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(My Fox Tampa Bay) Florida Preacher arrested during 10K race, accused of bible thumping runners   (myfoxtampabay.com) divider line 39
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Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:40:43 PM  
Howcome it's always gotta be FLORIDA? And how come nobody will support me on that ditch-and-razor-wire proposal? No, everyone's all up for the border wall, but no one wants to isolate farking Florida.

 
jebusfreak [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:41:06 PM  
What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

 
bullock. 2008-11-29 11:43:14 PM  
jebusfreak 2008-11-29 11:41:06 PM
What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???


The homeless kind.

 
Ima4nic8or 2008-11-29 11:43:32 PM  
typical christian kook

 
skinink 2008-11-29 11:43:59 PM  

 
wild9 2008-11-29 11:44:47 PM  
jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

Probably the type of preacher you see at your local college quad preaching that everyone is going to hell.

/They were quite common at Wright State University when I went there

 
Elzar [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:45:04 PM  
Help I'm being oppressed?

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:46:18 PM  
wild9: jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

Probably the type of preacher you see at your local college quad preaching that everyone is going to hell.

/They were quite common at Wright State University when I went there


"Brother Jed" could probably make a $150 bail quite handily.

 
CitizenTed [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:46:42 PM  
I've run quite a few races. If I was on-schedule for a 10K personal best and Drunkie McJeebus cost me 6 seconds, I'd have no problem with having him killed in jail.

 
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier 2008-11-29 11:47:23 PM  
Luke 11:9

Ask and it shall be given to you


/He asked for it

 
Bohemian 2008-11-29 11:48:52 PM  
Heh. He reminds me of the street preacher that used to hang out on the Nicollet mall in downtown Mpls in the 70's. Dude was totally crazy but cheap entertainment.

He disappeared about the same time they banned fortified wine sales from downtown.

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:49:16 PM  
skinink: You old Godless heathen runners.

+eleventy! I think that's the first time I've seen Ester in a fark thread

/Love that show
//Loves me some Redd Foxx

 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark] 2008-11-29 11:51:29 PM  
That guy is proof Sterno is nasty stuff. He should upgrade to Thunderbird.

Link (new window)

 
pjbreeze 2008-11-29 11:56:48 PM  
Running a race - that's a bible thumping
Having a funeral - that's a bible thumping
Being teh gay - that's a bible thumping
Not being christian - that's a bible thumping
Not believing in Creation - that's a bible thumping
Having sex - that's a bible thumping
Listening to Rock n' Roll - that's a bible thumping....

 
Get Lost 2008-11-29 11:57:49 PM  
No pic of 'shiat his shorts' runner?

/that would stop preacher man..

 
OnmyojiOmn 2008-11-30 12:04:12 AM  
www.dreadcentral.com

Not at all impressed.

 
DeathToRetail 2008-11-30 12:08:14 AM  
OnmyojiOmn's comment gets my nerdish fan boy support.

 
Nughuffer 2008-11-30 12:09:35 AM  
I seem to remember a similar story during the 2004 Olympics where some crazy preacher nailed the guy who was winning the marathon and cost him the race. I would not have been a happy camper.

 
shirtsbyeric 2008-11-30 12:10:54 AM  
skinink: You old Godless heathen runners.

Is that Michelle Obama?

 
Zamboro [recently expired TotalFark] 2008-11-30 12:14:11 AM  
Ima4nic8or: "typical christian kook"

PFfffff. Come on. Really?

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2008-11-30 12:16:54 AM  
shirtsbyeric: skinink: You old Godless heathen runners.

Is that Michelle Obama?


Give her time, son...give her time.

 
Sabyen91 [TotalFark] 2008-11-30 12:23:28 AM  
wild9: jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

Probably the type of preacher you see at your local college quad preaching that everyone is going to hell.

/They were quite common at Wright State University when I went there


Heh, we have those freaks on the University Mall at the UW. They don't seem to like cold weather though. I haven't seen them around for more than a month.

 
berylman 2008-11-30 12:29:55 AM  
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!

*knocks cycler off of bike*

 
maxximillian 2008-11-30 12:43:55 AM  
skinink: You old Godless heathen runners.

Watch it sucka!

Also came here to say that this is the quintessential Florida story.

/From Fl, not at all surprised.

