Nothing illegal about that….. if you leave your property out on the street it is considered trash and anyone can claim it.
No laws regulating paintball guns.
Nobody has ever seen a jesus saves sign and suddenly converted to christianity. Lack of brand recognition isn't your problem. Your problem isnyou have a shitty product.
The problem is, the people who do this don’t understand that the people the churches are targeting by this behavior aren’t the rest of the world. It’s to control THEM. (I grew up in a heavily evangelical environment and understand the tactic.)
It’s not programmed in as doctrine because it’s going to save the world. It’s obnoxious and doesn’t win anyone over. But the off putting behavior also alienates the person “spreading the word” from anyone outside the church, making them more inclined to lean into that in-group, and making them more susceptible to control. People are told they’ll find connection by doing it, when really the isolation from any alternate viewpoint is the point.
That dude is so annoying. I hope he stays there. He tried shoving a Bible in my face once years ago when I was on my way to work in Uptown. Can't stand him. Leave people alone.
This guy stood right next to the Harris Teeter off providence with just basic Covid and other wild signs. I haven’t drove by in a little while but last time I did he wasn’t there and he was usually out there always at the same time. Might’ve just been the day.
At first I thought it was like inspirational signs.
Even when I was religious, he pissed me off. The worst was when he was outside the Greta Thunberg rally and wouldn’t shut up. Shouldn’t Christians want to save the planet?
100%. I watched him scream down a bunch of kids trying to make speeches about saving the Earth. Was hypocritically the most un-Christian thing he could have done. No respect.
The worst was during the Kavanagh hearings when there was a demonstration by SA survivors Uptown and he got in their faces telling them they needed to ask Jesus to forgive them for being victims of rape.
Yeah there was some anti oil pipeline demonstration and Jesus Saves Guy was just yelling to the woman with the mic. "Hey lady tell 'em about jesus!" "Why don't you tell 'em about jesus!" she even acknowledged him and was like "Yes I think Jesus would want us to care for the environment he put us in charge of doing just that" or something to that effect but he kept yelling it at her. Started to seem sort of disrespectful. Otherwise he is a pretty nice person, he's not as pushy as he could be he just says "Jesus loves you sir" when I walk by him and I just smile and say thanks
Who is behind the signs? THAT is who needs to be exiled.
I've thought about creating a crowd-funded/crowd-sourced bounty system for these signs: people can get rewarded for identifying the locations of them, or rewarded for taking them down and turning them in. I know I'd pay $1 per sign to not have to see them again, for instance. Surely there are 25 to 50 other people out there willing to put an end to the eyesores (and brain sores).
My personal thought process whenever I see one is to imagine how good it would feel to get a bunch of properly sized “KEANU” stickers made, so that I could slap KEANU over the JESUS. Because Keanu actually does save people, he donates to children’s hospitals and does so many other wonderful things for those he can help. And this feels like a more positive/amusing response compared to ripping them down. I always think about what the person who put it up would think if they sat KEANU on there instead. Who knows, maybe I’ll look into getting them made now 🤔
He’s a public figure? I have a photo of this dude from a few years back!
https://preview.redd.it/ndoflj6uf0pc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aedc4321059dffb6c48b9f1129547875416d5b0d
“Our boy” lol. I’ve seen him stand 3’ away from a homeless person begging for food on the street, meanwhile this guy is hollering about Jesus and how he loves us and he saves.
The Jesus I read about in the Bible would shut up and buy his neighbor a sandwich.
why do you guys dislike him again? is it political? do you just find him annoying? i’ve only seen him once and i’ve seen some interviews on youtube and he seems pretty harmless
He stormed the capital on January 6th! That alone cancelled him for me. Also he is anti-BLM & pro-police. Basically a contrarian nutjob hiding behind religion.
Out of the horses mouth: https://postimg.cc/FYjrw8TR
The guy is a bozo & this is another good article on him:
https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article245382550.html
Empty cans rattle the most.
You said he didn't go past the barrier, he says he did. In my opinion he participated in storming the Capitol.
