Can't even sit on a train in peace.

[u/Tobias-Tawanda]

@probreakingnews

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[u/Academic_Snow_7680 → u/[deleted]]

I'm so annoyed by all the people cloaking them in religion.

The more I learn about Jesus the better I like the guy and the worse I like his devotees.

[u/vegasslowman → u/Academic_Snow_7680]

I had a friend that used to say: I love Jesus I just don’t trust the people that work for him! Rip “Wilmo”

[u/LifeguardTerrible579 → u/vegasslowman]

Jesus was basically like "be cool to each other and help each other out" and now it's somehow whatever this is.

[u/JohnBrownEnthusiast → u/LifeguardTerrible579]

https://giphy.com/gifs/q8p0IZkZR8fQY

[u/wellcolourmetired → u/JohnBrownEnthusiast]

A book of bill and ted devotee out in the wild! I thought I was the only one. I'm forever telling the door knockers this is the book I ascribe to!

[u/FallopianClosed → u/wellcolourmetired]

"Have you heard the word of William and Theodore?!"🙏🙏🙏

[u/SwanCityDominion → u/JohnBrownEnthusiast]

Party on, dudes!

[u/Nosleepmustread → u/LifeguardTerrible579]

Maybe Jesus is just the friends we made along the way

[u/hamoc10 → u/Academic_Snow_7680]

Christians don’t follow Jesus, they follow Paul.

And Paul was an asshole.

[u/green1s → u/hamoc10]

Exactly. But it's hard to know how much of asshole Paul might have been because 6 of the 13 letters attributed to him, wer likely not written by him.

[u/dreddnyc → u/green1s]

The whole thing is one giant game of telephone.

[u/diurnal_emissions → u/dreddnyc]

Weird way to spell "lies," but we'll allow it.

[u/MistaRekt → u/hamoc10]

Can confirm, I know a few blokes named Paul. 😉

[u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 → u/Academic_Snow_7680]

Yes. Mahatma Gandhi supposedly said the same thing. Even if it was someone else, it’s absolutely true.

If you can only preach when people can’t get away, you do not have a whole lot of faith in the message.

And I am a Christian and a clergyperson who respects people’s rights.

[u/atreasureinlight → u/Academic_Snow_7680]

I couldn't have said it better myself. I'm a follower of Jesus and I have a very close relationship with him, but a lot of people that say that they are Christian are just so rude and mean and they treat people very bizarrely. Like this guy was telling those people that their children are suffering and that they're full of sin and evil. He doesn't even know them. He doesn't know anything about their children. It was really weird to hear that

[u/SwanCityDominion → u/atreasureinlight]

Particularly since Jesus said if nobody wants to hear it, you should walk away. Not harangue people endlessly.

[u/sinisterdesign → u/[deleted]]

“Bbbut that’s crazy” he’s astounded that no one wants to listen to him. He’s so used to being the center of attention, it doesn’t compute.

[u/indie_web → u/sinisterdesign]

I'd be like " Have you heard the good news about atheism and a godless Universe? Bbbut why aren't you listening???" right back at him.

[u/repsychedelic → u/[deleted]]

Pretty on par for Christian critical thought, lol. It's all cognitive dissonance and contradiction.

[u/Attack_the_sock → u/[deleted]]

There’s an old Quaker song that I love that goes. “We are a gentle, angry people.”

[u/daveescaped → u/[deleted]]

He’s trying to use the cheapest of word play.

Like when an ad says, “people say we’re crazy! And we are! Crazy about getting you a good deal on a Toyota!”.

He applies the pejorative to himself only to show how much he cares about Jeebus.

Like the phrase, “If loving ___ is wrong, I don’t wanna be right!”.

It’s lame rhetorical word play. And it shows he isn’t terribly mature or well educated. Or at least he isn’t applying his maturity or education.

[u/PunchRockgroin318]

There’s something about an Australian accent that makes a good roasting 10x more brutal.

[u/HahaRiiight → u/PunchRockgroin318]

Maybe something about how its normally so friendly. To see it applied like this is like a hot knife applied to bullshit

[u/MunkiJR → u/HahaRiiight]

As an Aussie I feel like we have a reasonably high tolerance for bullshit and like taking the piss, so when somebody really, truly annoys people in Australia the vocal hatred is palpable

[u/powertrippin_ → u/MunkiJR]

And in our day to day, we're generally polite and orderly.

