This story came out just after Halloween and this one came out a couple of days ago. And ran across a similar story in Bruce Bawer's Stealing Jesus. Told several cases where basically itinerant evangelists had no compunctions about inserting themselves into a group having lunch and a perfectly good PRIVATE conversation only to be asked "if they've been saved."
There's an air of passive/aggressive about these street "preachers." My interpretation is the right one. Your opinions don't count. We're doing this for your good. And so on. Every so often we get kids from one of the local little Baptist churches coming around with slick brochures. I thank them and send them on their way. I figure it wouldn't do any good to go into my "I was raised Methodist, but right now I'm a Quaker/Celtic I'll get back to you when I figure it out." Unfortunately I'd probably have to explain the Methodists, the Quakers and the Celts. Takes the fun out of it.
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At one time, I would have argued that this bus driver is not hurting anybody by encouraging children to pray, so why not just leave him alone. But two things about this bother me now: 1.) If this guy were, say, Muslim or Hindu, how would the parents of the kids feel about "freedom of religion"? and 2.) There is WAY too much negative energy attached to in-your-face Christianity right now. I'd almost say this guy was assaulting these kids with a violent and dangerous ideology...
And if he's a "pastor," why is he driving a bus? Let him go "past" somewhere...
If his churches are anything like the little storefront congregations who have been knocking our doors for the past year there probably isn't much to pastor.
And yeah, once I would have felt the same. But this whole in your face, my rights trump your rights has been going on for far too long.
If his churches are anything like the little storefront congregations who have been knocking our doors for the past year there probably isn't much to pastor.
And yeah, once I would have felt the same. But this whole in your face, my rights trump your rights has been going on for far too long.
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