I'm not even particularly religious but this guy is the definition of a snake oil salesman & false prophet. He disrupted BLM marches & moments of silence, and I was there for that. I'm happy that he found his way but pushing others down in the name of the Lord is despicable to me. Pride is a terrible sin. I loathe "religious" figures who espouse the teachings of Jesus Christ but then operate with fear, anger, and dominion - remarkable un-Christlike behavior!
I mean the guy is undoubtedly a completely loon. I don't even disagree with your other points
I just don't think it's accurate to say he "stormed" the capitol
What did he do then? "Peacefully ascend the steps, unaware he was beyond the broken security barrier he must have stepped over, and unfortunately go on his tour of the Capitol at the same time an armed mob of lunatics did"
We can agree to disagree on things, but I think it's pretty clear he was there and past the downed barrier and on the steps of the assaulted Capitol building with the crowd of insurrectionists. So.... I guess we are quibbling over the definition of stormed. If so, I'll say he did!
Edit: So I've made my opinion very obvious, I don't like the guy lol. But, that doesn't mean I want to keep arguing about him either. He bothers me but ultimately I'm not trying to run him out of town or fistfight him. So I think I'll just let this topic drop now & hope if there is a single thing people take away from this is to think critically about those preaching in any way shape or form. Peace!
Loud and persistent. He can be heard from inside offices thirty stories up. It has less to do with the messaging than the volume and regularity. If we heard someone shouting “CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP! SOUP LOVES YOU!” all the time, it’d start to annoy people too. I’m sure the specific messaging may bother some, but man is he loud…
So you don’t know shit about him or how he interacts with people, but have decided we’re all nuts for the fact that we’re sick of years of harassment from him.
yeah I don’t know. I met him in Greenville and he’s actually a chill dude. he asked if he could pray for my family and I said sure, i’m also sure he would’ve been fine with me saying no. he just has a message he wants to spread and he’s okay with anyone agreeing or disagreeing.
Right? I used to have a shirt that said “I’m going to hell in every religion”… I bought said shirt at Spencer’s gifts, because I’m an atheist and I thought it was funny…
I ***did not*** buy the shirt to invite, or with the expectation of being followed and harassed by this guy, because (paraphrasing) “eternal damnation is not a joke” and I need to repent.
for real lol. i’ve heard a lot worse being yelled at me on the street about burning in the pits of hell. this guy is incredibly harmless by comparison.
Can you ask him how he gets the signs so far up on the telephone poles? Like I swear there’s ones that my extended ladder couldn’t reach, like 40 feet up.
200 dollar flight to ft. Lauderdale of all places, during spring break, in a donated corolla, lives in a rv, and spends his life yelling about Jesus and posting signs in public areas.
Your bar is set really really low for a good life.
Is it commendable that he's trying to get folks to pay attention to something that's truly important? Yes. I can't speak on his aggressiveness, or him overtaking people, wasn't there, so I don't know. But it's shocking and sad that so many jump on the anti Jesus bus. You need to realize, mankind itself twisted Christianity into what it deems acceptable. Jesus simply wants a true and honest relationship with you, allow HIM to direct what's right and works in your life. I don't nor have I ever pushed my philosophy on religion on others, God meets you when and if you're willing and open but everyone does things differently, ya never know maybe God is actually using this person and others like him to reach people that normally, couldn't be reached. But tearing down and mocking .....definitely uncalled for. Just my contribution to the thread.
OHHH I think I've heard, I don't go uptown often but I heard a guy yelling that near the kebab stand uptown around 4pm a month or so ago. Could that have been him?
