Now praying gets 7 Christians arrested

[Heavenbound983]

No, they can do as they please, as long as they do not violate the rights of others. Same for anyone who preaches, be it muslims, christians, satanists.
They can heckle others to an extent, but not harass or assault. This goes for all people, so I'll heckle you if you heckle me.

And in my opinion, christians often do make *rears* of themselves by the manner in which they conduct themselves. Often it is absurd(hell preaching), other times rude(heckling, street preaching), and sometimes stupid(like the christians in the article making a public spectacle of praying when they could have just done it from home or church. Or is praying against homosexuals only effective at homosexual rallies? : )

This makes a good deal of sense to me...

 

[sisterchristian]

No, they can do as they please, as long as they do not violate the rights of others. Same for anyone who preaches, be it muslims, christians, satanists.
They can heckle others to an extent, but not harass or assault. This goes for all people, so I'll heckle you if you heckle me.

And in my opinion, christians often do make *rears* of themselves by the manner in which they conduct themselves. Often it is absurd(hell preaching), other times rude(heckling, street preaching), and sometimes stupid(like the christians in the article making a public spectacle of praying when they could have just done it from home or church. Or is praying against homosexuals only effective at homosexual rallies? : )

Hey, please don't put down Street preaching because if it wasn't for street preachers alot of these people that live on the streets might not hear the Gospel! Also I came from a Hell preaching church ,and I'm just fine! I Love the Lord and thank God for those kind of preachers!

 

[Heavenbound983]

Hey, please don't put down Street preaching because if it wasn't for street preachers alot of these people that live on the streets might not hear the Gospel! Also I came from a Hell preaching church ,and I'm just fine! I Love the Lord and thank God for those kind of preachers!

Unfortunately, street preacers also turn off a lot of people. It is my opinion that more people are driven away than are saved by this type of evangelism, in general. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I have not yet seen one. :-?

 

[Featherbop]

Hey, please don't put down Street preaching because if it wasn't for street preachers alot of these people that live on the streets might not hear the Gospel! Also I came from a Hell preaching church ,and I'm just fine! I Love the Lord and thank God for those kind of preachers!

Well, it is really just those who heckle that I have a problem with. And that goes for anybody who heckles on the street, even if there is no preaching to it.

 

[Lewis]

You do know that people are dying all around us without the Lord, and you sit there saying "it depends on how it is being preached" well as long as it's from the word of God and not some false doctrine, than I say if it takes the "fire and brimstone" approach well than so be it because it takes different ways for different people. I personally came out of a fire and brimstone church, but that's what I needed at the time, now I'm in a Grace church which was really a change for me but that's where God has me now. I have family members that are drug users, and Gang bangers, and sometimes that is the only way to get through to those kind of people IMHO! At least these people are making an effort to get the Gospel out there!

Tell it like it is sister.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately, street preacers also turn off a lot of people. It is my opinion that more people are driven away than are saved by this type of evangelism, in general. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I have not yet seen one. :-?

Did Jesus preach on the street? He even turned away a few people!

 

[Vic C.]

Hey, please don't put down Street preaching because if it wasn't for street preachers alot of these people that live on the streets might not hear the Gospel! Also I came from a Hell preaching church ,and I'm just fine! I Love the Lord and thank God for those kind of preachers!

Heh, this reminds me of part of the first verse in "Jesus Freak":

"I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the rhythm
Of his belly with my head
"Jesus Saves" is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream"

• dc Talk

 

[Lewis]

LAW OF THE LAND
Louisiana cops can help if speech annoys
City ordinance used to silence Christian's message
Posted: July 6, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

A town in Louisiana has begun using a vaguely written ordinance aimed at preventing public disturbances to stifle the biblical message of a Christian who wanted to present his beliefs on a public street.

In the case of John Netherland, authorities in the town of Zachary have warned he would be arrested if his verbal message in any way "annoys" someone else, according to the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based group that defends religious liberty.

Attorneys with the organization have filed a lawsuit and are seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent city police from arresting Netherland, who wants to present his religious message on a public sidewalk outside of a bar.

Citing an ordinance prohibiting speech that is "annoying" or "offensive," an officer had threatened Netherland with arrest.

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"Christian expression is not second-class speech and should not be treated as such," said Kevin Theriot, the ADF's senior counsel. "Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened when a policeman for the city of Zachary threatened a Christian with arrest and prosecution simply because the expression was religious and some people might not like it.

"The Constitution prohibits government officials from singling out religious speech for censorship," he said.

In November, Netherland was on a public easement about 75 feet from the bar when a police officer first told him to move to the far side of the public property. The officer then told him he would be arrested anyway for "disturbing the peace."

Netherland left but then contacted ADF, which investigated and filed the action.

The City of Zachary Code of Ordinances includes a section on "disturbing the peace," which prohibits "addressing any offensive, derisive, or annoying words to any other person…or call[ing] him by any offensive or derisive name, or mak[ing] any noise or exclamation in his presence and hearing with the intent to deride, offend, or annoy him….," according to the ADF.

However, it does not define any of the terms used, ncluding "disturb," "offensive," "annoying," and "noise."

"Both the city ordinance and the policeman's application of the ordinance are blatantly unconstitutional," said Theriot. "There is no right for government to harass and threaten citizens exercising their First Amendment rights in public. We hope the court will grant our motion for preliminary injunction so that Mr. Netherland can freely speak at his desired location on public property while this case moves forward."


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