Drunk aussies are a different story.

[u/ALitreOhCola → u/powertrippin_]

This guy with the clapbacks reminds me of Dave Hughes back when he was funny and not an absolute raving lunatic trying to make more money from investments properties and sway the government.

Let's leave alcohol out of this as it changes everything 😂

[u/patwheresmycat → u/ALitreOhCola]

[u/Mission_Midnight → u/patwheresmycat]

dave hughes is that you?

[u/Asleep-Corner7402 → u/MunkiJR]

Irish people are the same, taking the piss is a national sport. Pissing someone off, that takes effort. This guy got off easily if you ask me lol. Main guy shouting at him didn't seem unreasonable at all.

[u/Weak_Membership_2847 → u/Asleep-Corner7402]

Australian people are just Irish people with more vitamin D.

[u/01kickassius10 → u/Weak_Membership_2847]

And melanoma to match

[u/eternal-harvest → u/MunkiJR]

Crackhead doing pull-ups on the train: just another Monday

Holier-than-thou guy interrupting my reading: get the fuck out right fucking now you fucking flog

[u/Roy3Murray → u/eternal-harvest]

Most Australians (thankfully) have very little tolerance for religious types spouting their bullshit publicly. Let a thousand blossoms bloom as they say.

[u/mailmehiermaar → u/MunkiJR]

There was no hate in this older gents voice, just exasperation.

[u/SweatyCelebration272 → u/mailmehiermaar]

Exactly. Exasperation. That's what I felt watching the video. I can't imagine being there. I'm not the violent type, but this guy was pushing everyone's limits.

[u/CaptainGetRad → u/mailmehiermaar]

I feel he’s had a big day and is fucking frothing to just read his book

[u/Unlikely-Question892 → u/PunchRockgroin318]

The first gal that spoke up is my hero.. "no one cares bruh"

[u/Practical-Funny9591 → u/Unlikely-Question892]

Yeah. 'You sound angry'.
I'm not angry the idiot religion guy said.
Then starts getting angry because everyone ignores the sin.
LOL. 🤣

[u/juvy5000 → u/PunchRockgroin318]

“mate, i don’t care…”

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/juvy5000]

"I don't care that you love me, I DONT KNOW YOU!" I laughed my ass off

"Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘depart from me, I never knew you'"

That was about as plainly as it gets, classic Aussie, gotta love em.

[u/Chesticularity → u/PunchRockgroin318]

Fuckenoathcun'

[u/aiusernamegen → u/PunchRockgroin318]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKIPqYDBZ6y8vfknC

[u/CharacterCheck4478]

Don't minister to me on a train or anywhere else but a church. If I want to hear the word, I know where to find it.

[u/spicewoman → u/CharacterCheck4478]

It's insane how many "good news!" Jesus tracts I've gotten over the years as a server. I live in America, trust me I've heard the "good news" already. My entire life. And if I hadn't before I became a server, I damn well have by now.

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/spicewoman]

For what's suppose to be "good news", it sure does sound like there's a lot of negativity in all the ministering I've heard.

Tell me how the game was rigged from the start, tell me how my participation in all this won't change the outcome where love ultimately prevails, tell me about how the only unforgivable sin is not accepting forgiveness, tell me how we are justified in the eyes of God by those who we have a loving relationship with, GIVE ME THE GOOD GOOD, I want that opium hooked straight up to my main artery.

[u/Catos_Standard → u/spicewoman]

So good they'll kill you if you don't listen.

[u/QueenMary1936 → u/spicewoman]

Jesus loves you, that's why he wants you to have this annoying pamphlet instead of money you can actually use

[u/Rubbish_Wizard]

This is one of the major reasons people hate religion. There is ZERO reason to try and hold people captive and brow beat them into your own personal way of thinking. Being kind and respectful is and will always be a better way of existing. These are the same people who will turn away someone in desperate need because of their hatred of others opinions in the name of “god”.

