Talk:Bible thumper

I removed the redirect to Christian Fundamentalism. It's not appropriate to link an insult to the target of an insult without explaining that it is in fact an insult. Also mentioned its dual use as the name of a piece of software, and restored the etymology from the original revision of the article. &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jet57 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 7 May 2005 (UTC).

How do people exactly "aggressively force" their beliefs on others? How does one leave themselves open to something like that? Is it as simple as walking down the street and being assaulted by someone? Because as far as that goes, I've never seen anything close to that happening to me or anyone else during my entire life. It certainly can't be anything in the media...it is one's choice to subject themselves to what's on television, in the newspaper, etc.. And I'm sure one can avoid going to church if that were ever the source. So please, enlighten me, anyone. How this might happen?

And why no link to the article for those who force their anti-religious beliefs upon others? Please don't tell me there is no name for these types. I guess I'm just over-estimating society? 64.252.19.247 21:59, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * This subject is bound to attract non-NPOV sentiments, but a notable example of this "aggression" would be the Kansas evolution hearings. Whilst different people would have different standards for what constitutes "aggressive", a rough indicator IMHO is when there is a clear, religious (or anti-religious) agenda in a medium or social situation that would not normally warrant it. For example, talking about the merits of Christianity to a stranger at a bar would seem aggressive (most people there are just trying to relax at the end of the day), whilst doing the same to a close friend whilst the subject of Christianity has been brought up, is not. C xong (talk) 07:14, 27 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Atheists don't go door-to-door trying to convert religious people to their non-belief in religion. Christians do. I don't call them "Bible-thumpers," I call them "Bible-pounders." I heard the Yancy Tucker character on The Waltons television show use the term to refer to tent-revivalists. Sd31263 (talk) 18:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I've edited the first sentence of the article. Previously, it stated that it is a term used to describe Christians in general. This couldn't be farther from the truth. I say this as a non-Christian who has a ton of Christian friends.

I've only seen the term Bible-thumper used to describe someone who pushes their beliefs on others. A Christian who is religious but does not feel the need to convert non-Christians, slander non-believers, etc. is not a Bible-thumper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.251.8.191 (talk) 00:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Origin of the term
Is is possible or likely that the term "bible thumper" may have either originated or spread during the career of Christian fundamentalist and evangelist Billy Sunday? I have seem films of his sermons that show him holding a bound volume in one hand and hitting it with the other in a sort of emphatic cadence with his speech.

69BookWorM69 (talk) 16:56, 7 April 2012 (UTC)69BookWorM69