Twice in the past week I've opened my door to find a pair of lovely young girls, beautifully made-up and stylishly dressed, on my doorstep. I call them girls, because in my judgment these kids couldn't have been more than 17 or 18. Each time they tried to engage me in conversation about the state of the world, before handing me Jehovah's Witness literature. Out in the street an oldish guy, presumably their handler, was keeping watch.

Is this a new tactic? It's easy to argue with ignorant old gits peddling creationism and Old Testament woo. But who could be unkind to these pretty kids? I just told them to get out while they're still young, but who knows what abuse they've already endured in that criminal organization.

How low can purveyors of god's morality sink?