Brother Jed
EECS 195
Members of the Coalition for a Free South Africa again
demonstrated their ability to deny a law abiding citizen
of his First Amendment. A harmless evangelist known as
Brother Jed was continually heckled, and later forcefully
assaulted while speaking at UCSD on January 23. Denying
an individual of his right to express himself in public
is one of the worst displays of behavior that has become
typical and expected from these mannerless throwbacks.
-- "California Review"
February 1986
nel...@dec-bufalo.uucp
times while I was at the University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse.
JENelson
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Charles Forsythe
> A harmless evangelist...
Harmless like Jimmy Swaggart or Jerry Fallwell? I don't see how anybody
(in light of recent political trends) can use the word "evangelist" in
the same sentence as a complaint of first amendment rights (such as
*separation of church and state*) being taken away.
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From the land of Chaldea.
-Charles
Curt Jutzi
>times while I was at the University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse.
>
He was big time at PURDUE -- w.lafayette
Clayton Cramer
What a person says doesn't hurt anyone. If someone attempts to impose
their will on someone else, that's another matter. It sounds to me like
you aren't too wild about that other First Amendment right -- free speech.
Also, "separation of church and state" isn't part of the Constitution, and
a good argument good be made that wasn't *quite* the intent of the
Founding Fathers. The First Amendment says, "Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion". That means, no law
recognizing, supporting, hostile to, or having any involvement with
an establishment of religion. A lot of people yell "separation of church
and state" as the basis for passing laws that attempt to control or
restrict religious beliefs.
A little more reading of the Constitution and the Constitutional Convention
debates is in order, and a little less blather.
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"Television evangelism is to evangelism,
as television journalism is to journalism."
Zaphod Beeblebrox
times here by people listening to him preach down at the State St. mall.
He had said something like "women who don't follow their
husband's orders should be whipped."
There were a couple of big protests by some people calling themselves
the "Wisconsin Jewish Defense League" (not related to the real JDL) where
people brought eggs, water balloons, etc. and where people would jump up on
the platform he was speaking from and shout replies to his statements.
It can be really interesting to see what some people can actually
believe, and also the strength of those beliefs. I don't think that he's
convinced too many people that he's right about anything, however.
Robert J. Hammen
U. of Wisc. CS Dept.
U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept.
Manta Software Corp.
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Life...don't talk to me about life.....
Michael Lewis
The current evangelical type being obnoxious at Purdue (and IU) is Brother
MAX; I didn't get here 'til 1982, so maybe I missed Brother Jed...
This Brother Max character is pretty strange...he keeps spouting things
like "women belong in the home..."; "fornicating college students..."; etc.,
etc. ad nauseam.
Michael Lewis @ Purdue University
Mark D. Freeman
> The current evangelical type being obnoxious at Purdue (and IU) is
> Brother MAX
>
> This Brother Max character is pretty strange...he keeps spouting things
>like "women belong in the home..."; "fornicating college students..."; etc.,
>etc. ad nauseam.
Max has been a regular at Ohio State for the past 6 years. When he shows up,
a woman named Cindy usually appears also. She has the nickname 'disco queen',
apparently due to her penchant for dancing the nights away before she saw the
light and realised that God doesn't want anyone to have any fun.
Her favorite line seems to be "cigarette-sucking sinner!".
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
> Summary:
>
> > The current evangelical type being obnoxious at Purdue (and IU) is
> > Brother MAX
> >
> > This Brother Max character is pretty strange...he keeps spouting things
> >like "women belong in the home..."; "fornicating college students..."; etc.,
> >etc. ad nauseam.
>
> Max has been a regular at Ohio State for the past 6 years. When he shows up,
> a woman named Cindy usually appears also. She has the nickname 'disco queen',
> apparently due to her penchant for dancing the nights away before she saw the
> light and realised that God doesn't want anyone to have any fun.
>
> Her favorite line seems to be "cigarette-sucking sinner!".
>
and claimed to be his wife! Seems that she was a "disco queen" at some
college in Florida. One night, she met Brother Jed and he took her out to
dinner. Her whole objective was to get him to (*gasp*) KISS her, but he
wouldn't. So she married him, and claims that he didn't kiss her until
their wedding night (although she never actually said WHERE). This is what
she said once. Believe it if you wish.....
Robert J. Hammen {seimso,ihnp4,allegra}!uwvax!puff!hammen
U. of Wisc. CS Dept. !gumby1hammen
U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept. ham...@puff.wisc.edu
Manta Software Corp. ham...@gumby.wisc.edu
Rob Shook
I went to Wabash College, but Brother Max never made it that far
south. I caught him on a few trips up there to use the library. Life
finds me in Texas now, missing the snowy winters in the Hoosier
state.