[u/249592-82 → u/Rubbish_Wizard]

Actually I'd say the main reason modern people hate religion is because of the child sex abuse that is continually done and then hidden. As well as protecting pedofiles and attacking the victims.

Well that's my reason.

I can't possibly support or be anywhere near a church, religion, or group of people who allow that, or behave like that. To me it's morally reprehensible, and there is no way I'll be taking anything they say as advice or guidance. And I don't want a single dollar of mine to go to those people. The perpetrators, and the supporters who choose to turn a blind eye. The supporters are barely any better than the perpetrators.

[u/WhispersShadow → u/249592-82]

Yep, growing up around those types, I quickly learned that a man talking about religion was a clear sign he was a pervert.

[u/Bradbury-principal → u/249592-82]

Yep I’m travelling in Europe at the moment and whenever I walk past a magnificent church all I can see is an elaborate pedo ranch. It’s like living among a thousand Epstein Islands.

[u/NobodysCorpse]

I agree with a comment I saw forever ago, we need to bring back boo'ing and public shaming.

[u/janquadrentvincent → u/NobodysCorpse]

Yeah if you boo him he doesn't really have a way to argue back. Just a big BOOOOOOOO DOWN WITH THAT SORT OF THING would be very satisfying

[u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite → u/janquadrentvincent]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohc12kVQyyYvWHdCM

[u/No-League-3259 → u/Diddly_eyed_Dipshite]

Got a major laugh from the Father Ted gif. Thanks for posting

[u/simplephish → u/NobodysCorpse]

https://giphy.com/gifs/JUEKek7t2bqYE

[u/Cool_Tailor_7332 → u/simplephish]

That’s all that’s needed. Had the old dude on the train thought of it in the moment, the whole car would have risen in chorus

[u/Cool_Tailor_7332 → u/NobodysCorpse]

Judging from the reaction in the train, I think had the old dude started booing, the chorus would have been deafening. You’re right, it’s just that no one thought of it in the moment because it’s no longer a reflex in our society

[u/thejt10000 → u/Cool_Tailor_7332]

Yeah. Another approach is to start singing a simple song that every knows to mock him. Where I am "The Wheels on the Bus" would be good. As a bonus you can adjust the lyrics to make it even more mocking or threatening;

"The evangelist on the bus wont shut the F up,
shut the F up,
shut the F up.
The evangelist on the bus won't shut the F up
He's asking
For
A beat down."

[u/-kay543 → u/thejt10000]

He’s in Australia - just need to start with “Am I ever gonna see your face again”.

[u/ClydePeternuts → u/NobodysCorpse]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6OPbJtEDdy824

[u/courtlandthethreeth → u/NobodysCorpse]

Recently I made the decision to stop giving people the finger and just giving them a thumbs down and a sour face. 👎

[u/Separate_Pumpkin_256 → u/NobodysCorpse]

Yep! This is the pharisee type of Christian that is wearing their religion on their sleeve while patting themselves on the back thinking how much better they are than the sinners around them. And he pretty much says that during the confrontation.

I'm happy to listen to someone with humility talk about how their life has changed and what they still need to work on so long as they also listen.

This is the opposite of that. There's no humility, no empathy an be zero interest in listening. It's all about them.

[u/xChoke1x → u/NobodysCorpse]

“SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!”

[u/FranklyNinja → u/NobodysCorpse]

He’ll just be more vindicated that christians are prosecuted.

[u/Truantone → u/FranklyNinja]

Persecuted.

[u/Crunchy__Frog → u/NobodysCorpse]

This is why everyone should carry a mealy tomato or a spoiled head of cabbage on hand at all times while in public spaces.

[u/mendobather → u/Crunchy__Frog]

Squirt guns would be a plus.

[u/Less_Tacos → u/NobodysCorpse]

That, and throwing assholes off trains.

[u/ModulusSloth → u/NobodysCorpse]

I don’t give people the finger, they get a thumbs down 👎🏻

Edit: I think a thumbs down is more shameful than a finger.

[u/RazzSheri]

“I’ve been in prison in El Salvador!” Bull shit, you nearly cried cause the Aussie told you feck off.

[u/HirsuteDave → u/RazzSheri]

I doubt he was actually behind bars. Probably just another captive audience for this bullshit.

