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There’s a lot a student must deal with on a typical walk through Sproul: dodging flyerers, putting on your “non-composting Republican” face for the Greenpeace recruiters, deciding whether to make eye contact and/or greet casual acquaintances and finally, enduring the impassioned shouts of campus eccentrics.
Our favorite colorful campus character has to be “Bible Man” (we just made that up), found near the steps of Sproul reading Bible passages in a soothing monotone. We like him because his tranquil voice makes him easy to tune out, unlike the confrontational tirades of Yoshua or the “F*ck You Technology” dude.
We always figured he was reading passages out of Deuteronomy or Genesis, but we’d never actually stopped to listen to him. Turns out the open Bible’s just for looks. He’s talking about religion, kinda, but mostly he’s just talking. Here’re some excerpts:
- “There’s an obsession in America with sex, chocolate, Big Macs, big bucks, rock and roll … let the good times roll.”
- “Michael Jackson will rise again!”
- “Girls, when a guy tells you he loves you and he doesn’t care about sex, he’s probably a sex addict.”
- “Jesus never once made a mistake. Never.”
- “SATAN WAS THE FIRST CHILD MOLESTER!”
- “There’s only two nations today: the nation of saved and not.”
- “God is a good God. He gave us potatoes and he gave us grease to make french fries.”
- “Are you having a good sex life? Well God created sex and he created you. Sex is good.”
- “Only God can make a banana.”
Intrigued, we asked him a few questions about himself:
- His real name is Edmond Richards, as we found out from his official-looking bus pass laminated and hanging around his neck.
- He was sent to Berkeley by God to save students. He was sent to other campuses as well, including USC.
- He talks to God a lot … while walking down the street, while brushing his teeth and in his dreams.
- He speaks some Mandarin.
- He was born in Cuba.
- He was saved by a campus speaker like him back in the ’70s.
So next time you see him, we suggest you tune in for a bit. The guy’s full of epic quotes.
Image Source: Ruby Lee
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Tags:bible man, campus eccentrics, edmond richards, Sproul
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