2011 Austin NDOP Picket w/Debate!

Here's some video from the 2011 Austin National Day of Prayer Protest, held at 11th Street and Congress Avenue, at the front gate of the Texas State Capitol Building.

It was a very enjoyable picket, and I got lots and lots of video, but the most interesting audio was the evolution debate.

A J.A.M. Production

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• Creation
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[luisdez81]

What an asinine "debate". You guys should've just ignored that guy. He obviously wasn't gonna be covinced of anything.

[aajoeyjo]

@luisdez81 - Yeah well no one else stopped to debate us, and he just wouldn't go away or get tired. We try to be polite and not tell folks like him to scram, but also some of our picketers were brand new to activism. First picket, first sidewalk debate. I believe this is good experience for them. Important experience. And without cussing. Very valuable to the future activists of the world.

[globalarte]

Great work guys !!! i wish i could be there to support you.

We need to be more patient with/about ignorant people.

I never make fun of stupid reasoning or wrong conclusions...

we all make mistakes.

Thanks for making the world a better one. *****

[aajoeyjo]

@globalarte - Did we do something wrong?

[Tonio31]

how did you put up with that twat?

[aajoeyjo]

@Tonio31 - With great patience and strength! Actually I was relieved to not be the only big mouth there. :o)

[shinesthrudarain]

The first U.S. Supreme Court opened with a four hour Prayer and Communion service?

* The Bible was a required reading textbook in the public schools?

* President Thomas Jefferson ordered that schools use the Bible when teaching students to read?

* Territories applying for Statehood were required to teach religion in their schools? (Northwest Ordinance, Section XIV, Article III, passed by the House, passed by the Senate and signed into law by President George Washington, August 7, 1789)

The

[shinesthrudarain]

So funny. Atheists always say separation if church and state. But fail to admit our Christian heritage. Consider the following and deal with it

* "Separation of Church and State" is found nowhere in the Constitution?

* The U.S. Capital Building was converted to a church every Sunday morning?

* Washington D.C.'s worship team every Sunday morning was the U.S. Marine Corps Band?

* Congressional declarations actually called for "Christianity" to be "spread all over the Earth"?

* The first U.S.

[rarrmonkey]

Humans are apes, monkeys, vertebrates and everything in-between!

[rarrmonkey]

Sorry but correction to what the lady said. The earth is flat to within an accuracy greater then 0.01%

Find a pool 10M long and check that there is less then 1mm difference across it's surface!

[MrAtheistChimp]

What an idiot. I've been on this planet for 15 years, and I know more about evolution than he does.

[JonathanTheAlchemist]

@aajoeyjo

You're lucky not to have me as a protester Joe. I would probably "attack" our opponents like an animal. Still I'd love to one day go to Austin just to participate a bit :)

[mtLupin]

catdog

[dallased25]

I know that had to be extremely frustrating to deal with. That guy represents that vast ignorance of what religion can do to a person who is unwilling to honestly look at both sides. This guy has zero understanding of evolution and the vast majority of Americans have no understanding of it. So great patience here and nice job.

[luisdez81]

oh...gotta start somewhere i guess.