should give to her charity when she has never given to mine!"
And Brenda, your comment about God not being lost - priceless!
Chutzpadik -- what a great word and way to use it. I will try to use it. Next time I call you, I need to practice using it in a sentence. I always say 'she guilted me' because you invented that new verb in college.
I could never understand why religious women generally go along with the misogynistic attitudes and inequality of the three main desert dogma's? The power of childhood indoctrination I suppose. Knowing the Women I do, it seems unlikely that they really believe deep down that they're inferior to men.
Steve, we don't. It's our secret power, our Kryptonite. Girl motto: play being the weaker sex and carry a biiiiiiiig stick!:):) Just kidding, of course. Sort of...
You have born agains going door to door in England? I thought that was a uniquely American thing. I used to tell them I was an atheist, but that just encourages them. Now I'm just rude, saying "I'm not interested" as I close the door in their face.
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