bible manThere’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: read more »