Do you want to talk about the mother of God?

[karu_chan]

There were just two younger Korean women (students?) at my door, trying to talk to me about the "mother of God", I think. They called her "Himmelsmutter" (mother of heaven). They kept mentioning the Bible... so even if my first guess was that maybe they meant some other other heavenly being, if they kept referring to the Bible and our souls and

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[karu_chan]

Yeah, I'm just too kind to close the door in their faces. Because they started again and again _._

[neitoperhonen]

cool, we get pension money directly from all the work since 18 year old but sure you can make private savings as well :D

Hell, someone tried to recruit me in their church in Seoul subway by asking if I believe in destiny and that the God has a plan for all of us. Tourist in subway is probably not the first person you should try to join into your church. She let me go when I said that I am Pagan and that I follow the Edda and other Scandinavian and Icelandic beliefs from the medieval times. :DD

[karu_chan]

We get money from our work too, but as the society grows older and older, they already tell us now, that we won't get as much as we paid (via taxes).
The money we currently pay is used for the pension of current old people.
So in 30 years, the much less young people will pay with their taxes for my pension. Which is so not going to work...

Therefore the country kind of helps us with a special plan and supports everybody who uses that plan with 154 € per year. make that 30 years and the country gave you over 5000 €, extra on your savings there.

EDIT: Oh, and I should really come up with some special plan to counter people like them. Maybe like this one German comedian who says in an Exorzist like voice "I've been waiting for you" (and then "vomits" the pea soup he has been eating just seconds before opening the door to those guys)

[d0ci]

Ich denk auch durch "Glauben" glauben diese Menschen, dass das Leben einfacher ist. Ich hab nicht das Gefühl, das es im geringaten etwas mit "Weil es richtig zu sein scheint." zu tun hat

[karu_chan]

Ich klingel ja auch nicht an fremde Haustüren um Leute dazu zu bekehren "Höre japanisch Musik. Es ist so entspannend!"

LOL!
Aber ja, am Ende läuft es immer darauf hinaus, dass man Geld für etwas bezahlt und damit entspannter durchs Leben gehen soll.

Der Gedanke mit "Hobby ist Gott nicht so unählich" mag zwar einigen Leute wie Blasphemie erscheinen, ist aber wirklich nicht so ganz abwägig.

Ehrlich, fürs nächste Mal geh ich Erbsensuppe kaufen und mache einen auf Mittermaier _._

[lovespiral]

sometimes, i'm a little jealous of people with strong religious beliefs - i can see that it helps them through a lot in life. but it's just not the thing for me :/

yay on starting your pension fund! ^_____^