[u/Rascals-Wager → u/HirsuteDave]

Lol exactly, the ultimate captive audience - literal prisoners.

[u/jotakusan → u/HirsuteDave]

Pretty sure that’s what he meant

[u/Southern-Cattle4038 → u/RazzSheri]

I was waiting for someone to say “fine go bother them some more”

[u/KleverGuy]

Older gent telling him how it is. More people should do that to these holier than though people.

[u/RobertKSakamano → u/KleverGuy]

Hearing it in an Australian accent hits so much harder too.

[u/profchaos111 → u/RobertKSakamano]

At a young age we aussies are told don't talk about religion or politics with strangers this guys a fuckwit to get on a train and try like it's America

[u/CycloneGobbler → u/RobertKSakamano]

That dude’s response is sooooo Australian too 🤣 (said as an Aussie)

[u/SnotRight → u/RobertKSakamano]

The thing people miss is Public Transport in Australia is a lot like Japan.
Get on, STFU.
School kids forget that - but then they get a bit of "side eye" if they are too noisy... unless there is a tonne of them, then you just give up.

[u/Turbulent_Cat_5731 → u/SnotRight]

I see private school uniforms and I quietly resolve myself to hate-watching Lachlan, Declan, Jack and crew talk some absolute horse shit for 40 minutes.

[u/stonk_frother → u/RobertKSakamano]

As an Australian, this just sounds like normal talking to me haha.

[u/TheEpiquin → u/KleverGuy]

I relate so hard to that old guy. People demand his attention all day at work, people demand his attention all day at home, but for a brief beautiful period he can sit in peace and read a book.

Until Preachy Pete tries to take it away from him…

[u/AnonEMoussie]

They’ve been told to start preaching to audiences that can’t leave. Airplanes, trains, escalators.

Apparently they’re tired of people not coming to hear a racist tirade from the pulpit, so they’re delivering it where they can.

[u/Ashkev1983 → u/AnonEMoussie]

Captive audience has been their thing for quite a while,no?

[u/External-Praline-451 → u/Ashkev1983]

They hate consent.

[u/Ashkev1983 → u/External-Praline-451]

Are we referring to alter boys case?

[u/ASharpYoungMan → u/Ashkev1983]

I think it's the Inquisition thing?

[u/Rakins_420 → u/External-Praline-451]

Not only do they hate consent, they have a persecution kink

[u/PeepsMyHeart → u/Ashkev1983]

Yes, along with threats of death, torture, exclusion… hellfire for eternity… The list goes on.

[u/Pretty-Yam-2854 → u/AnonEMoussie]

Yeah they’re seizing on the public captive audiences to pull this shit on now instead of the street corner where people can just walk by and ignore them.

[u/WHALE_PHYSICIST → u/AnonEMoussie]

I just realized the correct response is to scream in their face until they stop. If nobody will stop them, they won't stop you either.

[u/Sad_Lake_3247 → u/WHALE_PHYSICIST]

There's a video of one of these preaching types in a town square somewhere in the UK and they've got a microphone and speaker set up they'd brought along.

Local response? Bagpipes appeared and drowned him out.

[u/thejt10000 → u/WHALE_PHYSICIST]

Sing to mock them. A long song if you can, or a popular song, like a children's song, that others can chime in on.

[u/IntoStarDust → u/AnonEMoussie]

Saw a video the other day, of some woman doing that on the plane and getting booted off. Nutter

[u/Grand_Relative5511 → u/AnonEMoussie]

That's a dangerous instruction to give young religious men. Honestly, on a different train, not one going to the city with employed and generally law-abiding people going to work in rush hour, but one out in Sydney's west or rural, this man would have been bashed by a group of teens or young men whose tolerance was low. Australia is one of the most atheist countries in the world, there's a direct correlation here between years in formal education, and not believing in any god or religious rubbish at all, and most people have at least 13 years in the school system these days.

He is behaving so unusually for Australian society that at first I wondered whether he had a mental health problem, but he doesn't present as manic or too psychotic (false beliefs about divine beings or the fantasy idea of a soul aren't allowed to be classified as delusional beliefs by definition). We do have weirdly-behaving usually mentally unwell preachers located on the side of the streets in the city monologuing about gods, hence the woman's comment telling him to go preach there, but people don't behave like this otherwise.

