This is a clear lesson in the application of the law of non-contradiction.

Setting: Cape Town international airport

Tim sees a man holding two little booklets.

Tim - What's this all about?
Hare Krishna - It's about you!
Tim takes a closer look at the books and sees that it is about Hare Krishna.
Tim - Why should I become a follower?
HK - It's about being closer to God.
Tim - Who is God?
HK - He is the God of many religions.
Tim - But Islam teaches that God is one [I could have put this better]. Christianity teaches that God is triune - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! They can't be both right at the same time!
HK - Okay...so you are right and I am wrong.
Tim - ...or we are both wrong [logically speaking]

The follower of Hare Krishna then leaves.

I hope that I was able to communicate to this person that his statements were logically fallacious. Next time I will ask if following Hare Krishna gets my sins forgiven. I also think I need to always have some good Christian tracts on my person. The difficult thing was that this happened so quickly. One must always be ready to get right to the point.

Question: how quickly can you give the gospel?

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Tim Lindsay
member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, Halifax, NS, Canada
Living in Cape Town, South Africa
"under the Southern Cross, at the foot of Table Mountain, not far from the Cape of Good Hope"