Andrew S_

Yes, FIFTEEN MINUTES! He took a reading before, during and then AFTER his rant. I'm pretty sure that means my cover is blown. My readings must have been different each time. I'm still contemplating compaining to the screening company. On a side note, my fiancee's nurse (the day before) was also pretty religious. She kept mentioning God and faith during the screening. Is it something to do with the heath care industry as a whole? Or are these evangelizers attracted to jobs where they get to visit people alone in their homes?

One of my 'liberal' friends posted this on facebook with a sarcastic comment about banning knives now too. I think people are starting to understand violence is not caused by guns...

Those were some excellent maths! [] Seriously though, why would we expect anything different from the mafia called the 'police'?

Essentially I chose to say nothing to him. Philosophy is about choice, right? I didn't see how it would have benefited the situation to say anything at the time. I gathered this because he claimed he was a minister (and had just become one). Therefore he was not someone worth spreading the message with, IMHO. Likewise his beliefs were not doing much for me. I thought about calling the company he works for and filing a complaint about his unprofessionalism. I could imagine a schenario where someone else might be even more offended, someone of a different faith, etc. Regardless I was happy to have him out of my house and put it behind me.

I just wanted to share something terrifying that happened to me the other day. I just signed up for a new life insurance policy that required a nurse's visit to my appartment for a health screening. I was home alone at the time when he arrived and he seemed friendly at first. The exam was relatively simple and things were going fine. I quickly built some rapport with this gentleman and we talked about books and my job. At this time I was sitting at my table and had already given a urine sample, but had not yet had my blood drawn. Then he put the blood pressure monitor on my arm and started the first reading. At this moment he revealed to me that he had become a Christian minister and went on a 15 minute rant about science and quantam physics and how they are the same as faith. I felt scared and trapped. In any other sitution I would not have let this person take a seat at my table. I would have cut off the conversation if they had. I might have even thrown them out of my house. (politely) But I felt trapped, unable to even flinch should it fuck up my reading. AND this was a person about to stick a needle in my arm. I felt violated in my own home and discussed it with my fiancee when she got back. She empathised with me greatly. What would you have done?