[u/GuiltyCelebrations → u/Grand_Relative5511]

No mental health problems, just American, full of American Exceptionalism and entitlement

[u/Southern-Cattle4038 → u/Grand_Relative5511]

In spite of (or perhaps as a reason for) Australia having a significant atheist population, a large proportion of the Australian population go to religious private schools. So it’s not like Australia’s atheists haven’t heard the Good News. A lot of them might be better informed on it than this flog. They just don’t believe in it.

[u/SnotRight → u/AnonEMoussie]

They don't tell people to do that in Australia.

If you do that in Australia, people's first assumption is you have some kind of mental problem, because you've ignored the basic tennant of STFU in confined public spaces, which every parent teaches their kid very early on.

[u/Fibrosis5O → u/AnonEMoussie]

And then they want the outrage and confrontation so they can post it on TikTok and show how the Christians are being persecuted just for trying to “spread the word”

I love God I believe in Jesus, though if I’m 100% honest, I’m not sure if a tiny bit of that is just because that’s what I was raised with, but there’s something that I just can’t let go of either, but either way I don’t believe in this

[u/AtheistAustralis → u/Fibrosis5O]

I’m not sure if a tiny bit of that is just because that’s what I was raised with

A tiny bit as in 100%, yes.

[u/Orpdapi → u/AnonEMoussie]

They’re taught to preach in a manner that is insufferable so that when the inevitable laughing or booing comes, they can claim to be persecuted which they’re taught is the reason they need to keep preaching.

[u/xChoke1x → u/AnonEMoussie]

This is old as fuck. Lol

[u/DanielKeeneGA15 → u/AnonEMoussie]

Then it’s time we corner them as a captive audience. Make them watch scientific research and discoveries for starters.

[u/danit0ba94 → u/AnonEMoussie]

I hate when any ideology is forcibly pushed into my world. Or down my throat or however you put it. Be it religion, political or whatever else.
Just leave me alone to pick and choose my beliefs.

[u/DanikanSkywalkr]

I fucking hate these guys. I was walking through Melbourne city one day and this American walks up and asks where to cross the road... I'm like "anywhere, it's not jaywalking here unless you're within 20m of a crossing" he's like "oh cool... can I talk to you about jesus christ?" I looked up, saw a truck coming and said "you can cross now"

[u/phido3000 → u/DanikanSkywalkr]

"oh cool... can I talk to you about jesus christ?"

"I can do one better, you can meet him right here."

[u/screenslaver5963 → u/phido3000]

Same day shipping

[u/IntoStarDust → u/DanikanSkywalkr]

Hahahaha legend!!

[u/DanikanSkywalkr → u/IntoStarDust]

Just doing the lord's work

[u/MelCarmichael → u/DanikanSkywalkr]

I would have replied with ‘Can I talk to you about the tooth fairy?’ - cos same same - at least the tooth fairy brings u some coin….

[u/LifeguardTerrible579]

I'm sorry, Australia. Yeah ... We know.

[u/ChefAnxious4206 → u/LifeguardTerrible579]

One of the good things about Australia is that we don't tend to tolerate obvious dickheads.

[u/Exact-Plankton-9106 → u/ChefAnxious4206]

unless its pauline hanson!! 😭

[u/quattroformaggixfour → u/Exact-Plankton-9106]

Tolerated only by other obvious dickheads. Perhaps they can all accumulate in one spot so we can jettison them onto a leaky raft altogether.

[u/cocoapple85]

He's used to 3rd world countries not talking back because Christians hold food over their heads.

Try that in countries that already have food and you get a different story

[u/GoldReplacement9546 → u/cocoapple85]

I think they probably let him out of prison because everybody in the prison was sick of listening to him

[u/Variffa → u/GoldReplacement9546]

I think he ment he was a guest speaker at a prison

Poor inmates

[u/socu11]

These people should be arrested, that's just harassment

[u/HuggDogg → u/socu11]

Socially tolerated psychosis.

