Bro Jed

Brother Jed was on campus again today and yesterday. If you don't know who Brother Jed is, he's one of the most well known street preachers still out on streets today. He's often seen with a huge crowd heckling him as his extremist views often ruffle feathers. How extreme? Well, here's one example:

Besides the regular "every college student will burn in hell" views, he also spouts anti-gay, sexist, racist, anti-muslim, radically right wing sentiments. Yes folks, this guy is a real nutjob.

What I don't understand is why he keeps coming to our campus when he obviously only makes a spectacle of himself. He has maybe only one or two supporters and those are very reluctant. Judging by that fact, I find it very difficult to believe that he has actually converted anyone here within the last few years. What a waste of effort.

I told my mother that he was out on campus and she asked me to describe him to her. He was very aptly described as looking identical to the father in American Pie, but instead of giving my mom that reference to look up, I just sent her a picture from off of his website. Apparently, she recognized him as he often stood on the street corner across from where she worked while she was in college at Indiana State. She also said that when he preached there, he wasn't heckled like he was here, he was just blatantly ignored. It sounds as though he was even less effective there than he is here today. Can you imagine that? Working for 20-30 years, preaching the "word of God" and only getting a literal handful of followers? I couldn't abide such a depressing existence.

The way he preaches, you're certain that there is actually something missing in his life, not ours. I've heard that he actually has two daughters, one of which is in college, both of which are incredibly ashamed of him. It makes you wonder what he's actually trying to say when he preaches that all women who go to college are loose whores and prostitutes. This is the guy that preaches that all of our homes are broken. Yeah, I'm sure that he has a perfectly functional home. If his religion really offers such peace, what went wrong with his?

However, what he preaches on the street is nothing compared to the abomination of his website and forum. First off, as a Web Designer hobbyist, the design of his website and forum makes me just vomit. However, I can push past that. The forums are filled with a whole bunch of right-wing nutjobs who can't even agree with themselves. They are hypocritical bigots who can't stand logical reasoning and thinking. Trust me guys, if the Christian God is the God of reason, he is not your God. Needless to say, I've been banned violently from his forums for life.

Apparently, a guy known as acidman to Brother Jed has made several Youtube videos from the past four years of visits that Bro Jed has had to our campus. I haven't looked them up yet, but I plan to as they sound amazing.

Edit: I just went to the brojed.org website for kicks and realized that his bulletin boards are even more fail than I thought. Try reading his boards in Firefox 3. You'll get a kick out of what happens.