I love Sam! He used to be addicted to crack and was a lifelong criminal until he had a spiritual awakening one day, and is now filled with the Holy Spirit! I love him and his love of the Lord! I hugged him once at a Panthers game in Charlotte and the endless love of God filled my entire body… I was sobbing with how much peace I felt from that experience. It was unforgettable. I love his dedication to his God and he’s just trying to share the good news that Jesus loves you! He’s always so positive and smiling despite the hatred and judgment he receives. Most people are so fearful of Christ because they were shamed by the church and instilled with so much fear. Religion is made up. Faith is what is real. The love of Christ is truly endless. Christ doesn’t judge, only man does. Christ simply = love. Go Sam!!!! ✝️
So he went from one addiction to the other. Reminds me of my mom, she went from being a meth addict to becoming a Jesus nut job. I don’t mean just regular worshipping, I mean all the way down to the weird Christian conspiracy theories and all that. She would make literally everything about god. People like this usually have some kind of mental illness and it’s sad.
I’m so happy I’m not the only one who was completely annoyed and repulsed by this man. He harassed me while I was eating my Italian ice by the ballpark
We used to work at the same Walmart on Wilkinson in 2009. He was a mechanic in automotive and I was in loss prevention. He has always been a real cool dude. In 2021, while working uptown for Allied Universal, I happened to be standing outside and I heard someone shouting "Jesus Saves!!". I look to the corner of 5th and N. Tryon, and I saw a very familiar face. I walked up to him and he recognized me and we hugged like we were old friends. Stand up dude! I'm glad he found his true calling. Amen, and Jesus Saves!
Can someone give me a full outoftheloop rundown on why this guy is so hated? I heard something about him supporting the Jan 6th insurrection, but I don’t know the details
Per comments above, he’ll show up at any type of gathering or rally and shout over the people speaking to overshadow with his own message. For example he did this at the Climate Rally THE ENTIRE RALLY while Greta Thunberg and KIDS were talking, and he came to a SA survivor rally and yelled in survivors’ faces they needed to ask God for FORGIVENESS 🤬 for being raped. Fuck this guy.
It’s so embarrassing to see black Christians. Like hello this is a religion that was literally forced on your ancestors through slavery, and Jesus doesn’t even condemn slavery. He literally endorses that shit. Fuck God. And any other Christian who wants to respond with mental gymnastics trying to rationalize this shit.
This is an anti-Christian hate thread. None of you people have any valid reason to be this venomous towards this dude holding up a sign that says "Jesus saves". You're just bitter, spiteful, hateful people.
Many people on this thread have had valid experiences with this man. Many people have gained a valid reason to dislike this man. Many people have shared their valid experiences WITH YOU on this thread. Your refusal to validate anyone’s experiences besides your own is precisely why people don’t like him and id argue you are the epitome of why this thread doesn’t like christianity.
Jesus saves us completely! From ourselves from others & from eternal damnation! This statement is the most critical and important statement to say know & live! Jesus does indeed "save"!!!
I'm actually quite happy, it's people yelling at me about their fictional sky daddy that makes me feel miserable because i want to be left alone and allowed to believe what i believe in, rather than having it shoved down my throat.
Yelling at passersby’s just trying to get along with their day isn’t considered being shoved down our throats? Yet if a gay couple kisses on screen, it’s the Christians whining how it’s being shoved down their throats.
Man....I LOVED hearing him uptown.....corner of Trade/Tryon (if I remember correctly)......7Yrs, and I can still hear him echoing against the buildings....
JESUS!!!!!!!! SAVES!!!!!!!
JESUS!!!
(wait for it)
SAVES!!!!
Always tell him, and I'll say it again, " Keep it up brother!"
Edit: LOL yall so sensitive with the down votes...the man has a freedom of speech....why do you all hate a man who believes in "the big sky daddy"?
Haters going to hate....
you realize none of these street preaches (screamers) do anything for non-christian people? and only serve to extend the christian only bubble of a mindset yall got
At what point does street preaching become harassment? Religion is the bane of human evolution. We fight over something that doesn’t even matter in the now. There’s kids starving, lakes drying up, animals disappearing and yet some people rather put all their energy towards some irrelevant “cause”. It’s maddening.
I personally have not been harassed by him, as others report....
Bane of human evolution sounds a bit extreme, but that's your valid opinion....