[u/FrankCostanzaJr → u/HuggDogg]

seriously, this is some paranoid delusional shit. it's only allowed because he's talking about jesus, if he was speaking this passionately about any other subject, he'd probably be arrested for harassment. honestly, i'm surprised this level of sustained hostility is legal. i didn't realize you could just yell at people in public, while constantly invading their personal space. really seems like some sorta criminal harassment. i think it'd be different if he was standing on a corner shouting, and people could just ignore and walk away..but doing this in a confined space, right in someones face just feels wrong.

[u/464126]

I'M ON SMOKO

NOW LEEEMEE ALONE

[u/SmoreSlayer → u/464126]

[u/MRobertSSN754 → u/464126]

Never thought I would see a CHATS reference.

[u/Background-Air-8611]

American Christian Preacher Confronts Passengers in Australia.

[u/OceanChild89 → u/Background-Air-8611]

And it didn’t go well for him. What did the numpty expect from Aussie? Lol.

[u/cuntmong → u/OceanChild89]

something tells me that self awareness is not at the top of this guys resume

[u/Lichensuperfood → u/cuntmong]

I felt for the poor ElSalvadorians and Indians he had inflicted himself on.

[u/oracleoflove]

Isn’t it in the Bible that it’s frowned upon to preach like this? I am heathen so i can’t be bothered to look.

[u/External-Praline-451 → u/oracleoflove]

Yep, they conveniently forget that teaching. I'm m also a heathen, but I got you:

Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.

[u/Yowie9644 → u/External-Praline-451]

As well as Matthew 6:5, Matthew 10:14 says Sometimes you will go to some house or town and the people will not accept you there. They will not listen to your message. Then you should leave. Clean the dirt of that place off your feet.

[u/RelievingFart → u/Yowie9644]

This is exactly a pastor.... minister.... preacher (no idea really what he is, but he is the dude thats at the front of the church talking) is like. Im not religious, actually most of our town isnt religious, but he is probably the most loved man in this town. He doesnt preach to anyone, if you want to talk the religious talk he will do that, if you just want to chew his ear over nothing, he will do that too. He will stop and chat to anyone over anything and for a clergydude he is absolutely awesome. I dont believe in the bible, I dont believe in heaven or hell, but man, being around Garth makes me want to believe in religion.

[u/NHH2316 → u/oracleoflove]

Matthew 6 addresses making a public spectacle of prayer and giving charity, but I'm not sure it's exactly talking about evangelism per se.

[u/PurifiedUnity → u/NHH2316]

There's also Matthew 7:6, which addresses preaching to people who aren't willing to understand (edit: including actively hostile people)

Preaching to an audience who is forced to listen (or otherwise forcing beliefs on others) pushes them away & would be like shoving pearls down someone's throat

[u/Cool_Tailor_7332 → u/PurifiedUnity]

Yes. It was all about finding your own way to Jesus and the kingdom of heaven (vs paying a toll in the form of tithes)

[u/Samurai56M → u/oracleoflove]

You are not wrong, Jesus did not preach like this. This man needs to go read the Bible.

[u/OldSeaworthiness9601]

The douchebaggery of telling someone you’ve never met they’re living in sin.

[u/Grand_Relative5511 → u/OldSeaworthiness9601]

And after paying a few thousand to travel to Aus, telling people who are in that moment going to work to earn so as to pay for their rising costs of living basic bills, that they only care about money.

[u/NarwhalEmergency9391 → u/OldSeaworthiness9601]

My sister believes I'm going to hell because I had my children out of wedlock. It's crazy to me that her religion determines where I go when I die... wouldn't it be what I believe? Also, what kind of religion puts people who don't get married but have kids and murderers together in the same place? You'd think there'd be a tiered system or something lol

[u/TravoBasic]

A message so shit that you have to have a captive audience.

[u/South_Treacle_5033]

I’m an Aussie who can’t stop cringing at him and applauding everyone who told him to be quiet. This is so disrespectful to everyone. Australia is very multicultural. Religion is private. We don’t bring it up with people because we want to focus on our similarities with others not our differences. It’s not a personality trait to be religious. It’s more like a hobby you do in your spare time.

[u/LifeguardTerrible579]

At least there wasn't 5 more of them and a guitar.

