Don't bother...

[The Dawktor]

Last night I met a woman at a dinner party- who told me that she attended a spiritualist church.
I asked her if she was aware that the 2 founders of spiritualism had announced that they had made it all up but it was too late to stop the cash-cow of the church they had started.
I talked to her about cold-reading, lack of repeatable evidence, and other techniques used by 'psychics' and the fact that at the church people knew lots of personal details about each other. I talked to her about credulity and that people who believed in X often believed in A-Q as well. I talked about horoscopes and Randi etc.

In the end she said to me- "But- HOW could the preacher possibly have known that I have blue in my wallpaper?"

I shrugged my shoulders, muttered "Maybe he looked through your curtains one night?" and walked away. Waste of time!

[Rum]

We regularly get preachers in the middle of the town square here and whenever I see one I become really quite enraged. I know I shouldn't but the crap they spout - usually about how everyone who doesn't believe what they do will burn in hell for eternity or the world is about to end as the Lord returns bla bla blah..

I guess not many people take them seriously any more, but I have to resist the urge to go up and shout into the guy's face to stop believing and talking such utter bollocks. It would of course make no difference and in many cases would just confirm their view that the world is full of lost and damned souls.

I should just calm down about it I think.

[Clinton Huxley]

What we need is some Rationalia Anti-Preachers to stand up, with sandwich board and megaphone, in some town square and bellow out

"You are not doomed!"
"You won't go to Hell!"
"What does it taste like, seriously?"

I'm not doing it though.

[BlackBart]

What we need is some Rationalia Anti-Preachers to stand up, with sandwich board and megaphone, in some town square and bellow out

"You are not doomed!"
"You won't go to Hell!"
"What does it taste like, seriously?"

I'm not doing it though.

"I keep thinking it's Tuesday!"

[The Dawktor]

What we need is some Rationalia Anti-Preachers to stand up, with sandwich board and megaphone, in some town square and bellow out

"You are not doomed!"
"You won't go to Hell!"
"What does it taste like, seriously?"

I'm not doing it though.

Perhaps, Sir, you could be there in a supporting role- maybe with a cup of sweet tea for the anti-preacher?

[Clinton Huxley]

What we need is some Rationalia Anti-Preachers to stand up, with sandwich board and megaphone, in some town square and bellow out

"You are not doomed!"
"You won't go to Hell!"
"What does it taste like, seriously?"

I'm not doing it though.

Perhaps, Sir, you could be there in a supporting role- maybe with a cup of sweet tea for the anti-preacher?

Splendid! Are you volunteering to Anti-Preach?

[Pappa]

We regularly get preachers in the middle of the town square here and whenever I see one I become really quite enraged. I know I shouldn't but the crap they spout - usually about how everyone who doesn't believe what they do will burn in hell for eternity or the world is about to end as the Lord returns bla bla blah..

I guess not many people take them seriously any more, but I have to resist the urge to go up and shout into the guy's face to stop believing and talking such utter bollocks. It would of course make no difference and in many cases would just confirm their view that the world is full of lost and damned souls.

I should just calm down about it I think.

I often feel like that when I see them, but I refrain. The only time I do say anything is if they try to hand me a leaflet as I pass. A simple, curt, "Fuck off" always seems to come out of my mouth.

[Clinton Huxley]

We regularly get preachers in the middle of the town square here and whenever I see one I become really quite enraged. I know I shouldn't but the crap they spout - usually about how everyone who doesn't believe what they do will burn in hell for eternity or the world is about to end as the Lord returns bla bla blah..

I guess not many people take them seriously any more, but I have to resist the urge to go up and shout into the guy's face to stop believing and talking such utter bollocks. It would of course make no difference and in many cases would just confirm their view that the world is full of lost and damned souls.

I should just calm down about it I think.

I often feel like that when I see them, but I refrain. The only time I do say anything is if they try to hand me a leaflet as I pass. A simple, curt, "Fuck off" always seems to come out of my mouth.

I usually take a leaflet and then ostentatiously toss it in the nearest bin, unread. The leaflets cost the blighters money to print, probably as much as a couple of pence. Take that, Preacherman!

[Pappa]

We regularly get preachers in the middle of the town square here and whenever I see one I become really quite enraged. I know I shouldn't but the crap they spout - usually about how everyone who doesn't believe what they do will burn in hell for eternity or the world is about to end as the Lord returns bla bla blah..

I guess not many people take them seriously any more, but I have to resist the urge to go up and shout into the guy's face to stop believing and talking such utter bollocks. It would of course make no difference and in many cases would just confirm their view that the world is full of lost and damned souls.

I should just calm down about it I think.

I often feel like that when I see them, but I refrain. The only time I do say anything is if they try to hand me a leaflet as I pass. A simple, curt, "Fuck off" always seems to come out of my mouth.

I usually take a leaflet and then ostentatiously toss it in the nearest bin, unread. The leaflets cost the blighters money to print, probably as much as a couple of pence. Take that, Preacherman!

You have a point.... you could ask for a bundle to take home. I'm going to asked for all they booklets now too, they probably cost a quid or more to print.

[The Dawktor]

Normally I just stand in whatever crowd there is around and mutter "it's all bollocks you know!" I am more of a fifth columnist at heart

[JimC]

Very rare to have loony public preachers in Melbourne. We just have random drunks...

[Clinton Huxley]

Very rare to have loony public preachers in Melbourne. We just have random drunks...

How do you distinguish the random drunks from the other Aussies?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Very rare to have loony public preachers in Melbourne. We just have random drunks...

How do you distinguish the random drunks from the other Aussies?

Blurrily.

[JimC]

Very rare to have loony public preachers in Melbourne. We just have random drunks...

How do you distinguish the random drunks from the other Aussies?

Many a PhD thesis has attempted to answer that very question...

[Cunt]

There was a kindly looking old man peddling papers for Jeebus in the mall once awhile ago. I asked him questions, mainly about homosexuality. He was glad to expound on his ignorance and bigotry - in a very gay area. As he answered my questions he realized that there was a crowd gathering, staring at him gayly.

He left. I felt like a winner. (though he simply would have looked for more vulnerable 'marks', I feel sure)