Haha. I wasn't having a dig at you. This was everyone's perception, and quite understandable. John Pennington was an eccentric, and so was my father. Very colourful characters, who had sincere beliefs, and weren't ashamed to proclaim them. If you had chatted to him, he would have been polite to you. He would have tried to explain things from the bible, and he would would definitely invited you to church, and maybe even to his house for tea also.
Christians still do this kind of hospitality and evangelism. Normally in the form of an Alpha Course or similar these days. More low key.