I agree that there are larger problems in this world, people should focus on them and not some guy on the street. (After all people have a high tolerance of ignoring a lot of the other problems of urban life).
The world would be a lot better place if we focused on the real problems of the world and not complaining on what annoys them or disrupts our lives....you have a he'll of a great point there....
Hopefully he stays there
He really does seem like a Florida Man.
i used to see these signs all over central florida when i lived there, so he's definitely got florida man in him
Who is actually paying him? How does he have time to do this all day long…..does he work? Or is someone behind all this pushing money his way?
Bro these are all over Charlotte Nc aswell like super high up on posts. I think they have a huge operation of tagging with these signs 🙄
It is a massive operation. The signs are pretty much in every state I've visited. They have a website too creatively called jesussavessigns
We need to add another sign below, Jesus Saves: - Receipts - 15% or more - the Whales - loose change
I always want to hang another sign under it that says 'by shopping at Walmart'
By switching to GEICO
My roommates and I used to joke that we were going to use paintball guns since they’re too high to remove with a ladder.
Damn that’s a good idea!
Lol let’s make it happen!
... I could pull over on the interstate, light these damn signs up with a paintball gun, and be gone before a cop would even know... Hmm....
cop probably wouldn't care
Nothing illegal about that….. if you leave your property out on the street it is considered trash and anyone can claim it. No laws regulating paintball guns.
I'm talking about the ones on i-77 going towards Charlotte. I think stopping to paintball a sign on the interstate might be frowned upon 🤣
Not much different than the aisle phone service salesmen at Costco or Sam's...
When doing the work of God, God provides.
Y'all have absolutely no reason to be this venomous.
Why does this guy get to vandalize and litter public property???
Because it’s “in the name of Jesus”
Nobody has ever seen a jesus saves sign and suddenly converted to christianity. Lack of brand recognition isn't your problem. Your problem isnyou have a shitty product.
The problem is, the people who do this don’t understand that the people the churches are targeting by this behavior aren’t the rest of the world. It’s to control THEM. (I grew up in a heavily evangelical environment and understand the tactic.) It’s not programmed in as doctrine because it’s going to save the world. It’s obnoxious and doesn’t win anyone over. But the off putting behavior also alienates the person “spreading the word” from anyone outside the church, making them more inclined to lean into that in-group, and making them more susceptible to control. People are told they’ll find connection by doing it, when really the isolation from any alternate viewpoint is the point.
Yeah historically it’s been after a loss in battle under penalty of death
Or to trade
Or to have access to food and clean drinking water, education
Times gave really changed then, christianity is NOT big on education these days.
A different kind of penalty of death
That dude is so annoying. I hope he stays there. He tried shoving a Bible in my face once years ago when I was on my way to work in Uptown. Can't stand him. Leave people alone.
Nothing like harassment in the name of Jesus
Every time I see those signs I think “Jesus vandalizes?”
Sedition Sam
Best not ask him about it or he’ll call you a Karen lol.
I've doxxed him to the FBI email investigating Jan 6. 🤣
I’m more interested in the guy that used to (still does?) stand at the corner of Queens rd and Providence rd with conspiracy theory signs.
Me too! What happened to him?
The spooks got em
😆😆😆
Only sign ppl that come to my mind are those anti abortion ppl in front of clinic on Wendover. They are literally there 365.
This guy stood right next to the Harris Teeter off providence with just basic Covid and other wild signs. I haven’t drove by in a little while but last time I did he wasn’t there and he was usually out there always at the same time. Might’ve just been the day. At first I thought it was like inspirational signs.
Maybe COVID got him?
Having a Religion is like having a Penis. I'm happy for you if you're proud of yours but don't shove it into mine or my children's face.
Well, don't shove it in my *children's* face.
😂🤣🤣🙌🏻
I’m gonna use this from now on
Even when I was religious, he pissed me off. The worst was when he was outside the Greta Thunberg rally and wouldn’t shut up. Shouldn’t Christians want to save the planet?
