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Bus driver tells street preacher to stick to the street and stay off his bus

By adamg on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 1:45pm

Video of confrontation between the driver of a 101 bus out of Sullivan and the preacher who refused to shut up.

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By pierce on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:26pm.

What a beautiful voice, and he seems fairly articulate from what I can hear on the video. I'm not much for sermons but I could listen to him say anything for awhile before getting bored.

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By Sally on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:32pm.

He harangues people personally about these nit picky biblical issues--I.e. you shouldn't be wearing jewelry because in verse 7, chapter 56 it says...it gets tired very quickly.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:41pm.

He sometimes haunts the 93 and 95. He's really annoying, gets in the way of people trying to get on or sit down, hassles people who clearly have their own faith (yalmulke and hijab wearers), etc.

BTW, I've ridden buses with that driver before. He takes one of the 326 runs, and he's really professional and polite.

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By Brett on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 3:37pm.

Every day she'd get on the bus and loudly bless herself, the bus, and everyone else, blah blah blah blah in the name of "our" lord jesus h christ.

The arrogance of religious people never ceases to amaze me.

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By spenser on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:35pm.

I really hate the amateur preachers. I'm sure they think they're doing God's work, but to me it's no different from sob story guy. It's just noise pollution. There's the guy who stands around Park Street wearing hockey jerseys and babbling biblical nonsense all day long -- he almost drowns out the "I NEED FOOD MONEY!" lady with the rattling can. I thought he was the worst until I heard a man screaming literally at the top of his lungs outside the Harvard T stop. I could hear him from two blocks away and thought it was one of those finals week Primal Scream things. It wasn't until I got closer that I realized he was reading from a Bible.

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By CraigInDaVille on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 2:46pm.

I wish they were all more in tune with the crap that goes on in their buses like this guy was. Whether it is the guy who really thinks his music is so good that we all need to hear it, or the girl cursing into her phone at the top of her lungs, or the guy who believes in a zombie Rabbi and wants to talk about him, none of them belong on a bus.

FWIW, this guy often hangs out at Sullivan Square late at night and screams about Jesus directly at everyone waiting innocently for their buses to get home after a long day. He is most definitely NOT this quiet and reasonable all the time.

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By Neal on Fri, 11/04/2011 - 3:42pm.

I've seen this guy on the Silver Line a number of times, and actually told him to can it once two summers ago when his preaching got particularly offensive and bothersome (which is very out of character for me, but it was hot out, I was tired and cranky on my way home from work and was trying to listen to a podcast, which was being interrupted by his screaming). His reaction was similar to what was seen here. The bus driver finally came back and he clammed up. I've seen him on the Silver Line once since, but ignored him. Preaching to a captive audience on MBTA buses is illegal though. I wish more MBTA drivers and staff would enforce this.

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By anon on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 9:40am.

if memory serves me correctly didn't the MBTA lose a lawsuit by the Jews for Jesus over this issue of street preaching?

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