RAYNA, THAT'S A GREAT ONE!!!!

Rayna Lamb wrote:

> Anthony
> I've got a great comeback for you.  Never actually had a chance to use
> it myself (does anyone else find that as soon as they have finally figured
> out the snappiest way to respond to a specific patronising situation
> the opportunity NEVER arises again?) but use it yourself with my
> blessing.  When they say to you `may I pray for you that God heals
> you/cures you', just answer `Why, what's wrong with me?'
>
> Rayna
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 05:43:16PM -0600, Anthony Arnold wrote:
>     The times when people make me the most mad and scared are the times when I'm
>     somewhere in public and they think nothing of coming up to me and offering
>     preyers for me so god heels me.  I know that people would love to help and
>     care for me but I don't believe we should begin talking about religious
>     things anywhere and everywhere especially to people we don't know like what
>     people have done to my family and me.  Once we were on a business trip for
>     PRC, and we had the afternoon without any meetings planned so we decided to
>     take the subway in Pittsburgh just for something fun.  It was fun and
>     interesting alright, a woman was on the train and was talking very
>     religiously to me about heeling, giving me a bible and offering me airplane
>     tickets to heeling baths in Asia or wherever they are.  My little brother
>     was scared and so were my parents just because she was coming on to me so
>     strongly with her ideas.  Also after we got off the train, she was following
>     us some more and scaring everybody.
>
>     We have also been to restaurants around here, where people have actually
>     came up to our booth and start praying to me and we have actually had to
>     walk out sometimes.  To me, the family in the next booth over might have
>     more serious problems needing prayer and help, but people don't see it.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Anthony