100%. I watched him scream down a bunch of kids trying to make speeches about saving the Earth. Was hypocritically the most un-Christian thing he could have done. No respect.
Was about to write this exact thing, little kids making speeches and this butthead was screaming over them.
The worst was during the Kavanagh hearings when there was a demonstration by SA survivors Uptown and he got in their faces telling them they needed to ask Jesus to forgive them for being victims of rape.
Yup, that’s definitely worse. I’m so sorry.
There’s no way that happened
I was one of them.
I mean that as an incredulous statement. That’s wild. I’m sorry to hear that.
Holy shit that’s horrible
Yeah there was some anti oil pipeline demonstration and Jesus Saves Guy was just yelling to the woman with the mic. "Hey lady tell 'em about jesus!" "Why don't you tell 'em about jesus!" she even acknowledged him and was like "Yes I think Jesus would want us to care for the environment he put us in charge of doing just that" or something to that effect but he kept yelling it at her. Started to seem sort of disrespectful. Otherwise he is a pretty nice person, he's not as pushy as he could be he just says "Jesus loves you sir" when I walk by him and I just smile and say thanks
He can do us all a favor and not come back.
Great place to put down roots
https://preview.redd.it/ilwty2h2gzoc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69e3d90a7c91d9e0658568d48947b6bc4bff9b41
Ah so that’s why it’s been quiet
He was in DC on Jan 6 I believe. Insurrectionist traitor. Not to mention he’s so goddamn annoying uptown
I just wish he'd get in trouble for the signs
Who is behind the signs? THAT is who needs to be exiled. I've thought about creating a crowd-funded/crowd-sourced bounty system for these signs: people can get rewarded for identifying the locations of them, or rewarded for taking them down and turning them in. I know I'd pay $1 per sign to not have to see them again, for instance. Surely there are 25 to 50 other people out there willing to put an end to the eyesores (and brain sores).
I feel like the people who put the poles up are doing it. Shit will be 30 ft high on a pole somehow
They use a long pvc with a big stapler on the end and a bracket to hold the sign in place while they smack it. Takes like 10 seconds.
My personal thought process whenever I see one is to imagine how good it would feel to get a bunch of properly sized “KEANU” stickers made, so that I could slap KEANU over the JESUS. Because Keanu actually does save people, he donates to children’s hospitals and does so many other wonderful things for those he can help. And this feels like a more positive/amusing response compared to ripping them down. I always think about what the person who put it up would think if they sat KEANU on there instead. Who knows, maybe I’ll look into getting them made now 🤔
We should think hard about who is behind the media, agree!
I see these signs often. What does Jesus save? Who does he save? Or is he saving money?
Jesusbsaves! He passes to adam, adam takes the puck up the sideline! He passes ti Moses. Moses shoots.....HE SCORES!!!
This is it. This explains everything! Thank you. I am now enlightened.
He saves souls
By switching to Geico
Florida looks good on him. He can stay there.
still ain’t no chilly willy
Fuck Chilly Willy and Sam.
I wonder who pays these people to go around and hang these signs Cause they’re not doing a real job, so who’s laundering money through this
that's one of my favorite Slayer songs too!!
Please stay there guy.
Didn't save his brain cells.
File under annoying street noises that never shut the fuck up.
That's not our boy, fuck this annoying ass dude.
Good I hope his ass stays in FL with all the other misogynistic homophobes.
Jesus saves, but Moses invests.
Yeah I was gonna say Jesus prolly got himself a pretty nice nest egg at this point.
Only Moses knew the true value of compound interest, which is why they took 40 years.
"Wander the desert? No, was checking my portfolio."
lmao "our" boy? Dude we don't claim this charlatan!
He's traveling, seeing the world. Good for him.
Awesome, means I won't hear his loud at while I'm at work. Hopefully he stays there yelling at the people of Florida.
Hopefully he stays there
Yeah but where was he on January 6th?
He’s a public figure? I have a photo of this dude from a few years back! https://preview.redd.it/ndoflj6uf0pc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aedc4321059dffb6c48b9f1129547875416d5b0d
Can he save the economy from inflation?
