Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The time B wanted to learn more about religion

This is a short, amusing little anecdote. I want to say "B" is Daria brought to life....no. Daria had far more personality than B does.  If B were weather, she'd be a cloudy, drab, gray day. She has possibly the most monotone voice I've ever heard. It never goes up or down, it just..stays. If G and I decide to burst out into Broadway song while in the store, her robotic tone almost always cuts through: "If you're going to do that I'd like to go home now, please." However, B occasionally has this random thirst for knowledge, so she'll come to me asking questions about history, geography, and religion. Apparently since I have a music degree she must think that all of these bases were covered in my education. I do the best that I can, although it isn't too hard when the questions being asked are something like "Why is Washington D.C. not in a state? I thought it was in Washington state."
Sometimes though, these questions are a little out of my reach. This was the case one day when B began asking me questions about religion, Christianity in particular. Now everyone who knows me knows that I am the worst Jew ever, so for her to think that I'd know something about another religion when I barely know my own is a little ridiculous. When I couldn't satisfactorily answer her questions, she decided to visit the Christian radical working at the store next door and ask if she could borrow his bible. According to her, this is how the conversation went:
B: "Hey E, I want to know more about Christianity. Can I like, borrow your bible?"
E: "You want to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ?"
B: "No, I just want to borrow your bible."
E: "I will buy you a bible if you wish to learn more about our Savior."
B: "Um, can you get me an EZ read version?"

He agreed, so the next day I came in to work and B said to me, "You need to see the bible E got me." I go to the office to find a Women's Study bible in a box.
Me: "He got you a WOMEN'S STUDY BIBLE?!"
B: "Yeah. At least it has a pretty cover. Do you think Barnes and Noble will let me return it?"

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