# Atheist Bus Driver Trys to Convert Students **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864 "2018-04-21T15:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/1 "2018-04-21T15:52:57Z")
is a headline I’ve never seen. But this guy:[http://kstp.com/news/twin-cities-school-bus-driver-removed-leading-prayer-quality-care-transportation-removed-george-nathaniel-nasha-shkola/4874378/](http://kstp.com/news/twin-cities-school-bus-driver-removed-leading-prayer-quality-care-transportation-removed-george-nathaniel-nasha-shkola/4874378/) did decide it was appropriate to lead the kids on his bus in prayer. Turns out he was fired for doing this in another district as well. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/2 "2018-04-21T15:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > A Twin Cities-area school bus driver says his rights to free speech and to practice his religion were violated when he was taken off his route for leading students in prayer. I look forward to reading about his lawsuit as it progresses briefly thru the court. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/3 "2018-04-21T16:20:12Z")
The Fundie on the Bus Goes Pray Pray Pray … ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/4 "2018-04-21T16:23:33Z")
I’m really surprised [that this isn’t a white guy](http://www.startribune.com/burnsville-school-bus-driver-taken-off-route-after-leading-kids-in-prayer/480320943/). I don’t know why, but I tend to associate “government or government-adjacent employee forcing Christianity on a captive audience that you have a power advantage over” as a white thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/5 "2018-04-21T16:25:26Z")
Where is the Atheist part? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/6 "2018-04-21T16:26:34Z")
What does “atheist” mean in this context? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/7 "2018-04-21T16:28:01Z")
[Jesus, Take The Wheel.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU) > [@](#): > > Jesus, take the wheel > Take it from my hands > 'Cause I can’t do this on my own > I’m letting go > So give me one more chance > And save me from this road I’m on > Jesus, take the wheel Not what you want to hear from a school bus driver. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/8 "2018-04-21T16:29:11Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Where is the Atheist part? > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What does “atheist” mean in this context? Re-read the OP. He’s saying this is a headline you never see. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/9 "2018-04-21T16:37:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Re-read the OP. He’s saying this is a headline you never see. Yeah, the moron can’t even do click bait right. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/10 "2018-04-21T18:14:52Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Yeah, the moron can’t even do click bait right. You opened the thread and clearly read (at least) parts of it. Seems to me he did click bait perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/11 "2018-04-21T18:23:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Jesus, Take The Wheel.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU) > > Not what you want to hear from a school bus driver. > :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: > > 😃 [Not that wheel!](http://www.humoar.com/dammit-jesus-wrong-wheel/) ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/12 "2018-04-21T18:24:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Re-read the OP. He’s saying this is a headline you never see. I’ve met plenty of preaching atheist trying to convert the saved. They just get to use terms that exclude themselves from being tagged as such. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/13 "2018-04-21T18:25:19Z")
Not that one either! It’s drivin’ me nuts! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/14 "2018-04-21T18:31:08Z")
> [@milquetoast](#): > > You opened the thread and clearly read (at least) parts of it. Seems to me he did click bait perfectly. But then, what do you know? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/15 "2018-04-21T18:37:28Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > I’ve met plenty of preaching atheist trying to convert the saved. They just get to use terms that exclude themselves from being tagged as such. Like, “logic”, and “reason”, and “science”, and “evidence”? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/16 "2018-04-21T18:52:25Z")
Good thing I read the OP! I was about to type, “You GO, heathen bus driver!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/17 "2018-04-21T19:00:23Z")
There are no atheists on school busses. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/18 "2018-04-21T19:22:00Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Where is the Atheist part? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Re-read the OP. He’s saying this is a headline you never see. Yeah, it’s bait and switch. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/19 "2018-04-21T19:26:25Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > I’ve met plenty of preaching atheist trying to convert the saved. Only the saved? If they are atheists, how do they know they are saved? For that matter, how do the saved know they are saved? Do these atheists come knocking at your door early on a Sunday morning? Are they passing out leaflets on street corners? How exactly did you meet these proselytizing atheists? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864/20 "2018-04-21T19:42:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > How exactly did you meet these proselytizing atheists? I’m seeing kanicbird as [the guy with the rake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bWz74h518). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-bus-driver-trys-to-convert-students/812864.md?page=2)