…because I’m not a bigoted Jesus Freak.
As most of you know, I teach Taekwondo. I had a lady call and set up an appointment for this morning for her two kids to do an intro lesson. They show up, she does paperwork, I give the tour of the school and start on the intro. Mom asks if we start classes with a prayer. I reply that we don’t. Things go downhill from there
Mom: “Might I ask why you don’t give thanks to God Almighty and his son Jesus for making it possible for you to practice?”
Me: “Ma’am, people’s religious problems are their own. I try not to complicate matters. Besides, to the best of my knowledge, there is only one person in the school who is a Christian.”
Mom: “Oh dear Lord. Come on, kids, we are in a place of evil.”
Me: “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” Well, I didn’t say it out loud, but I sure thought it.
I also wanted to say “Here’s your sign”, but I think it would have gone right over her head.
You missed your chance to really scare her off by bringing up Confucianism and/or Buddhism. It wouldn’t have mattered what you actually said, as I’m sure you could have BSed anything and gotten a reaction of complete fear.
Why would she even expect that? You would think that she would have asked about it when setting up the appointment if it was so important. She wouldn’t have wasted her time or risked setting foot in a “place of evil”.
I’m baffled. Perhaps she should have checked closer for a Jesus fish in your advertising.
I don’t even think they pray before the Taekwondo lessons at our local YMCA, and that’s a nominally Christian organization.
You should do up a padded target dummy as Jesus. Then you can teach kids how to properly kick Jesus in the nads, or break Jesus’s neck in one blow. Do you use pointy sticks in Taekwondo? 'Cause you could explain how the executioners got it wrong piercing Jesus in the side, and show your kids just where to stick Jesus for a clean kill.
I’m not sure I’ve ever run across a specifically Christian martial arts studio. You’d think they’d want to be churning out Christian warriors or something, but apparently not. (Or perhaps the Christian warriors prefer guns.)
She actually said that? Holy cow. It must be very difficult for her, as so many places must be evil. I wonder that she even has the courage to leave the house.
Since when is not saying a prayer = evil? At the most it’s omission, not commission. Yeesh.
