I got visited yesterday morning by two Jehovas Witnesses (JW). Admittedly it WAS a Saturday morning I DID have a hangover and it was pretty much the ONLY day of the week that I am allowed to sleep in, so this post might be a little biased. However, I try to afford everyone the maximum respect that is due to anyone, regardless of what they are trying to say or the actions they have taken.
I knew they were JW as soon as I opened the door and admittedly a slight sinking feeling settled in as I really wasn’t in the mood. But I have an open mind about this sort of stuff, so I let them talk to me. Had Si (my housemate) opened the door, then I’m fairly certain a couple of expletives would have been uttered whilst the door slammed rapidly back.
On the face of it, the guys were very pleasant. The main man doing the talking (John) was a very gentle, well spoken man, who outwardly did not immediately put me off. Probably a good thing.
He started by asking me a question, which sadly, given my hungoveredness, I didn’t actually catch. However, the gist, I think, was “Do you think fair and moral politicians exist?”. He was referring specifically to recent events overseas (Afghanistan War, Iraqi War etc) and was trying to question whether or not these actions were justified.
He spoke for about 15 minutes before he told me he was a JW (not that he had to do that). He quoted a few sections from the bible, which to me seemed like the most obscure and out of context passages possible, I forget where from, but nevertheless. He spoke of how the Bible said man should never use our tools as weapons against others.
Had I been a bit more compus mentus I might have asked him what he thought about those who used their weapons against us. But I didn’t, in fact, I really just let him talk. Which is probably a good thing seeing as I hold quite a sceptical perception of this sort of thing. And the fact that I have been reading a lot of Philosophy recently (in particular, “Does God Exist?”) [see previous blogs] so I probably could have had quite a decent argument with him about it.
I wasn’t in the mood though, but after they had left, I did get to thinking.
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I’ve been reading quite a lot of philosophy recently. No major reason, just an interest of mine. I’ve been reading on many interesting topics, discussions such as time travel, relativism, why we’re here, how was the universe created etc etc.
It seems there actually are no answers. To anything. Ever. The reason is this.
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Who is the “bigger” person?
a) Someone who has a go, gives it their best shot and admits defeat
b) Someone who doesn’t bother because they know they’re going to fail?
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