From another website I found the following:
This afternoon, because it was hot, i left the front door open and was letting the breeze come in through the security door which is like a screen door made out of wrought iron. Two missionaries then came from out of nowhere and entered the house hoping to collect some souls for their irreverent sky father and his zombie son.
I asked them if it still states in the Old Testament that you can be put to death for wearing mismatched fabrics?
"Yes," they replied.
Does it still state in the New Testament that Jesus exhorted his followers to murder their parents?
"Yes," they replied.
I told them they knew the way out.
What strikes me about this is:
a) the "missionaries" entered the house, apparently without asking, because the door was open - and the owner let them.
b) he had already judged that they were only there to win souls
c) he had already decided what he believed about God and Jesus.
d) we don't know where the "missionaries were from, they could have been Mormons or JWs.
e) the owner clearly didn't want any conversation on a topic which was irrelevant to him, so put two obscure questions to them hoping to confound them; then he would have an excuse to ask them to leave.
The mismatched fabrics? The closest I can find is Leviticus 19:19 and Deuteronomy 22:11, which says "Do not wear wool and linen together". But where does it say (or does it at all) this was worthy of execution?
I don't think it does. The Israelites could stone someone who been caught committing adultery, and other offences - as in Joshua 7 where Achan was stoned for disobeying God, and God said to stone anyone who sacrificed their children to Molech. But unintentional sin, or sin by omission, was covered by sacrifice.
Second, well I know Christ warned of rifts in households... But really, I can't see this post as any but antitheistic hooey.
I have no idea what the missionaries were thinking of when they answered "yes" to his second question, but I suspect that whatever they said, they would have been shown the door. The home owner makes his beliefs quite clear by the way he describes God. I don't think he intended to have a discussion with them; he might have been challenged in those beliefs or actually learned something. I think he was irritated because it was a hot day, 2 people wandered into his home and looked as though they might engage him a discussion which he didn't have time for/couldn't be bothered with.
(For "he" read "he/she")
