Gary "Moses" Bowman Preaching on the University of Arkansas campus
Here's a video to commemorate the start of school here in America. Gary "Moses" Bowman is a preacher who likes to visit college campuses in Arkansas, Oklahoma and in other states in the South. Occasionally, he is also known as Preacher Bob. Usually, Moses warns the young college students that not only are they going to Hell, but that there is no hope for them to change their destiny, no salvation; their destiny is Hell, Moses tells them. Depending on circumstances, students could get a potential double whammy, hell on Earth in the form of student loan repayments because the college presidents and trustees or regents want to jack up tuition and eternity spent in the lake of fire. If you're in a fraternity or sorority or wear shorts or skirts, you're headed straight for Hell. If you accept evolution, you're also headed for Hell. Yes, Moses likes to dispense his version of the truth and make people angry. Gary Moses Bowman sings and dances while telling college students their futures are bleak. In this video, he does just that. I like the way he uses his whistle in between his singing as if the whistle is another vocal device aside from his voice. Maybe he should go on America's Got Talent or record an album so that it could be featured in the next incarnaton of 365 Days Project. At the beginning if the video, Moses sings about how evolution is spiritual pollution then sings another song at the end about how evolution caused the Virginia Tech shooting two years ago. In between his performances, he preaches about the moon and the Earth's "real age". Yes, he uses his whistle while preaching.
I usually do not post videos. In fact, this is actually the first time in my life that I've embedded a video in a blog. I've wanted to do this as I suppose I haven't really lived until I've embedded a You Tube video.I think this is a good first choice.
When I was in college in the early '80s, similar preachers appeared on campus almost weekly. They seemed meaner than Mr Moses does here but were just as accusatory. I never understood what they were trying to accomplish - or their apparent need to be alternately publicly ridiculed then ignored.
I think this was a great first choice for a video post. Thanks!
I was at the U of A in the early 80's and still remember the wild preaching of a woman who, if I remember correctly, went by the name of Sister Cindy. She'd place herself firmly in front of the student union and go at it for hours. Very animated.
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When I was in college in the early '80s, similar preachers appeared on campus almost weekly. They seemed meaner than Mr Moses does here but were just as accusatory. I never understood what they were trying to accomplish - or their apparent need to be alternately publicly ridiculed then ignored.
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I was at the U of A in the early 80's and still remember the wild preaching of a woman who, if I remember correctly, went by the name of Sister Cindy. She'd place herself firmly in front of the student union and go at it for hours. Very animated.
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