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Comment by George Gordner III on November 24, 2010 at 5:25am

“Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.”
Bertrand Russell quote

Comment by Alex Zygmunt on November 16, 2010 at 9:34pm

@Brent: I think its more of a livestock pen.

Comment by Brent Feeney on November 2, 2010 at 8:21am

@Alex: I know what you're talking about re: Bob Jones University - or should it be prison camp? I lived in Clemson/Seneca for a year and a half and went to Greenville quite a bit. I'd see the BJU campus, with the fences, walls and guards, and ask myself, "is this a campus or prison?" Couldn't believe it.

Comment by Brent Feeney on November 2, 2010 at 8:10am

Preachers like that are all over. Back when I was at Eastern Illinois in the mid- to late-80s (and I imagine they still show up), there was a series of preachers - going by the names Brother Jed (Jed Smock), Sister Cindy (Jed's wife), Brother Jim (Jim Gillies), Brother Max (the late Max Lynch) and another guy who clashed with them named Brother Mike (Mike Woronicki). It was the usual amount of fire-and-brimestone crap. I distinctly remember one of them - I think it was Max - saying "If you are a good Christian, you will be a good capitalist." Capitalist, of course, spread out over a small amount of time, just like "all them ho-mo-SEX-uals!" They would show up right after the start of the school year in late August or early September, set up space on the Library Quad and have at it all day.

I tended to ignore them personally. They never said a word to me, and I didn't go after them. But they were a source of amusement for the campus for a few days before they hit the road.

Comment by Roxy on November 1, 2010 at 10:14pm

We need to send this guy some love: James Dimock, Minnesota State University, Mankato james.dimock@mnsu.edu

This is the article: Answering an Uninvited Preacher http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/11/01/mankato

Also good for Tara Mitchell who organized the protest with Professor Dimock advising.

The preacher had some choices, but chose to let the protesters stay, then he complained about them. First amendment protection for me but not for thee, I guess.

Comment by Alex Zygmunt on November 1, 2010 at 6:39pm

Being in what can be described as the Buckle (or even an eyelet) of the Bible Belt, things get rather lonely. Chin up :) the likelihood of meeting folks of like mind is growing every day. Even here in Greenville, SC (home of Bob Jones University [shudder])

Comment by Logan Blankenship on October 29, 2010 at 11:36am

@Donnie, hahaha, yeah man, I feel ya, agnostics are so often worse than religious people in terms of being delusional, self-righteous windbags. It's an inherently self-contradictory maxim, and I always am annoyed hearing agnostics go on with this moral relativist, subjectivist bullshit about how religious beliefs are just as valid as atheism, and how there is no objective standard for such beliefs, and how some people "need religion" and how religion has been either benign or even benevolent. Can't stand that shit.

Comment by Donnie Ashok on October 29, 2010 at 6:27am

In India the probability to find an atheist (not agnostic there are hordes of them and i hate agnostics) female is next to 0. Guess I'll find Girl friends here ;)

Comment by Myke Sorrel on October 20, 2010 at 5:48pm

Yea, being in New York isn't so bad, you have a lot of non-religious people, but i want to connect with someone i know through the long wrong sees my views.

Comment by Orson_Zedd on October 20, 2010 at 5:47pm

well, quite a lot of us are. Especially in the south. But I know some who aren't, because they aren't anxious like me. I think it's part being somewhat closeted and living in more religious areas.

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