Goodbye Leah, epic mormon

SO.

At my job, after we are done chatting with someone, we have to mark what kind of a chat it was. There are many options, such as "just looking for information", "willing to learn about the church", "member of the church", or "willing to keep commitments". Of all the types of chats we get, marking one as a 7 is the most depressing. 7s are "obnoxious, crude, or inappropriate".

Now there are some websites out there that for some reason just love to terrorize the internet.... nonviolent cyberterrorism, if you will. And usually, as soon as they would ask one of the classic questions ("did joseph smith receive revelation from a tophat? how do magnets work? Jesus had 2 dads and he turned out ok... why are you so anti?), we would mark it as a 7 and end the chat. Well, this past week, a new policy was instated....

be nice to the tools.

Or Dufuses. Dufi? Spazes. Whatever you want to call them. The TROLLS. (that's what they're called for realz.)

Well, sometimes they still just say crude things and act dumb. But sometimes, in the jewels of chats that encrust my usually mundane mornings, I actually have a legitimate conversation with these people. Their real issues with religion come out - whether it's evolution, the creation, gay marriage, or not believing in God. And it is so fulfilling to have a real conversation. Not because I got to stuff my beliefs down their throats or anything, because I'm thoroughly anti-that, but because we get to actually discuss things that are actually bothering them.

Well, on friday, I had one such conversation.

And his name was Alfred. And he started out by pranking. And we actually ended up having a good conversation about the nature of God and why bad things happen in the world.

This is how the conversation ended:

alfred: srsly:

alfred: you are the best mormon i ever met

Me: well thanks

Me: I certainly try

alfred: i came with pranking purposes

alfred: and leave confused

alfred: good troll. you deserve a medal.

Me: well, alfred, i have to go now, but if you would like to continue talking to someone I can transfer you

Me: hey thanks

alfred: bye then.

Me: bye!

Me: come back now ya hear?

alfred: k ill do so :)

Me: have a good day alfred, former troller

alfred: you too leah, epic mormon

Me: thanks

 

This is why things are fulfilling. Being able to take someone who ridiculed you and help them kind of see your perspective. Or just being able to see from their perspective.