Preaching/Pickiting at the Liquor Store

[MagMan5446]

I think he's saying that some people criticize other's protesting, while they support other reasons of protest. (I.E. a person is protesting at the liquor store and one person doesn't agree with them and has a big problem with them being there, yet if there was a protestor in front of say an abortion clinic, that one person has no problem with it, thus being hypocritical.)

[FactsOfLife]

Last time I checked, freedom of speech was there to protect speech and thought YOU didn't like.

Huh, musta been mistaken.

And to those of you that wanted to shoot the people that were preaching in front of the store, got a warm spot all lined up for you...

[spazzed]

To elaborate a bit on what Pito was saying, there was a group of these...religous folk. I'd say around 10-15 of them. A couple of parents with their 4 or 5 kids, and some other loonies. Their *children* were (estimating) 10-20 years old. The children were on the 4 street corners holding signs & passing out "literature". Paraphrasing here, but the signs said in no uncertain terms, that us students were going to hell because we're in school. They also said that jobs were evil & that we should quit school & not work, and join their little shindig... Needless to say, things got *VERY* heated throughout the day.. There was a large group of students in the area, hell, there always is.. one of hte biggest ped. areas on campus... Lessee...ehh..what else..ah, cops were called out & eventually made the wackos leave...It was about to get downright ugly. The "leaders" (parents & a couple other adult I think) were yelling at people both in the crowd & as they passed... meh, what a waste. I feel sorry for hte children. And hope the adults get smacked upside the head w/ something large, stinky & dead.

What else do we got..ehhh... this past spring, there were several "hippy rallies" as we so affectionately call them. Basically, the brainwashed liberal student population feeding the same BS as always... They crack me up, just wish they'd go form their own opinions for a change..hehe

Ahh..Every spring theres a guy who comes out & "preaches" in front of the library. I've seen him twice now, and I still can't figure out exactly what he's trying to say. I *think* he's promoting christianity over other religions. Anyways, he's got a daughter that comes with him.. now if she weren't wearing preachers daughter attire, she wouldn't be too shabby looking. Both times I've seen her there, she kept getting hit on, and daddy would ignore it to the point that she got so pissed off, she'd snap & start yelling at everyone. Truly hilarious. I love college... D

[Lakeview Bulldog]

I hope you guys dont think all christians act this way. The bible teaches it's true followers not to condemn others. People who go out and yell ignorant things are way off base. Especially those guys who said you should quit your jobs. Those people are cultists.

And along with the freedom of speech thing. There is a quote by a founding father I believe that goes. " I may not agree with what you are saying, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it." Freedom of speech is one of the core values that America was built upon. And everyone has the freedom to demonstrate peacefully. Even the wackos.

[jman44]

Right on bulldog, ya cant label all christians as psycho fanatics that yell at people. heres a little thoguht i had, by someone saying a person is forcing their views on them, arent they forcing on them their view, for example, if someone says i am intolerant, arent they being intolerant by making that statement? hope that makes sense

[-J�ker-]

*EDIT* You sir, are a moron. To post, that you would visit deadly violence on another human, simply becasue they are expressing their thoughts without harm to anyone, only proves to everyone that YOU are the ignorant one. Army

Army, do you actually bealieve i was serious?! i mean cmon i was just makin a joke. they had all the right, but i still think the protestors are the morons.

i know i was being inmature but do you really have to use name calling to try to put me down!?

im sorry for posting that i shoulda used my head, no hard fealings?

[Hasty8]

Not a freedom to harass...

but a freedom of free speech so long as it is not slander or libel (print). An American patriot once said "I may not agree with what you are saying but I will lay down my life to defend your right to say it".

As for me thinking that their behavior is indicative of all Christians, of course not. It doesn't matter what religion you are. It's when you become a Fundamentalist that problems arise. That means that if you believe that the [your] Bible [Torah, Koran, whatever] is the literal translation of the word of god then you are in serious trouble.

There are some people out there that actually believe the world is around 12,000 years old because they added up all the ages of the people born since Adam & Eve. These same people also believe that god put fossils in the earth to test our faith. Great image. A prankster god.

It's also interesting to note that the more religious a person is the more acceptable it is to break the most holy of commandments [Thou shall not kill another of gods creations in anger] so long as they are not of the same religion as you. For further proof of this see jihads, the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition.

Face it folks. Religion when practiced by 10 or 20 people is okay but when religions control not only land and money but also peoples wills then it becomes a bad thing.

Again, these are merely my opinions and I certainly hope that I id not upset anyone.

[than205]

Or the continued wars over "Holy Lands" (whatever you believe it is)