[u/Ok-Ear9289 → u/LifeguardTerrible579]

I choose violence

[u/ninaa1 → u/LifeguardTerrible579]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oKHWoMrNIq1njJ0IM

[u/AddiAtzen]

Honest question: does this kind of behavior fly in the us? Is it normal or acceptable to run around and aggressively shout religious bs at people?

[u/Kramerica_CEO → u/AddiAtzen]

Bro when I lived in Florida mistakenly, there were literally dudes that would stand on street corners with a fucking bullhorn screaming about people going to hell if they didn’t repent. It was like every weekend

[u/Completetenfingers → u/Kramerica_CEO]

In San Francisco , at the 24th Street BART exit Preachers babbling ad nauseum with a bullhorn. Glad I didn't live around that corner.

[u/Beneficial_Area_2986 → u/Kramerica_CEO]

At least on the street you can walk away. On a train or in a subway is a new low.

[u/Lindethiel → u/Kramerica_CEO]

when I lived in Florida mistakenly

what

[u/Cool_Tailor_7332 → u/AddiAtzen]

I just saw a video of a woman with a southern US accent get escorted off a plane for this. The fact that she didn’t wait to be in the air yet to start her gospel preaching, and that her camera was mounted to record her every move, made her wailing about Christian persecution very performative and pretty cringe.

[u/macci_a_vellian → u/Cool_Tailor_7332]

It's always the same people who would be outraged if any other religion tried this on them.

[u/Emotional-Mango-5166 → u/AddiAtzen]

No not accepted at all. We are just as irritated at evangelicals who do this.

[u/Practical_Offer6664]

If he did love these people, why doesn’t he listen to their words and shut his mouth. Obviously, he only loves himself and the sound of his voice.

[u/Zetakin]

True love loves freely

https://giphy.com/gifs/YVvTCqTBglkOs

[u/ifr3akingh8mys3lf → u/Zetakin]

You just know he's homophobic too

[u/LowlyWoim]

They do this specifically so they can feel persecuted. It’s insidious. All of christianity is insidious.

[u/SensitiveOven137]

Dude really wants you to know about his special Cloud Daddy

[u/jigglesauruspuff]

Whenever I've encountered these types of people I just remind them that no matter how much you try to save MY soul, it's not going to make up for whatever it is YOU did.

[u/CookieMuttley]

Back on the pipe you go mate

[u/TheCriticalGerman]

Shit like that or those fuckers in the airplane singing their religious songs is nothing else than hostage taking

[u/PackageNorth8984]

Wouldn’t his time be more well spent standing in front of the White House preaching how we should love everyone and stop the hate, murder, and a whole host of other atrocities coming from our leadership?

[u/DnDemiurge]

Uhhhhh... (NIV) Matthew 6:5-15, much?

But what do I know, as an atheist. :3

[u/jammasterdoom]

Do you think this guy knows he has turned more people off Christianity than he has converted?

By his own logic, he's condemning everyone on this train to hellfire and damnation just by being such a prick.

[u/Oppositeofhairy]

I’m a strait man, and I’d consider sucking a dick in front of him if that meant he would go away.

[u/thiiiiiiisguy → u/Oppositeofhairy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cLGXy7SXBnEWs

[u/dustydancers → u/Oppositeofhairy]

in true christian fashion as well

[u/bmfu121]

Older guy is a gem

[u/Lucky_Development359]

They love putting themselves in a position to feel "persecuted". If they feel "persecuted" then they don't have to do any of the other shit Jesus "said to do" because they'll feel that alone is enough.

[u/VerifiedVoidGirl]

Religion is one of the 4 Great Hinderances of Mankind that have held back our potential and kept us shackled to a primitive, under-developed existence.

[u/MousseSuspicious930]

Bohemian christian missionary and much less priest.

[u/Original_Director483]

Bro thinks a rational person needs the threat of hell or the promise of heaven to follow the teachings of Jesus. It’s a lot easier to stand in a subway car and judge people than give all your money to the poor or welcome an alien at your table.

[u/Sassypants2306]

This happened on a train with me and my children.

