Preachers at Paddington

"CJB" <chrisjbrady@> wrote

> For years there has been religious preachers at Paddington Station -

That's only to be expected. It is God's Wonderful Railway after all.

Peter

> If you don't want to listen to a street preacher, walk on by.

I've always assumed that they're mentally ill, and to be pitied or
taken to a place of safety. I can't seriously believe that any
religion could think that public preachers spouting incoherently helps
their public profile.

ian

On 10 Sep, 13:51, i.g.bat...@batten.eu.org wrote:
> > If you don't want to listen to a street preacher, walk on by.
>
> I've always assumed that they're mentally ill, and to be pitied or
> taken to a place of safety.  I can't seriously believe that any
> religion could think that public preachers spouting incoherently helps
> their public profile.

Are you a winner ... or a sinner?

What happened to the Oxford Circus ASBO man? He reappeared at
Piccadilly Circus for a while, but I haven't seen him since.

"Arthur Figgis" <afiggis@example.com.invalid> wrote

> If so, time to take action against
> people who stand in the street telling us we are going to Hell
> (presumably not via Trondheim).
>
or even Paradise (by way of Kensal Green?)

Peter

On 10 Sep, 13:51, i.g.bat...@batten.eu.org wrote:

> > If you don't want to listen to a street preacher, walk on by.
>
> I've always assumed that they're mentally ill, and to be pitied or
> taken to a place of safety.

Forcefully? Off to a gulag for you sonny Jim? And what is mental
illness anyway?

> I can't seriously believe that any
> religion could think that public preachers spouting incoherently helps
> their public profile.
>

Religions don't have some kind of monolithic central command, nor do
they some kind of sophisticated PR operation to keep such people 'on
message'. In most cases street preachers are just doing it off their
own backs.

> Religions don't have some kind of monolithic central command

Really? That's going to come as a surprise to the Pope.

ian

Tony Polson wrote:
> Stimpy <stimpy1997ukm> wrote:
>> I'd prefer to just avoid labelling people with trite, simplistic names - for
>> whatever reason.
>
>
> You really should show more sympathy for people whose lack of
> intelligence and/or education means they cannot ever hope to rise
> above the trite and simplistic. ;-)
>

So can I take it that you are suggesting that an education would have
enabled me to aspire to your intellectual level? How lucky for me that I
passed on the experience.

Brian.