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Preacher Arrested In Scotland For Preaching In The Street
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I was totally shocked to read this story it seems Christians are being persecuted in this country.
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What do others think?
I was totally shocked to read this story it seems Christians are being persecuted in this country.
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What do others think?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I read this story in the Perthshire Advertiser earlier.
I am an atheist but like to think that I am reasonably tolerant of other people's religious choices.
I don't think that most people who go into town to do some shopping really want some person with a loud voice preaching to them.
Being religious and being a preacher doesn't make you either a good person or in the right (legal position).
If this guy was shouting about something else he would have been treated the same.
I am an atheist but like to think that I am reasonably tolerant of other people's religious choices.
I don't think that most people who go into town to do some shopping really want some person with a loud voice preaching to them.
Being religious and being a preacher doesn't make you either a good person or in the right (legal position).
If this guy was shouting about something else he would have been treated the same.
There is a video of him shouting in the street here:
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Having watched dozens of Police-style documentaries (no jokes about Sting please!) it is aparent that police officers do not take kindly to be contradicted about what is and what is not the law.
Tell a policeman you are not breaking the law when he says you are is pretty sure to get you an invite to 'help the police with their enquiries' as they say.
So - as jack says, it was not because this man is a Christian that he was arrested, or for spreading the gospel, as the Christian website would like to see it - but for being loud in pubklc, and then gobby with a bobby!!
Eyethenkyaou!!!
Tell a policeman you are not breaking the law when he says you are is pretty sure to get you an invite to 'help the police with their enquiries' as they say.
So - as jack says, it was not because this man is a Christian that he was arrested, or for spreading the gospel, as the Christian website would like to see it - but for being loud in pubklc, and then gobby with a bobby!!
Eyethenkyaou!!!
"it seems Christians are being persecuted in this country."
Noisy Christians who won't pipe down even though multiple different people ask him to be quiet - perhaps they're being 'persecuted'.
Here's Rowan Williams take on the persecution of Christians in the West:
Christians in Britain and the US who claim that they are persecuted should "grow up" and not exaggerate what amounts to feeling "mildly uncomfortable", according to Rowan Williams, who last year stepped down as archbishop of Canterbury after an often turbulent decade.
"When you've had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to use the word very chastely," he said. "Persecution is not being made to feel mildly uncomfortable. 'For goodness sake, grow up,' I want to say."
I think he may have a point.
Noisy Christians who won't pipe down even though multiple different people ask him to be quiet - perhaps they're being 'persecuted'.
Here's Rowan Williams take on the persecution of Christians in the West:
Christians in Britain and the US who claim that they are persecuted should "grow up" and not exaggerate what amounts to feeling "mildly uncomfortable", according to Rowan Williams, who last year stepped down as archbishop of Canterbury after an often turbulent decade.
"When you've had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to use the word very chastely," he said. "Persecution is not being made to feel mildly uncomfortable. 'For goodness sake, grow up,' I want to say."
I think he may have a point.
Having played the clip, it is clear that although the man is blessed (?) with a singularly loud voice, it does not give him the right to disturb other people with it. The net result is that other people shout back at him, and everyone's peace is disturbed, hence the police involvement.
We did have a preacher in our market square who used a loud-hailer, and another who used a small P.A. system - neither of them have been seen recently - persecution?????????
We did have a preacher in our market square who used a loud-hailer, and another who used a small P.A. system - neither of them have been seen recently - persecution?????????
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