Open Post: Shawn The Baptist at Boise State. Respect and Tolerance

I was walking back from my Criminal Law 321 class at Boise State and stumbled upon a shocking event. There were two men in the quad preceaching the gosphel of christiananty. This triggered memories of our weeks of discussion about creation myths and creation. The man was self proclamied as "Shawn the Baptist". Shawn was holding a big white sign with bold black letters which said "Evolution is a Lie". The man was loud, confident, and you could definitly tell he was there. The man was stating things such as students are going to Hell for smoking Pot, having sex outside of marriage and that being reborn was the prevention from an internity of damnation into a Lake of firey Hot Lava.

                 

                                                                   
                                                               Shaun the Baptist
I was shocked to find that my fellow students at BSU were very disrepectful, unmature, and downright rude. They challenged every single word he said as well as excessifly shouted vulgarities, profanity, and shouted for the preacher to "shut the hell up". A few students even walked right up to the preacher and threatned to kick the preachers ass and insulted him at every turn. Having the man preach religios texts at the top of his lungths can obnoxious at times especially to the non believers. It is just plain disrespectful to verbally attack somebody who is brave enough and get up in front of hundreds of people for what they believe in. The link below is from a few monthes ago where the Boise State school newspaper interviewd the preacher. His comments were that the students of BSU were some of the most respectful, commpassoniate , and tolerable students he's had the pleasure to meet. Has his opnions changed after todays visit? Is this how the students of Boise State wish to represent themselvess?

http://arbiteronline.com/2009/11/12/shawn-the-baptist-visits-boise-state/

What makes this nation great is the fact that we can study the various creation myths in our english classes free of judgement, commitment, or mandation. It allows us to be able to speak our minds and protects our freedoms of speech. The students fired back we have just as much right to speak as you do which is true. However, when the minister revealed that this was a F Bomb free zone, the students started shouting the "F"word left and right. The constitution does not protect profanity, fighting words, obsenity, or other morally wrong behavior. This dissapoints me that the students would represent themselves like that and that it was the majority that did.