It’s coming to that time of year when there’s a knock at the door and you know who it is before you even open it.
To insult these people (never to their faces) some might call them names. And they don’t put much thought into their insults.
Bible Bashers.
Where this one came from I’ve no idea. But I’ve never yet seen a religious person bashing their bible; it wouldn’t achieve anything.
God Botherers.
Well, they might be bothering some people. But I doubt they are bothering God (if there is a God to bother) and even if they intended to, wouldn’t they be struck down by lightning? And isn’t God the last entity they’d want to bother?
perhaps the religious folks in britain are different … but here in the southern u.s., there are preachers who literally bash their bibles while on the pulpit.
we call them “bible thumpers.” like holding the bible up and striking it for effect.
or it could be that people feel like they’re being bludgeoned by the bible when people shove it down their throats (which i guess they don’t literally do; that would be assault and potential manslaughter if they choked).
Ahhh. Here is a place to use that new word…
How about, Pesteringly Parsimonious?
eric, fair does (rhymes with whose) but what about god botherers?
leslie, i like your new word. i do. it must be researched.
maybe they removed the comma … “god, botherers … here they come to bother us about any manner of things, not necessarily related to god.”
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I like your take on that, Eric.
Comma removal.
Aye, happen it’s about the comma removal.