Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to God Dan:

 RC> I have never had a rabid fundamentalist come to my door either,
 RC> therefore by your logic they must not exist either.

 RC> I have had the Jehovahs come by, but they politely left upon the first
 RC> "No Thank You". Oh and these people werent trying to convert then,
 RC> they were inviting you to a revival at their Church so that they
 RC> could try to convert you then, which would involve a conscious
 RC> decision to attend. AFAIC there visits were no more annoying than a
 RC> saleman trying to pitch their wares.

 RC> Now Judith could tell you horror stories about them street preachers
 RC> in her part of South Carolina.

There were a few of them briefly visiting in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, a couple
of decades ago.

Seems a small church in Louisville, NE, had set up a school for its parishoners'
children.  The state Department of Education immediately tried to shut it down
(can't have the control of the children in non-public hands now, can we?) and
eventually had a judge fine the parents of each child several hundred dollars a
day for every day the child was not in the local public school.  Pastor Sileven
was also charged with contempt of court.  Sileven eventually won and the state
laws WRT school attendance were changed, but those street preachers were all
around the courthouse during his trial.

Note that the pastor left the state shortly thereafter and his church disbanded,
the church building is now the city of Louisville's senior citizens' center.  I
think the pastor got involved with some tax protestors and got his tail in a
crack there, too, this time with the feds - but I haven't really kept track of him.

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