 
Britney Spear's Speculum 2008-11-30 12:44:39 AM  
jebusfreak What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

My bet is that he is one of those mentally ill homeless guys who, when they aren't drunk, are walking around with a bible quoting it out-loud to themselves. Riverside Country (in California) is full of these nut-jobs.

 
suntzu420 [TotalFark] 2008-11-30 12:53:18 AM  
Video of the preacher in question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TswTenrEwwM

/no RRs today.

 
The Grinch 2008-11-30 12:54:31 AM  
Nothing a little plow-and-trample couldn't fix.

/try that shiat at Spring Lake and you'd end up dead
//anyone?

 
Britney Spear's Speculum 2008-11-30 01:03:29 AM  
suntzu420 Video of the preacher in question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TswTenrEwwM
/no RRs today.


That was low. Manilow

 
rancidPlasma 2008-11-30 01:35:40 AM  
i51.photobucket.com

 
splorp! 2008-11-30 01:43:34 AM  
Yet another religious wingnut who never read Matthew 6:1-7

Paraphrased: do your religious wingnuttery in private.

 
hockey fool 2008-11-30 02:25:44 AM  
no freak like a Jesus freak...

 
trixter_nl 2008-11-30 03:52:52 AM  
jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

As others have postulated he doesnt have the funds, but there are other angles to this as well. There are those that feel they must have been wrong or whatever and either want to be a martyr or feel that they are like Job and being punished so they just sit in a fit of depression and/or self pity. Not saying this is what it is, but there are those that take this attitude and even if they can make bail they refuse to.

 
rico567 2008-11-30 07:55:55 AM  
Barakku: shirtsbyeric: skinink: You old Godless heathen runners.

Is that Michelle Obama?

Give her time, son...give her time.


What's not to look forward to- 4 years (or 8) of an unelected angry black woman with big teeth hectoring the nation from a free and unlimited media platform? At least Oprah's given us some years to become accustomed to this. Should add to the entertainment.......

 
Ailurophile 2008-11-30 08:43:14 AM  
trixter_nl: jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

As others have postulated he doesnt have the funds, but there are other angles to this as well. There are those that feel they must have been wrong or whatever and either want to be a martyr or feel that they are like Job and being punished so they just sit in a fit of depression and/or self pity. Not saying this is what it is, but there are those that take this attitude and even if they can make bail they refuse to.


All the comments I saw said "probably a homeless guy", but there are other reasons a preacher can be poor, like being in one of the small churches that make up the majority of churches (although now that I see his picture those comments may be justified). Your explanation sounds very plausible though, especially for the type of person who will jump out in front of people who aren't doing anything wrong and scream at them that they are (ok, so that's an assumption based on my personal college campus screaming preacher).

/why do they think screaming at people that everything they're doing is wrong (which is a big assumption on his part anyway; just because some kids drink and party etc. doesn't mean every last kid who walks by him does, and why is it his business anyway?) is going to win people over?

 
Mongo cut wood 2008-11-30 09:05:31 AM  
Violating this man's Free Speech rights for a worthless marathon run.

splorp! Quote 2008-11-30 01:43:34 AM
Yet another religious wingnut who never read Matthew 6:1-7

Paraphrased: do your religious wingnuttery in private.


Yet another atheist who doesn't know what he's talking about.

The Bible also says to go into the world and preach the word of God to All Nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

 
strathmeyer 2008-11-30 09:30:49 AM  
jebusfreak: What the fark type of "preacher" can't make 150$ bail???

Well if collections are on Sunday, and you buy all your booze on Wednesday, you shouldn't get arrested on Saturday.

 
I-baLL 2008-11-30 11:31:10 AM  
CitizenTed: I've run quite a few races. If I was on-schedule for a 10K personal best and Drunkie McJeebus cost me 6 seconds, I'd have no problem with having him killed in jail.

Wow, you have A LOT of problems.

 
Grouchy Old Bear 2008-11-30 12:32:14 PM  
I-baLL: CitizenTed: I've run quite a few races. If I was on-schedule for a 10K personal best and Drunkie McJeebus cost me 6 seconds, I'd have no problem with having him killed in jail.

Wow, you have A LOT of problems.


Sounds like A LOT of problems minus 1

 
TimGuy 2008-12-01 12:48:34 AM  
Yikes, he has a face that reminds me of a Kansas concert..

::Robbie the violinist says.."Folks, we have gone past the Point of Know Return!"
..cue music

/ok ok some of you didn't grow up in the 70's
I'm just saying he's gone crazy, and he's not coming back

 
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