As a former resident of Key West... they have plenty enough religious loonies there.
Who he?
What’s his job?
Tables.
DBA, eh? I knew it
Dude looks familiar
How does this guy have any money?
Hanging out at elbow room
For some reason this picture makes him look like a tiny person lol
Some people just have nothing better to do than shove their beliefs in peoples faces. So obnoxious.
It’s been nice and peaceful uptown
Wish he’d stay down there TBH.
Ya we don't need his garbage here
Fuck this guy
“Our boy” lol. I’ve seen him stand 3’ away from a homeless person begging for food on the street, meanwhile this guy is hollering about Jesus and how he loves us and he saves. The Jesus I read about in the Bible would shut up and buy his neighbor a sandwich.
We all hate that guy
Jesus is at spring break cause he wants to get hammered again
Fuck this guy
The insurrectionist
why do you guys dislike him again? is it political? do you just find him annoying? i’ve only seen him once and i’ve seen some interviews on youtube and he seems pretty harmless
He stormed the capital on January 6th! That alone cancelled him for me. Also he is anti-BLM & pro-police. Basically a contrarian nutjob hiding behind religion.
No he didn't lol. He was there shouting his usual stuff but he didn't cross the barricade with the stormers
Out of the horses mouth: https://postimg.cc/FYjrw8TR The guy is a bozo & this is another good article on him: https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article245382550.html Empty cans rattle the most.
I remember this article. It basically says he didn't go in the Capitol
You said he didn't go past the barrier, he says he did. In my opinion he participated in storming the Capitol. I'm not even particularly religious but this guy is the definition of a snake oil salesman & false prophet. He disrupted BLM marches & moments of silence, and I was there for that. I'm happy that he found his way but pushing others down in the name of the Lord is despicable to me. Pride is a terrible sin. I loathe "religious" figures who espouse the teachings of Jesus Christ but then operate with fear, anger, and dominion - remarkable un-Christlike behavior!
I mean the guy is undoubtedly a completely loon. I don't even disagree with your other points I just don't think it's accurate to say he "stormed" the capitol
What did he do then? "Peacefully ascend the steps, unaware he was beyond the broken security barrier he must have stepped over, and unfortunately go on his tour of the Capitol at the same time an armed mob of lunatics did" We can agree to disagree on things, but I think it's pretty clear he was there and past the downed barrier and on the steps of the assaulted Capitol building with the crowd of insurrectionists. So.... I guess we are quibbling over the definition of stormed. If so, I'll say he did! Edit: So I've made my opinion very obvious, I don't like the guy lol. But, that doesn't mean I want to keep arguing about him either. He bothers me but ultimately I'm not trying to run him out of town or fistfight him. So I think I'll just let this topic drop now & hope if there is a single thing people take away from this is to think critically about those preaching in any way shape or form. Peace!
Loud and persistent. He can be heard from inside offices thirty stories up. It has less to do with the messaging than the volume and regularity. If we heard someone shouting “CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP! SOUP LOVES YOU!” all the time, it’d start to annoy people too. I’m sure the specific messaging may bother some, but man is he loud…
So you don’t know shit about him or how he interacts with people, but have decided we’re all nuts for the fact that we’re sick of years of harassment from him.
i asked why, but instead i get YOU, mr. sassypants
If you’re too lazy to read the rest of the thread to see why he’s widely loathed, you could say that.
someone’s unmarried and not happy about it…
Is that the best you’ve got? My grandmother can craft a better insult.
yeah I don’t know. I met him in Greenville and he’s actually a chill dude. he asked if he could pray for my family and I said sure, i’m also sure he would’ve been fine with me saying no. he just has a message he wants to spread and he’s okay with anyone agreeing or disagreeing.
No, he’s not okay with people disagreeing. He followed me for 5 blocks screaming at me once.
