Hurm, strange signs and portents.
Last night I was eating dinner and overheard a conversation at the table next to me. It was a gentleman, a lady, and the lady's teenage boy. It did not appear to me, through non-verbal info, that that this man was husband to the woman or father to the child.
Anyway, I overheard the man describing what sounded like transcendental meditation. The woman said something about it sounding like eastern meditation to which the man replied, "Oh no, it's nothing like that. Eastern meditation is demonic like most things that come out of the east. I mean, those people worship monkeys, elephants, and snakes."
Worship monkeys, elephants, and snakes. Yep. Man, the ignorance. I was tempted to say something, but, really, it was none of my business, and it was rude of me to be listening anyway.
But, really, I was tempted to say, "Do you ever kneel before a cross? Well, if the cross is made of wood, don't you think it would be both stupid and ignorant of me to say, 'Sigh, there goes another misguided wood worshipper'? Think about it, along with snakes, monkeys, and elephants, and you might gain a better understanding of foreign cultures, if you're interested in actually understanding."
Anyway, elephants!
[This message has been edited by babayada (edited November 18, 2004).]