Rob Shook
Marguerite Czajka
> and claimed to be his wife! Seems that she was a "disco queen" at some
> college in Florida. One night, she met Brother Jed and he took her out to
> dinner. Her whole objective was to get him to (*gasp*) KISS her, but he
> wouldn't. So she married him, and claims that he didn't kiss her until
> their wedding night (although she never actually said WHERE). This is what
> she said once. Believe it if you wish.....
>
Jed, Cindy and some of their helpers. Jed and Cindy have a child by the
the way (can you imagine what it'll be like when it grows up?!)
Tex Twaites
have been coming the University of Minnesota campus for at least 4 or 5
years now. It is generally a high point of the spring lunch hour to sit
out on the mall and listen to them and the hecklers.
One time a student dressed up in a red cloak and put on some horns and
jumped up next to Jed and proclaimed that he was the anti-christ, pointed
a ruler at Jed and said 'ZAP! I've turned you into a goat!'. He then
proceeded to 'ZAP' everyone and turn them into goats and ran away while
Jed seemed about to have a coronary...
Greg Twaites
"...and fun was had by all..."
Scott Holt
been treated to Brother Jim ( the Rev. Jim Gilles ). He was here at Ga Tech
a couple of weeks ago spouting off about how evil we all were and how he
was saved at a Van Halen concert ( he realized God when David Lee Roth shouted
"not even God can save your soul at a Van Halen concert" )
He would come out in front of our student center and begin preaching, soon
a crowd would gather to listen to/abuse him. He was so radicaly zealous that
even some of the campus born-again types were disgusted. He realy got the
crowd going with his insults like "Tech men can't change their clothes without
masturbating". Personaly, I'm a "damned frat boy who lusts after sluts and
hussies". He even came by my fraternity house and damed us all just before our
Winter Wipe Out party. My favorite line was the one he used on one of my
fraternity's little sisters: "You would rather be slurping beer than nursing
babies". That got her going. On his last day here some guys gave him an award
for being the biggest dick on campus...the presented him with a large,
stuffed, penis.
The whole thing lasted about a week and ended with an interview on our campus
radio station...conducted during the heavy metal show.
- Scott Holt
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I'll stop procrastinating tomorow.
Scott Holt
Georgia Tech Po Box 36199
Atlanta, GA 30332
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Tim Thompson
> been treated to Brother Jim ( the Rev. Jim Gilles ). He was here at Ga Tech
> a couple of weeks ago spouting off about how evil we all were and how he
> was saved at a Van Halen concert ( he realized God when David Lee Roth shouted
> "not even God can save your soul at a Van Halen concert" )
Maybe all these campus holy rollers get together once a year and think up
these brilliant lines. Or maybe Jed/Jim is the same person(?)
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Terry Morse
made the daily newspaper by proclaiming that "God is a capitalist."
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Ann Muir Thomas
woman who was wearing seven earrings by calling her "no better than a
savage."
No, he hasn't shown up at Reed yet, but a few years ago one of his cohorts
got into an argument with one of Reed's philosophy professors. Someone
with a good sense of humor started keeping score, and the prof won, seven
to nothing.
Ann
grun...@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
``burn in pools of FIIIIIIRRRREEEEE''' -- yes, the old rally cry.
They've been to Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign several times. I remember
one time during Hash Wednesday here (used to be a NORML thing to do, but now
it's simply a party) that Jed was chased around the Quad with a six foot
plastic bong by some guy wearing combat paint & ripped pants. Very amusing.
At other times, people have just walked up, stood next to him & started
playing the violin, drums, whatever's handy. Or reading the NYT loud enough
to drown him out.
As to the suitability of these ``attacks'': According the UIUC regulations,
there is a desginated Free Speech area (Thanks, UCB -- reminents of the '60s)
where Free Speech is allowed. They never use it. They always find a big part
of the Quad & preach so loud that it distribs the place for everyone else.
Tim Thompson
> woman who was wearing seven earrings by calling her "no better than a
> savage."
Perhaps net.college.jed should be created so that we can keep track of this
idiot, and be able to forewarn other universities with a "JED ALERT" when
he is in the area.
phoenix
Hi! I'm new to the net and in addition, I'm Canadian. I missed the first
articles on "Brother Jed": who or what is he? All the comments about him
seem to say that this is someone I should know about.
Thanx in advance.
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The Phoenix
(Neither Bright, Dark, nor Young)
---"A man should live forever...or die trying."
---"There is no substitute for good manners...except fast reflexes."