street preachers at my university!

[apex]

Some preachers are at my school telling everyone that they are going to hell to burn "forever, and ever, and ever and ever...end ever and ever" unless we accept Jesus. I watched for about 10 mins yesterday. One girl shouted "my god doesn't give a shit if I have sex!" Another started everyone yelling a sports yell, then he said everyone who knows more about sports than the word of God is going to hell. Some students were asking him questions.
They will be here all week. I'm thinking of asking him what the point of torture in hell is, or possibly doing some flying spaghetti monster preaching of my own, if I have the guts. Any other good questions you can think of?

Link to the story in the school paper:
http://tinyurl.com/y9aunn

[lpetrich]

I recommend checking out Donald Morgan's collection of Bible problems (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/) - it lists:

Fatal Biblical Flaws
Biblical Absurdities
Biblical Atrocities
Biblical Inconsistencies
Biblical Precepts: Questionable Guidelines
Biblical Vulgarities & Obscenities

[Imaginary Mark]

Why waste your time talking to the crazy street preachers? I bet everybody, even most of the Evengelicals, realizes they're idiots and wishes they weren't on campus giving Christians a bad name.

So this fact to your advantage. The message is: the Bible is not a good guide for your life. Look at these guys. They follow the Bible, probably better than you Christians do, and they're idiots. Try following reason and compassion instead.

[Blinn]

I always enjoyed lounging around in the spring on the Oval at Ohio State, watching the oval preachers - namely Brother Jed & Sister Cindy. That was some pretty damn good entertainment. They were always doing something crazy - calling oblivious passerby female students 'little whores' and condemning everyone of us out there to a Burning Lake of Fire because we listened to rock music. Their "show" was a great way to waste an afternoon.

I once saw a guy take a can of shaving cream and spray a pentagram in the grass around Jed. Give that a try...

[Steve Schlicht]

Try following reason and compassion instead.

I agree.

[Aikanaro]

Flying Spaghetti Monster preaching would be awesome - a shame about the dress code...

[tau_neutrino]

Heh, we used to get those at UT, too. Everyone just ignored him.

[Vashtarah]

They thrive on the nonsense and they have years of experience (I am thinking about Bro. Jed here). You probably won't win a shouting match, but you could make a sign or poster and attract your own group of people to talk with. If you're part of a freethought student group you could organize a membership drive right next to the mayhem.

[SweetReason]

It is a free speech zone. How about congratulating them on using their rights but telling everyone there is a better way to to go and inviting them to help start an affiliate of The Secular Student Alliance?

[Fullmetal Atheist]

They (as in "believe or burn" type preachers) came to my University last week, ironically the same week Ann Coulter was here. I walked up to the crowd that was listening to and heckling them. Stood there for a few seconds and then walked away.

I realized that above everything else, these people are attention whores. Nothing more and nothing less. No one was going to take them seriously and getting in an argument is exactly what they wanted. So I ignored them and then made fun of them when ever someone mentioned seeing them.

Though I do want to make a "God is Fake" sign like Abe's to piss them off sometime. They seem to show up atleast once a semester. Then again I'm usually too busy doing productive things with my life (like studying) than to have time to mess around with a few crazies.

[Citrusponge]

To my knowledge, the closest thing we've had to preachers at our university were people offering free copies of the Bible. I declined. Already got a Gideons one.

[xxx]

They thrive on the nonsense and they have years of experience (I am thinking about Bro. Jed here). You probably won't win a shouting match, but you could make a sign or poster and attract your own group of people to talk with. If you're part of a freethought student group you could organize a membership drive right next to the mayhem.

Fight stupidity with thought. Sounds like the most effective solution to me.

[Dargo]

I can remember seeing some of these guys at my university. I was still a Christian at the time and found them rather embarassing. There were two in particular named Brother Carl and Brother Rick who were pretty much considered jokes throughout the student body. Some Christians at the time felt these preachers would have won more people to Jesus if they started preaching another religion.

[Hubble head]

Some preachers are at my school telling everyone that they are going to hell to burn "forever, and ever, and ever and ever...end ever and ever" unless we accept Jesus. I watched for about 10 mins yesterday. One girl shouted "my god doesn't give a shit if I have sex!" Another started everyone yelling a sports yell, then he said everyone who knows more about sports than the word of God is going to hell. Some students were asking him questions.
They will be here all week. I'm thinking of asking him what the point of torture in hell is, or possibly doing some flying spaghetti monster preaching of my own, if I have the guts. Any other good questions you can think of?

Link to the story in the school paper:
http://tinyurl.com/y9aunn

Hey, fellow Red Raider, class of 93. We didn't have a religion issue when I went there. Most everyone I knew at tech was a C&E xian at best and that kept the hardcore ones in their own little world.

Once or twice I remembered some 'jesus loves you but if you don't like him he'll make you livein eternal burning pain forever" wacko's at the UC, everyone was ignoring or laughing at them. There were also once some guys handing out pictures of aborted or stillborn babies and they were dragged off campus by the UP. They relocated to University and Broadway and i had to walk by them for a few days.

Oh he's a smart one too:


"The reason there is so much fornication on this campus is because there are lots of fornicators," he said. "The reason there is so much drunkenness on this campus is because there are lots of drunks."

[Definitely Maybe]

I always enjoyed lounging around in the spring on the Oval at Ohio State, watching the oval preachers - namely Brother Jed & Sister Cindy. Wow, haven't heard those names in 20 years. They used to be down south at my big university all the time. Funny as hell.