I'm not religious, but the thought of God planting the seeds of life and letting it do its thing is a way better story than him just snapping his fingers.

I don’t think the Bible denies the Big Bang. It doesn’t say how he created the universe except that it took 7 days which is a mistranslation anyway. The Hebrew word used in the Torah for day is ‘yom’ which means era.

In my opinion it’s very easy to reconcile the creation story with science.

I saw a big billboard that said "EVOLUTION IS A LIE GENESIS 1:1" with the ape evolving to man with a big ❌ over it and a phone number like 1-800-THE-TRUTH or something.

god I absolutely love living in Florida 🙃

About 25yrs ago we had a flurry of these types invade. So we pulled some strings, got permission, and started having local bands play the main spot where they wanted to preach during the busy part of the day. Drown them out. The best was our local death metal band where the guitarist dressed up like a priest in a gimp mask and the singer wore a prison jumpsuit and nylons over his face. They condemned it but left. Also, mid-day death metal in the center of campus is something to behold.

In this particular case, he has no audience except a banana and a time traveler, so you could also just ignore him. Nothing worse for him than a day of nothing happening.

Never, ever try and engage these people on their terms

Instead, simply call out to their face what they actually are.

Heckling can work when you've got a crowd on your side. But when it's just you with your paper sign shouting slurs, you end up looking like the asshole instead of the folks you're jeering.

At some point, you have to engage with the premise. Or, at least, put forward your own beliefs and positions. If it's just a contest of vibes and mogging, the person with the professional experience in those fields is going to win.

This is pretty much prime territory for the same methods Kirk used for “debate”.

Gish gallop, butwhatabout, moving goalposts, exhausting the opponent with bs, etc.

They’re all the same, they’re not there for any honest conversation. There is absolutely no way to “win” with them because no matter what objective and truthful information you offer it will be rejected or you’ll be asked to “prove” something that cannot be done in any manner acceptable to the asker.

Ya. That doesn't work either. What does work is doing the exact same thing they do. Get a sign write on it "Christianity is bullshit. Prove me wrong" and stand there.

Don't look at him, don't engage. When he does finally say something tell him that he's oppressing your beliefs and he deserves to burn in everlasting hellfire..

You can't call them out either, they're prepared for that probably even more. You debating them, you calling them names, you doing anything with them gives them what they want - attention and footage for their stupid youtube channels.
The only thing they're afraid of is if you ignore them. The only footage that makes them look actually bad and which they can't cut to make themselves look good is them sitting in the corner with their silly little bait bullshit, being ignored by society.

Look for their partner nearby holding a video camera as it may be a lawsuit scheme.

Start recording, say the worst things possible, pray someone punches you.

Even the die-hard evangelicals on campus find these people embarrassing. They are just annoying losers.

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Having attended several red state universities, I chose to take it as a statement that alongside the ubiquitous plaza preachers, who are never affiliated with the school and are generally no one’s favorite campus characters, there’s also plenty of standard college silliness and shenanigans. Apart from the big blue cities, the college towns of the south are generally the most educated and forward thinking enclaves of their red states, hence the huge pressure campaigns from their governors to being the schools themselves to heel.