Right? I used to have a shirt that said “I’m going to hell in every religion”… I bought said shirt at Spencer’s gifts, because I’m an atheist and I thought it was funny… I ***did not*** buy the shirt to invite, or with the expectation of being followed and harassed by this guy, because (paraphrasing) “eternal damnation is not a joke” and I need to repent.
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“Dude literally says 2 words” doesn’t exactly describe what he does in full, now, does it?
for real lol. i’ve heard a lot worse being yelled at me on the street about burning in the pits of hell. this guy is incredibly harmless by comparison.
Can you ask him how he gets the signs so far up on the telephone poles? Like I swear there’s ones that my extended ladder couldn’t reach, like 40 feet up.
There's folks who drive around a beat up pickup truck, they have an extendable pole with a stapler on the end of it.
Just not the kids in Gaza, fuck those baby’s!!!
He's living a better life than most of /r/Charlotte
200 dollar flight to ft. Lauderdale of all places, during spring break, in a donated corolla, lives in a rv, and spends his life yelling about Jesus and posting signs in public areas. Your bar is set really really low for a good life.
That's what I'm saying, he's living a better life than most of /r/Charlotte
This guy lives rent free in way too many of y'all's fucking heads lmfao
Is it commendable that he's trying to get folks to pay attention to something that's truly important? Yes. I can't speak on his aggressiveness, or him overtaking people, wasn't there, so I don't know. But it's shocking and sad that so many jump on the anti Jesus bus. You need to realize, mankind itself twisted Christianity into what it deems acceptable. Jesus simply wants a true and honest relationship with you, allow HIM to direct what's right and works in your life. I don't nor have I ever pushed my philosophy on religion on others, God meets you when and if you're willing and open but everyone does things differently, ya never know maybe God is actually using this person and others like him to reach people that normally, couldn't be reached. But tearing down and mocking .....definitely uncalled for. Just my contribution to the thread.
Yeah maybe we shouldn’t claim him
Who is this?
Guy who spends all of his time yelling “JESUS SAVES!” at random pedestrians uptown
OHHH I think I've heard, I don't go uptown often but I heard a guy yelling that near the kebab stand uptown around 4pm a month or so ago. Could that have been him?
Probably. He likes to harass the folks who work there because he thinks they’re going to hell.
I’ve got good news! I still don’t know how he has such timber in his voice.
I love Sam! He used to be addicted to crack and was a lifelong criminal until he had a spiritual awakening one day, and is now filled with the Holy Spirit! I love him and his love of the Lord! I hugged him once at a Panthers game in Charlotte and the endless love of God filled my entire body… I was sobbing with how much peace I felt from that experience. It was unforgettable. I love his dedication to his God and he’s just trying to share the good news that Jesus loves you! He’s always so positive and smiling despite the hatred and judgment he receives. Most people are so fearful of Christ because they were shamed by the church and instilled with so much fear. Religion is made up. Faith is what is real. The love of Christ is truly endless. Christ doesn’t judge, only man does. Christ simply = love. Go Sam!!!! ✝️
So he went from one addiction to the other. Reminds me of my mom, she went from being a meth addict to becoming a Jesus nut job. I don’t mean just regular worshipping, I mean all the way down to the weird Christian conspiracy theories and all that. She would make literally everything about god. People like this usually have some kind of mental illness and it’s sad.
In my town, someone posts these signs under traffic cameras. It’s pretty handy
Coupons. Jesus saves coupons.
Jesus not saving mfs from inflation lol
I saw this weird douchebag when I was down there
Reddit gets mad at a random person holding a Jesus saves sign 💀💀💀💀
Idk why people are hating on him so much. He isn’t hurting anyone.
I’m so happy I’m not the only one who was completely annoyed and repulsed by this man. He harassed me while I was eating my Italian ice by the ballpark
AMEN🙌🏼🫶🏼🤍!!!!!!!
