Before I do anything else, I want to post my experience today.
In Turlington Plaza (at UF), there were two men with giant signs preaching about how god is angry with everyone, and everyone is going to hell.
Also, there were large crowds around these speakers, asking them questions and refuting EVERYTHING THE MEN SAID. It was wonderful. Considering that UF is one of the most liberal universities in the southeast, it wasnt the best choice for these guys to come here and preach fire and brimstone at "computer nerds, witches, child molesting homosexuals, effeminate intellectuals, sports fanatics, pro-abortion baby killers, mormans, jews of the synagogue of satan..." I'm serious, these are only a fraction of the things that their signs said. It was absolutely ridiculous. It got to the point where a bunch of us started counting how many of those things we were (I got to nine), and counting halfsies.
Also, a group of PRIDE people were there, holding signs "Love is Beautiful" and "Hate is not a Family Value" and demonstrating AGAINST these religious assholes. And the Christian kids there were saying that "we're not like that. God loves all these people before they're saved, and God even loves this idiot". It was... mind boggling.
I have pics and vids on my camera, but I need to find out if our foneplan supports data transfer before I can send any of it.
I'm just so proud of the people that stood up to these "preachers", even if just by applauding the trumpet player from Eric's frat who drowned out the preachers. From some perspectives, it was pointless to say anything to the men because they obviously weren't going to change their minds. But we were arguing for the benefit of the listeners, the crowd that gathered there. We made the point, I think. Hate is not a good value, whether christian or not. Such blindness is kinda ridiculous, and some of the gawkers were just laughing because of how DUMB they sounded. Eric didn't find it to be a laughing matter, but I do somewhat understand where some people who only saw the humor came from.
Ok, I've cut into most of my note-taking time, and I still have to pay off my boarding fee....
EDIT: I also saw two (cute) guys kissing today... *dies and goes to yaoi heaven*
In Turlington Plaza (at UF), there were two men with giant signs preaching about how god is angry with everyone, and everyone is going to hell.
Also, there were large crowds around these speakers, asking them questions and refuting EVERYTHING THE MEN SAID. It was wonderful. Considering that UF is one of the most liberal universities in the southeast, it wasnt the best choice for these guys to come here and preach fire and brimstone at "computer nerds, witches, child molesting homosexuals, effeminate intellectuals, sports fanatics, pro-abortion baby killers, mormans, jews of the synagogue of satan..." I'm serious, these are only a fraction of the things that their signs said. It was absolutely ridiculous. It got to the point where a bunch of us started counting how many of those things we were (I got to nine), and counting halfsies.
Also, a group of PRIDE people were there, holding signs "Love is Beautiful" and "Hate is not a Family Value" and demonstrating AGAINST these religious assholes. And the Christian kids there were saying that "we're not like that. God loves all these people before they're saved, and God even loves this idiot". It was... mind boggling.
I have pics and vids on my camera, but I need to find out if our foneplan supports data transfer before I can send any of it.
I'm just so proud of the people that stood up to these "preachers", even if just by applauding the trumpet player from Eric's frat who drowned out the preachers. From some perspectives, it was pointless to say anything to the men because they obviously weren't going to change their minds. But we were arguing for the benefit of the listeners, the crowd that gathered there. We made the point, I think. Hate is not a good value, whether christian or not. Such blindness is kinda ridiculous, and some of the gawkers were just laughing because of how DUMB they sounded. Eric didn't find it to be a laughing matter, but I do somewhat understand where some people who only saw the humor came from.
Ok, I've cut into most of my note-taking time, and I still have to pay off my boarding fee....
EDIT: I also saw two (cute) guys kissing today... *dies and goes to yaoi heaven*