Woman Escorted off Bus for Reading Bible Aloud

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I'd rather not have anyone treating me to their religious diahorrea thankyouverymuch. Even atheists.

yes, I've had problems with a SDA 'friend', they are aggressive proselytisers, to an annoying degree. She used to make a point of being around me on a Sunday so she could interfere with what she thought was the 'wrong' sabbath. (I'm not really a sabbath observer).

I think that the Bible should be kept in the church and in the home. I also agree with the poster above. If I wish to hear about God, I'll go to church on Sunday evening, like I usually do. That's the only place that I wish to hear about Religion. There's a person who goes to my clubhouse and preaches to everybody. My friends and I wish that he would just keep it in the church.

Just because someone isn't a Christian doesn't mean they hate Christianity. Regardless, I doubt it's that simple.

Personally, I don't think there's enough information to really draw an educated conclusion.



Pardon the expression, but amen to that!

Yes, opinions that are stated as facts. I "get it" about the Al-Qaeda, I don't think it's funny. Like I said, I don't care for the lumping together all the groups that must be intolerant of Christianity. I dislike Christianity quite a bit, though I don't hate the bible. When I drive, I don't care what you're reading, don't read out loud.

Considering this is a board for Aspies and autistics I'm surprised people are coming up with only discriminating reasons why this woman was kicked off the bus. I startle easily and people think nothing of shouting in my ear to talk in their cellphone, a couple of weeks ago this woman was singing at the top of her lungs at the bus stop, people keep their ring tones really loud no matter where they are.
The bus is another story and it's actually dangerous to be too loud. This woman was belligerent with small children. Regardless of the reason she was kicked off the bus, would you be willing to be kicked off if you had small children with you? How safe is that? Is it worth it?
Did anyone see the video of this woman?

Proselytizing is an important part of Christianity. Prohibiting Christians from preaching the Word is religious discrimination and is unconstitutional.

If she read the Bible at the same volume as people talking on the bus, then they had no right to kick her off the bus. If she was too loud, they should have told her to lower her voice instead of telling her to stop talking.

Not trying to be offensive here or anything, but I can understand why they did it. I mean, they want the passengers to be quiet, that's the rule. If someone doesn't like it...well...tough.

Doesn't mean I have to want to put up with their religious balderdash though.

It's more accurate to say that some sects within Christianity see evangelizing as important. It's actually criticized in the Bible. Not all denominations believe and promote the same things.

So block your ears when they talk, or something.

Hey, I am adventist.... actually, I was which made this thread very interesting to me, of course not all adventists or other christians are like that, the thing is why she was doing this on a bus while she well could have been doing this at the privacy of her home, that I wonder, she could have been a fanatic, God help her kids and well, that would apply to all religions, Jehova's Witnesses can be annoying too, when someone wants to get near me I would tell them that I believe in the Prime Directive

No, I don't see why I should.

A bus is to get people from A to B, not to spread particular people's hobby horses. Nothing wrong with a conversation but I do not want unsolicited religious dogma with a bus ride into town. Life's stressful enough as it is.

Before I finish, I have one other question. If these self-righteous ninnyhammering zealots attempt to convert me am I perfectly within my rights to refute their garbage with just as much vitriol as they use to espouse it?

Certainly. If they don't like it, they can block their ears.

Amen.

i tell them i'm in the Jehovas Witness Protection Program