All this kicking of shins reminds me of years ago when a new 'girl' was hired at work. I quickly caught on that she was aggressively espousing her views to everyone so I was ready when one day she asked, appropo of nothing:

'Ebbie', are you saved?

I looked at her in silence for a moment then said, I consider that question extremely rude and I advise you to stop it immediately.

She said not another word.


It ensued a few weeks later that her father who had been hired as the preacher/director of some kind of smalll church absconded with the money and the family left town forthwith. I ended up feeling bad for her; there was no way that she was responsible for her father's crookedness.