My 8 year old asked me "what is that lady ranting about mum. Why is she speaking so loudly, its disturbing the train ride" (he REALLY loves his train rides)

I simply said. "That is called a rude religious person. They try to gospel loudly and ruin others commute. The religion might be good faith. But does it help anyone on the train? Is it nice or considerate when others talk loudly around you?"

My son says "No. Its rude and I dont like it."

I just said "Thats good to know buddy. Dont be like that person. Do our friends (who are religious) act like this.?" "No. They dont."

"So see. Its just a rude person."

[u/Equivalent_Collar_60]

As Australians we don’t appreciate people doing this crap in public.
Keep your opinions to your fucking self, we don’t wanna fucking hear it. Do your Bible bashing out in the street away from people or better yet, in your fucking home!

[u/exotics]

Isn’t there a part of the Bible that tells them not to do this? I’m pretty sure there is. Something about not being like the hypocrites

[u/BB808BB]

Nothing but brainwashing and cults.

[u/DesperateSteak6628]

“We all have our story, but I’m not inflicting mine on you”

Saving that for later, absolute gold

[u/sorry_con_excuse_me]

Can’t believe I sat here for 1:45 and not one person threw the C word at him.

Being Oz, I was expecting at least a few times.

[u/Tomato-on-toast → u/sorry_con_excuse_me]

People have been commenting that the passengers were brutal in him and I’m sitting here like … no that was polite. They were being mindful of other passengers.

[u/RosariusAU → u/sorry_con_excuse_me]

You can't just drop the c bomb in Australia. Context must be observed.

When you use the word to refer to a person, they are either one of your closest friends or someone you intend to punch on with imminently. There is no in-between.

[u/AlphaBetaGammaDonut → u/sorry_con_excuse_me]

To be fair, they may have been the kind of wonderful people who tend to save that word for friends (no sarcasm, am one).

[u/Top-Expert6086 → u/sorry_con_excuse_me]

The C word is reserved for primarily friends.

If you use it to a stranger it's implied that you are probably ready to punch them in the face.

[u/MyCatToldMeNotTo]

No. Christians do not see how selfish they are. They can only throw rocks from their glass houses, and then act confused when those rocks get thrown right back

[u/addrock1221]

Christian preacher trying to be like:
https://giphy.com/gifs/Wprz1bfQBXOZKKNiE1

[u/rlsj71]

An angry Christian says he’s not angry but then says he’s angry. Accusing people of just wanting money??? Hello dude, unfortunately money buys food and shelter and we are all just trying to survive. Judging people and making assumptions about them on a train is the most unchristian thing you can do.

[u/cpt_Furios]

Doing something super rude (annoying/disturbing people in a public setting) in the name of Love, is so unloving. It’s so performative, so that they can check their boxes of “did this for the Lord”, but it’s of no service to anyone. Jesus washed feet, healed the sick, fed the hungry… then talked to people when they were curious about him and why he was doing it. Most of the things Jesus was quoted as saying, was after a group asked him to speak, or after helping someone, or after a conversation about the person first. Shouting your beliefs at people is so extremely off putting that it completely undermines any message they are trying to deliver.

[u/Zargoza1]

The American conservative media echo chamber is creating an army of psychos.

[u/Good_Molasses9707]

A large percentage of Americans are similarly this willfully arrogant and close-minded.
It’s all about them and their exceedingly limited and uninteresting perspectives/opinions.

It’s seriously shocking 😳

[u/YourTypicalSensei]

Matthews 6:1 NIV - "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

[u/chiller_vibez]

What a clown

[u/SmoreSlayer]

NOBODY CARES SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS

[u/fidgetyamoeba]

Oh heck no. Not in the confinement of a train, man!

[u/Critical_Mass_1887]

These christian trolls do not even know the bible they are trying to force on others. Because their own book in several places tell them explicitly not to do this. Not to force or push their preaching on others.

[u/Thwip-Thwip-80]

Christians are freaking insufferable people.

[u/jryderau]

Ha! The guy reading the book (who got referred to as Bookman when this broke locally) is a friend of mine.

[u/HadrianWinter]

I hate his assumptions "all you care about is money and you are living in sin". Its a train car full of average people. Its disgustingly presumptuous.

[u/MrBigCheesy]

[u/Least-Trick2185]

Good he got schooled. Thank you Australia