CBS reports a lady was escorted off a public bus after reading the bible too loudly.
Lutz, a Seventh Day Adventist, and her children were on their way to church.
Lutz claims the driver told her it wasn’t the time or place to read the bible. “I said, ‘Oh, but it’s the perfect time and the perfect place since it is our Sabbath and it is the time with the Lord and therefore I’m going to continue.’ And I continued,” Lutz said.
A supervisor was called in, she refused to quiet down, and was escorted off the bus. She now claims she was being persecuted for her beliefs.
You can read about it here.
A note to the Bus Lady: That’s not persecution. Persecution would have been if the rest of the bus was full of Muslim and Hindu passengers, all reading their religious texts loudly, and you - and only you - were kicked off the bus for reading aloud from your Christian Bible. What happened is that you were being rude and insensitive to the other passengers, wanted special treatment, and were rejected.
Preaching should be left at home and churches don’t bring that mess on mass public transportation. If the driver can’t concentrate on their driving due to distraction in the background, it would be respectful of the nutty person or people to shut up and allow the driver to do their job. Had the bus crashed due to the crazy lady’s high volume reading who was going to take responsibly or take the blame for the whole thing? I rather insure safety with minimal disturbance than tons of it coming from a loud reader. Reading the bible wasn’ likely the issue it was how freaking loud the woman was. The only reason why this crap got attention was because it’s America’s beloved religion other than that it would have been settled in no time.
Ya’ll all messed up
–”This was definitely a clear cut case of persecution,” Lutz said.–
I couldn’t read the article without smirking… I kept seeing Lutz as ‘Lulz’ (aka, alternative to ‘lol’). Living in the ‘bible belt’ myself.. Lets just say I’m just glad it wasn’t my state. Raised a southern Baptist.. lets just say I have a bit of sympathy for the Christians who don’t impose, threaten, bother others with religion. I feel embarrassed for them, so to speak.
The reason why there are rules such as “dont play your music too loudly” or “have headphones with MP3 players” are posted on buses, are to NOT let noises distract the driver. If she is offending or distracting other people/the driver, then she needs to get kicked off. I’m sure if some Muslim or Jew or some other religious person was reading from the karan or whatever it is they worship, she would have gladly escorted them off the bus. This is a lady desperate for attention and just being plain old stupid. Yet another disgrace to America
I attend a black southern baptist church just for the music ;) I also got kicked out of a “wildlife party for middleschoolers” (Evangelical propaganda) for wearing a t-shirt. And saying Clapton was god.
Man, I feel sorry for her kids.
Being somewhat familiar with Adventist teachings (my parents’ religion of choice during my childhood), her reaction doesn’t surprise me. Adventist doctrine practically mandates the belief that the world is out to get them. In short, they think they’re the chosen people, instead of pirates, which is clearly absurd. They still hold onto the belief that a Catholic Pope will be the antichrist, and that the United States is the beast of Revelations. (By the way, does Pastafarianism admit of an antipasta?) They go even further, in that it’s not good enough in their system to believe in Jesus and be good and all that stuff…at some point, you have to decide whether or not you’ll show the ultimate level of devotion and not work or do anything un-Jesuslike on Saturday (not Friday, for FSM’s sake), which is, in their view, the most important of all of God’s commandments. At some point, the faithful will not be allowed to buy or sell unless they break this rule and worship on Sunday (again, not Friday!) I presume this means they won’t be able to partake of pasta during this tribulation. Personally, I’m glad this happened to her. The ridiculous beliefs and assertions of those who would force their beliefs on others, as she was clearly doing, should be held up for public scrutiny. If ridicule follows, tough.
I agree completely with penpen15….
It’s unlikely that this type of seriously flaw in logic happens too often, but it does seem that some people think that anything even vaguely relating to their religion where somebody else does something they don’t like is “religious persecution”. All I can do is shake my head.
@ Robc
- “I kept seeing Lutz as ‘Lulz’”
So did I. I was so surprised, I actually did a double-take.
I wonder if she would claim the same thing if she read the bible loudly in the library.
Its incredible something like that could reach
the news… that woman, has no respect for anyone, disturbing
them, disrespecting the rules, making fun of the people who
really has been persecuted…
Im from Chile, a great sudamerican country, in which never
has happened things alike… USA really freaks me out, with all
of those religion fanatics…
Im a cientist myself, and a atheist too, i fear for my life, those
god creepies would really kill me just because i have what they lack
so much… critical thinking…
Its so fearful, so much hate, so much anger… how religious people
can be so agressive ?, if god really did exist, they would go straight to
hell…
That would be really dumd… its a library she would not have a reazon to read out loud… then again….
i think she should have been asked to read more quitely because there is no need to force veiws apon people
wheres the bus driver how come he doesnt tell his side of the story, oh ya it would make a christian look bad, we cant have that can we. people like that are the reason the ice caps are melting.
RAmen.
Why was she reading it out loud anyway? Fine, read it silently by all means, but I don’t see why you’d WANT to read out loud at all, let alone loudly enough to get kicked off.
Did anyone investigate her for a psychological disorder.Often a single individuals behavior is taken to far and a whole church is for condemend for their beliefs.