Riding from class today to get lunch, I passed the public performance area, and heard a commotion. There, I found a sidewalk evangelist "preaching" to the surrounding crowd. Comments such as, "Tupac's a heathen and burning in hell," "Bob Marley's in hell because he smoked marajana," "Christianity is a religion of hate toward sin," really demonstrated the subject's lack of intellegence even before approaching the crowd.

After listening for several minutes, I discovered a fairly obvious fact: apparently, the man had ADD to some degree. After getting directed onto the topic of repentance and redemption, it would only take an individual in the crowd mentioning "homosexuality" or "democrats" before a tirade of ignorance would spout from his lips.

The crown jewels of the entire scene is when a student wrote "OPIATE OF THE MASSES" on a piece of paper and held it above the "preacher"'s head. The truth conveyed through that scene was ironic. And while it was good to see that people were actually engaging in a discussion about religion, the basis of Marx's statement of organized religion was upheld in the gathering.