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Aerows

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6. It's an interesting question

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 04:52 PM

Feb 2013

to engage someone on, so that you can see your attitudes, your ideals, and your goals in life. It certainly is an icebreaker, but that young woman was probably shy and was just saying that she would leave it to God.

Not everyone is great with confrontational questions, and that kind of is, but it is fantastic that you engaged her brain. She might be shy, though, just saying, because I was asked that during a job interview and drew a tremendous blank.

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Thank you for what you do, malaise! . . . btw, I would proceed Socratically, but with less than the patrice Feb 2013 #1

IF God is the truth, perhaps you can see the idea of being invited to participate in the truth, by patrice Feb 2013 #2

I don't try reasoning with these people malaise Feb 2013 #4

I don't know about God, Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #3

True which is why uncertainty is OK and admitting that you never thought malaise Feb 2013 #5

It's an interesting question Aerows Feb 2013 #6

Nothing in her expression suggested that she was shy malaise Feb 2013 #8

My expression may have read as nothing Aerows Feb 2013 #10

Many others didn't have an answer but they gave it some thought malaise Feb 2013 #12

Oh Aerows Feb 2013 #18

What if God lets her know he has plans for her demise at the hand of a serial killer on lunatica Feb 2013 #7

I won't ask her that malaise Feb 2013 #9

Message auto-removed KracevayaKoshka Feb 2013 #11

That would have been too deep for this person malaise Feb 2013 #14

Message auto-removed KracevayaKoshka Feb 2013 #16

So you were rude to a Christian and you want to be high-fived? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #13

Huh? n/t malaise Feb 2013 #15

gawd? I thought that response as pretty clear. el_bryanto Feb 2013 #19

I try not to think too much, it's for the best NightWatcher Feb 2013 #17

Absolutely malaise Feb 2013 #20

I wanted to work with a supercomputer. hunter Feb 2013 #21

valid point - life is often about what happens after we make plans malaise Feb 2013 #22

God told my mom to be a nun. hunter Feb 2013 #23

She's not in high school malaise Feb 2013 #24

Well, since you ask... Mister Ed Feb 2013 #25

I would have asked her Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #26

Nice response malaise Feb 2013 #27

I would have asked her if she was going to have anything to do with it. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #28

I would have thrown ol' Ben Franklin in her face: AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #29