(November 3, 2010 at 12:42 pm)Chuck Wrote:

(November 3, 2010 at 12:30 pm)theophilus Wrote: Have you ever actually used this method? If you have I would be interested in hearing how the preacher responded. I don't see how it would stop anyone from preaching.

No, preaching is a hard disease to cure. So the afflicted should be quarantined.

Street preachers, noise polluters of the worst kind.

(November 3, 2010 at 12:30 pm)theophilus Wrote: Have you ever actually used this method? If you have I would be interested in hearing how the preacher responded. I don't see how it would stop anyone from preaching.

Good point. Having their hypocrisy shown to them has never slowed down any preacher I've ever heard of.

I find the quickest method to silence a street preacher is to walk out of earshot and go and do your shopping. That way you don't violate the street preacher's right of free speech, you minimise the impact on yourself and you affirm your own right to stand in the street preaching atheism (if that's ever what you want to do).

Living in New York I get my share of preachers from just about every denomination imaginable, it's a freaking nightmare. But i have learned to just laugh them off and tune them out along with the rest of the noise in the city. As soon as I am approached I stop them dead cold and tell them I am an atheist and I don't have time to tell them why. That usually does the trick for me.

(November 3, 2010 at 9:46 am)Darwinian Wrote: I find that this usually does the trick

Ah, gaffer/duct tape... is there anything it can't be used for?

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(November 3, 2010 at 3:01 pm)Existentialist Wrote: and you affirm your own right to stand in the street preaching atheism (if that's ever what you want to do).

It would be a bit difficult to preach athiesm though. I mean, its not really like you can do the hellfire and brimstone routine to rattle the masses.

"You are NOT going to burn in the fires of hell"
"Nobody died for you and you are not sinners"
"Evolution is proven to be scientifically correct!"

Nah, i can't see it working.

(November 4, 2010 at 2:00 am)Loki_999 Wrote: It would be a bit difficult to preach athiesm

But you have a right to try

(November 4, 2010 at 2:00 am)Loki_999 Wrote: Ah, gaffer/duct tape... is there anything it can't be used for?

Lubrication.

(November 4, 2010 at 3:59 am)Existentialist Wrote:

(November 4, 2010 at 2:00 am)Loki_999 Wrote: It would be a bit difficult to preach athiesm

But you have a right to try

How about "thou shall neither fear burning in a lake of fire for an eternity, nor look forward to sucking the cock of an executed roman criminal to the end of time"?

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(November 4, 2010 at 4:41 am)leo-rcc Wrote:

(November 4, 2010 at 2:00 am)Loki_999 Wrote: Ah, gaffer/duct tape... is there anything it can't be used for?

Lubrication.

Yes it can. The nonsticky side is reasonably slick.

If he's preaching Christianity, this passage probably isn't a problem for him.