Wednesday 2 March 2005

I was sitting alone at a table at NUS, the kind of benches found everywhere in schools, minding my own business, reading my ultrageously thick complilation of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when 2 girls came to sit with me and talk to me. They had a survey form, so since I was free, I decided to let them bother me with the survey. The 1st 2 questions look harmless..

1. Should Singapore set up a casino? Why?
simple innocuous question
2. Do you approve pre-marital sex?
simple straightforward question
Then it got weirder..
3. Do you believe in truth is relative?
4. Do you think a purpose in life is important?
Here comes the most important question..
5. Do you believe in God?

There are a few other questions but I can't remember what they are.
Smart questionnaire. Looks so deceiving at first. I thought they are some arts students doing some public opinion gathering for their project or sth. Anyway they are from a campus Christian group. So since I was free, I just finished my glucose concentration quantification and was waiting for Dave to appear, I let them talk to me. Nice to have company.

So, they were advertising for this service they provide, aimed at non-Christians, to study the bible once a week for 1h with one of their members. Then you can ask whatever weird questions you have about the Bible and they'll try to explain. So as I was saying, since I'm so very free, I just let them try explaining stuff to me. I think it's quite difficult for them, to explain the effects of believing and obeying a being that I don't even believe exist, to tell me about things happening after death when I don't believe in an afterlife. They say they're trying to share their experiences with me and help me find a purpose in life. Anyway I just listened to them for an hour plus I think. I was entertained, they were happy to find someone who's not furiously mugging for end of year exams and listen to them.

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