A whipping with the bible belt!

Ok, so first, I have recently been addicted to the Google Analytics for my page and wanted to give a shout-out to my readers from Mexico, India, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and our friends across the pond (UK). Thanks for reading about my ridiculous little life.

Anyway, onto the good stuff:
One thing I didn't miss about living in the Midwest (whilst living in NYC) are the occasional visits from the shepherd's flock. Now, if they were truly sent by the Lord you would think that they could pick some other time to come to my door other than when I have finally managed to get the baby down for a nap after a 45 minute battle royal.

So the other day as I sat down to check my email after finally leaving LM peacefully in her crib, I hear my parents' dogs barking. I go to the door and there is a little old man standing there. Instantly, I knew where this was heading. My parents live out in the country and there is no reason for anyone to come to their door unless they are attempting to spread the word of God.
We had a lovely conversation (that would have ended with me kicking his ass if he had woken up the baby) about all the things Jesus did (I guess he was there).

Among the very interesting things that I learned during our conversation:
Jesus cured everyone before his speech on the mount (according to medical records).

God allows all the horrible things that happen in the world because of what happened in the garden of eden (maybe it's just me, but that hardly seems fair).

There are terrible things happening all around us today, like wars (yeah, most of which are carried out in the name of religion - or some perversion of it).

We ended our little exchange with this tasty bit:

Thumper: "There are over 2,000 religions being practiced in the United States today (not sure I believe this, but ok). Which one do you suppose God approves of ?"

Me (in my head): Ummm...I'd say that depends on who you talk to, but I'm gonna guess the one that believes in Jesus).

Me (outloud): Um.................

It's good to be back!