Submitted by Charlotte_the_cat t3_yeydlu in springfieldMO
There's this weird guy on campus preaching the gospel loudly and badly playing the piano. Anyone know what's up with that? Can he be asked to leave? I just want to take a walk. I don't want to be preached to.
Died just this year I do miss some of his crazy rats outside of strong hall. Simpler times.
“The masturbaters of today are the homosexuals of tomorrow!” - Jed
That one always made me chuckle.
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He has a Wikipedia page?? I thought he was just Springfield famous.
Sister Cindy has a huge account on TikTok.
She's the only celebrity I know personally which is depressing.
Man, that’s kind of sad. Yes he was annoying but how many of us are willing to stand up for something they believe in to that extreme. Here in OK, it was like a pop culture item when he showed up on our campuses.
Interesting. That was my first thought as well.
Sister Cindy used to be a Disco Queen.
MSU has gotten weird preachers for years. I don't think there is much you can do except avoid him
Kinda hard to ignore him when he's got his mic turned up to eleven. But I guess I'll try.
What's the procedure to set up public "music" on campus? I've got a modular synth that can make some awful noise around the "preacher".
Time to find out.
Dude yes. Go make beats and record his voice live, mix them into the beats. Hearing his own voi e talking will probably trip him up. Especially if you can find a way to splice then on the fly and make him say things like "I am gay" or something lmao
Guys please do this. This is an amazing idea. Film it.
Definitely ignore any preachers at MSU. They are intentionally antagonistic and likely have someone video taping for legal recourse if need be.
Of course. 🙄
Plus if you interact with them, with that philosophy of evangelism, they believe , regardless of what you say is a win on their book because it opened dialog
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I used to troll these guys back in the day before smartphones were really a thing and the cameras in phones looked like you recorded it on potato. Was a preety good time getting them worked up and then just walking off laughing.
Pretty sure its the same guy that used to camp out behind the PSU and yell and people going by that they're whores and whatever. I remember him saying, without context, that Kobe Bryant and Mother Teresa are both burning in hell.
The synth had me laughing my ass off when I saw it. Literally just hitting and holding random notes while he preaches. Funny as fuck.
Well frankly neither were saints lol
As an ex-catholic, I definitely agree lol. It was just SUCH an odd and controversial thing to say to a bunch of passerby. Also he definitely meant that they were in hell because they were catholic, not for any other transgressions.
Didn’t know Kobe was catholic till now
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Oh my god, seriously? That's hilarious.
It's a public university, nothing to be done
Reminds me of a meme I saw recently:
Preacher: My religion says I can't do that.
Normal Person: OK.
Preacher: My religion says YOU can't do that.
Normal person: &$#@ you!
Unless the preacher is Muslim. Then normal person slinks away for fear of being called out as a bigot.
Fundamentalists are fundamentalists, regardless of whether they're identified by crosses or crescents.
It's public property. Unless he's being threatening, he has the right to be there.
Really wish they weren’t allowed to be so loud, especially on test days. Those people have no courtesy.
Exactly. Some people like to study outside and it's annoying when you're 50 pages deep in your textbook and all you can hear is "JESUS JESUS JESUS" and badly played piano.😂😂😂
Maybe you could call in a noise complaint. Thé would at least check this loud his mic is and have him turn it down.
You should have attended in the 90s, they not only preached the gospel but screamed that the gays were going to hell. Hopefully they don’t do that anymore.
Ah the good old 90's! I got called whore by those chodes for...wearing pants.
Preachers have been doing that for years. I’m not sure what their goal is in telling everyone they’re going to hell for existing but I don’t think it increases the size of their congregation.
Due to some legal guidelines college campuses have to have free speech spaces where anybody can setup without any notice or authorization and the university can't do anything about it unless it's harmful speech.
We all might think that what they're spewing is harmful but the preacher's gaggles of lawyers have won a lot of arguments saying otherwise.
I believe the 3 zones at MSU are the green triangle behind the PSU, the brick bear head mosaic in front of the fountain, and the stage infront of Strong hall.
10 years ago, we’d all grab our guitars or whatever and go sing songs about sex as loud as we could nearby—we didn’t encroach on their space or anything, but we managed to disrupt and derail.
You mean DJ christ with me? I saw him when taking the bearline home lol. Sadly being a public campus he is allowed to do whatever.
Lol that's normal. As sad as that sounds
As long as he is in the "free speech" area, he has a right to be there. Same as any other speaker in that area. Just keep on walking and don't engage
Probably just looking for his next victim.
Yeah there have been a few that like to hang out and ruin the nice weather. Not sure why it's still allowed, even the Crew and Chi Alpha kids wanted him gone and would set up near him and offer folks hugs instead.
Filing a complaint to security for antagonistic comments is about all you can do sadly
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Ah yes the village idiot is loose again. He ran out through traffic earlier this week and nearly got struck. It's too bad the car in front of me hit the brakes.
I graduated MSU 2 years ago and he was around during my freshman year. I used to take selfies with him as he was preaching and send it to my parents’ every Wednesday when he was regularly outside of Plaster Stadium around noon as a little weekly laugh, I called it “wrath of god Wednesday.
I graduated in 2009. During one of my years I remember Brother Jed getting into a debate with the church of the flying Spaghetti monster. Oh what a time to be in college. 🤣🤣🤣
Contact the campus police. Isn’t there a certain area that he has to be in, or he has to have special permission?
The state made that Illegal years ago since it’s a public university.
No… They made that illegal because they are Christian farts.
Is MSU not private property? Make a complaint to security or call the cops if you feel threatened by an angry man on campus screaming about his invisible friend.
Edit: when did this sub become pro-Christian dickwads?
MSU is public property via being a state funded college. I am not a fan of these types of people but thems the law.
The recently amended Springfield noise ordinance prohibits amplified sound, even on public property.
I mean, it IS Missouri...
He's not threatening anyone, and all he's doing is preaching the gospel. It’s annoying, but I'm not going to jail by making a false report.
lol, relax. No one is gonna take you to jail for calling in a complaint on this guy.
Okay.
You won't go to jail for saying his presence is making you feel unsafe. Fuck, you felt strongly enough about it to make this post. Stop being a pussy and do something about it or shut the fuck up.
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Telling you a state university is not private property does not make someone a pro-Christian dickwad.
flannicus90 t1_iu0s1gx wrote
Fun fact: It's not Brother Jed! That man died couple years back. EDIT: died this year, my how time has flown