Sign-Holding Evangelist: What do you think happens when you die?
Me: I have no idea. No one does.
Sign-Holding Evangelist: How do you know that no one knows?
Me: I guess it just seems pretty unlikely. I've never spoken with a dead person before. Do you know what happens?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: Yes I do.
Me: How do you know?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: The Word of God tells us.
Me: You mean the Bible?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: Yes.
Me: How do you know the Bible is the Word of God?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: (Quotes Bible verse)
Me: So the Bible is the Word of God beause it says it is the Word of God?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: Yes.
Me: But that's circular reasoning. By that logic, I could be the president just because I say I'm the president. How else do you know?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: I compare it to touching a heater. You know a heater is hot by touching it. I know the Bible is the Word of God because I have experienced it in my life.
Me: So, you believe the Bible is the Word of God because of your own subjective experience?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: Yes.
Me: That's fine, but isn't it a big leap to assume that your personal subjective experience applies to everyone, like your sign suggests?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: No.
Me: What do you do for a living? Are you a poor, wandering vagabond, like Jesus?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: I work for the military. I train soldiers.
Me: Do you find any conflict between your job and your Christianity?
Sign-Holding Evangelist: No.
Me: Okay, nice talking to you. I gotta go teach a class now.