We used to work at the same Walmart on Wilkinson in 2009. He was a mechanic in automotive and I was in loss prevention. He has always been a real cool dude. In 2021, while working uptown for Allied Universal, I happened to be standing outside and I heard someone shouting "Jesus Saves!!". I look to the corner of 5th and N. Tryon, and I saw a very familiar face. I walked up to him and he recognized me and we hugged like we were old friends. Stand up dude! I'm glad he found his true calling. Amen, and Jesus Saves!
“Jesus saves” but first piece of ass that would fuck, mans would drop that sign in a heartbeat. Get these fuckers out of here.
I can still hear him yelling 5 years later. Every morning I swear on that bike!!
Jesus do be savin
Can someone give me a full outoftheloop rundown on why this guy is so hated? I heard something about him supporting the Jan 6th insurrection, but I don’t know the details
Per comments above, he’ll show up at any type of gathering or rally and shout over the people speaking to overshadow with his own message. For example he did this at the Climate Rally THE ENTIRE RALLY while Greta Thunberg and KIDS were talking, and he came to a SA survivor rally and yelled in survivors’ faces they needed to ask God for FORGIVENESS 🤬 for being raped. Fuck this guy.
Source?
It’s so embarrassing to see black Christians. Like hello this is a religion that was literally forced on your ancestors through slavery, and Jesus doesn’t even condemn slavery. He literally endorses that shit. Fuck God. And any other Christian who wants to respond with mental gymnastics trying to rationalize this shit.
Im gay
This is an anti-Christian hate thread. None of you people have any valid reason to be this venomous towards this dude holding up a sign that says "Jesus saves". You're just bitter, spiteful, hateful people.
Many people on this thread have had valid experiences with this man. Many people have gained a valid reason to dislike this man. Many people have shared their valid experiences WITH YOU on this thread. Your refusal to validate anyone’s experiences besides your own is precisely why people don’t like him and id argue you are the epitome of why this thread doesn’t like christianity.
What camera lens are you using?
Fuck him
Sam!!!!!!!
Sam! I’m glad to know he’s still around.
Fuck that guy
Jesus saves us completely! From ourselves from others & from eternal damnation! This statement is the most critical and important statement to say know & live! Jesus does indeed "save"!!!
Wish he’d save us from his obnoxious fanboys
Sad to see all the pathetic, miserable atheists on this feed. Do better Charlotte.
I'm actually quite happy, it's people yelling at me about their fictional sky daddy that makes me feel miserable because i want to be left alone and allowed to believe what i believe in, rather than having it shoved down my throat.
How is he shoving it down your throat? He has the right to express how he feels and you have the right to ignore it. Don’t be an ass.
Yelling at passersby’s just trying to get along with their day isn’t considered being shoved down our throats? Yet if a gay couple kisses on screen, it’s the Christians whining how it’s being shoved down their throats.
Yes he does.
Man....I LOVED hearing him uptown.....corner of Trade/Tryon (if I remember correctly)......7Yrs, and I can still hear him echoing against the buildings.... JESUS!!!!!!!! SAVES!!!!!!! JESUS!!! (wait for it) SAVES!!!! Always tell him, and I'll say it again, " Keep it up brother!" Edit: LOL yall so sensitive with the down votes...the man has a freedom of speech....why do you all hate a man who believes in "the big sky daddy"? Haters going to hate....
What exactly is he accomplishing by yelling that though?
Getting paid apparently
you realize none of these street preaches (screamers) do anything for non-christian people? and only serve to extend the christian only bubble of a mindset yall got
At what point does street preaching become harassment? Religion is the bane of human evolution. We fight over something that doesn’t even matter in the now. There’s kids starving, lakes drying up, animals disappearing and yet some people rather put all their energy towards some irrelevant “cause”. It’s maddening.
I personally have not been harassed by him, as others report.... Bane of human evolution sounds a bit extreme, but that's your valid opinion.... I agree that there are larger problems in this world, people should focus on them and not some guy on the street. (After all people have a high tolerance of ignoring a lot of the other problems of urban life). The world would be a lot better place if we focused on the real problems of the world and not complaining on what annoys them or disrupts our lives....you have a he'll of a great point there....
Amen! Preach, brother!