Thread: First time meeting these kind of people....

So I'm at my local library checking out a couple of suspense novels along with Twilight. (I saw it on the way out, decided to pick it up to see what the fuss was all about. The movie was all the rage, especially with girls, in the past few weeks)

Actually, what I just said in parentheses is what I said to the librarian, you know, making small talk to fill the silence and make her work day a little more sociable. And here's what she says....

"I don't read those kind of books" (while tapping the cover with her index finger)

I'm all like "Why not?"

Librarian : "It's against my religion to read those types of things."

Me: "What are you, Orthodox Christian?"

Librarian: "No, Jehovah's Witness. We don't believe in reading that kind of stuff."

Me: "So you must feel the same about the Harry Potter series, too, huh?"

Librarian: "Yeah."

It's not like I was offended, but I'm a little disappointed how people out there let their religion prevent them from consuming such potentially great novels (I say potentially cuz I haven't actually read the thing yet, but I'm sure I'll be impressed with it).....and not just novels, but so many things : movies, magazines, music, fashion, everything on the internet, etc. ~ basically anything that our culture is comprised of and what defines our individual identities.

Not that I care for pushing my beliefs onto them (I have other things of more interest than doing that), but to me, it's just a real shame how much people don't make an individual stand. If anything, I would have respected what she said a lot more if it came from her as an individual, not as a collective opinion of her religion.

But hey, I guess Jehovah's Witnesses have an agenda like everybody else, too. I wouldn't want Twilight to distract me from my spiritual goals. (but luckily, I'm a lot more flexible than that)