by Sufjan Stevens » 7/2/2003, 8:50 pm
OK, here's the trick with Jehova's.
They come to your door and give you the bullshit about how they are superior, and just question them on one thing. They believe 144,000 people will be saved on judgement day, and there's many more people in their religion than 144,000. So with that knowledge, ask them what makes them so damn pious and worthy of being saved. They'll stammer about a bit, then you just tell them you don't believe in what they're preaching and shut the door.
I live in a city chock full of Jehovas, and this never failed me.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.