# Screaming Boy Preacher 10 yrs ago? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 26, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970 "2002-07-26T17:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/81 "2012-11-01T02:59:01Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > Before January of 1981 my father was a drunken, cigarette sucking, fornicator. Well, you can’t come down on him _too_ hard on that last point, can you? You wouldn’t exist if he weren’t. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/82 "2012-11-01T12:03:12Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > And P.S. It’s not “my church.” It’s a church. I don’t own it. I don’t own any suburbs of Chicago either, but one of them is still my home town. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/83 "2012-11-01T12:26:16Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Well, you can’t come down on him _too_ hard on that last point, can you? You wouldn’t exist if he weren’t. 😉 No kidding. Also, if the cigarettes consented, who are we to criticize a good cigarette sucking? Lastly, I also call B.S. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/84 "2012-11-01T12:37:52Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > And to answer the last question YES I am very proud of my father and no he is not a racist. He just believes the BIBLE as do I. I’m not sure what you meant by the last sentence. Are you saying that your father is not a racist because he has no particular views on race and is more focused on the Bible, or that he is not a racist because his views on race are somehow Biblically-derived or justified? I’m also curious about your “no regrets” comment. Do you still feel that the “screaming” approach is an effective way to bring people to Christ? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/85 "2012-11-01T13:17:44Z")
Lordy. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/86 "2012-11-01T13:27:00Z")
> [@tapu](#): > > Lordy. [Lordi](http://dietrichthrall.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/lordi.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/87 "2012-11-01T13:48:38Z")
No, no. _Lodi_: [Lodi, Ohio - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi,_Ohio) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/88 "2012-11-01T13:56:40Z")
Also interested in your thoughts on zombies given this threads rise from the dead. Er, aren’t we required to mention zombies when a thread comes back after being dead for almost a year? (runs off to check SDMB unwritten rule book, takes a while because of the whole unwritten part of it). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/89 "2012-11-01T14:02:03Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Your dad said you were going to hell when you were 5 years old. Sounds like a stand up guy to me. > Sure. > > If you don’t remember read this article. It quotes your father. He isn’t shy about his hate speech and bigotry. > [http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1828&dat=19880915&id=HcMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cL4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1272,7397694](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1828&dat=19880915&id=HcMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cL4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1272,7397694) I don’t see anything bigoted in the linked article, although the link only shows the second page. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/90 "2012-11-01T14:03:51Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > I have NEVER had any regrets for the preaching I did as a kid. I was never forced to do anything. It was my choice. As for the present day, my beliefs are still in the King James Bible. That’s a shame. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/91 "2012-11-01T14:09:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Lordi](http://dietrichthrall.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/lordi.jpg)? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, no. _Lodi_: [Lodi, Ohio - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodi,_Ohio) Granted, I was invoking, but not all that. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/92 "2012-11-01T14:12:53Z")
Somewhat related: I was raised in Ohio and we had a baby preacher like this boy. His name was David Shedlock. I remember looking him up some years ago and he had become a radical anti-abortion protestor. I imagine most children raised in such a particular way develop similarly, or return to that route after… straying a while. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/93 "2012-11-01T14:13:54Z")
I actually found Duffy’s & his sister’s FB pages a while back. There was nothing there about his time of fame but nothing here said conflicts with it & his occupation is consistent. I thought about mentioning it here but decided that it would violate his privacy since he was not making a thing about his past fame. If indeed you are Duffy, thanks for chiming in here. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/94 "2012-11-01T14:47:03Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I actually found Duffy’s & his sister’s FB pages a while back. There was nothing there about his time of fame but nothing here said conflicts with it & his occupation is consistent. I thought about mentioning it here but decided that it would violate his privacy since he was not making a thing about his past fame. > > If indeed you are Duffy, thanks for chiming in here. That’s part of the dilemma. The proof that validates his identity is also easily discoverable by any imposter willing to do a little web research. The mods may be able to verify identity to a certain extent (email address) but even those can be faked. For that reason I doubt if any board officials would provide any police action other than their normal duties of clearing out trolls. So belief in any poster’s claim of real life identity has to be determined by (lack of) faith. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/95 "2012-11-01T14:57:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I don’t see anything bigoted in the linked article, although the link only shows the second page. You grab the page with your mouse and drag it over to the first page :smack: The part in that article I was referring to was when he told his 5 year old son ( the son being Duffey) that he was going to hell unless he was “saved” No child is going to hell, they aren’t old enough to sin or do wrong intentionally. And edit: The definition of big·ot·ry/ˈbigətrē/ Noun: Bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself. Synonyms: zealotry - fanaticism That is pretty much the definition of Strode’s behavior without his picture being right next to bigotry in the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/96 "2012-11-01T15:03:02Z")
interestingly enough the origin of BIGOT: French, hypocrite, bigot ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/97 "2012-11-01T15:22:28Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > Furthermore I could care less who believes its me. I was just being giving an update about my life since there was people interested to know. I’d advise trying not to take it personally. You have to realize that there are people out there who would claim to be someone else and post something just to get a reaction. It’s a big world out there, and although jerks like that are fairly rare, there are probably hundreds of them, and only one Duffy. When someone posts claiming to be Duffy, people will try to figure the odds for whether it’s one of those jerks or the real Duffy. I happen to think that it’s very likely that you’re the genuine article, but it’s understandable that others may reach a different first impression. The best way to handle it is to understand why some people may have their guards up, and to simply provide sincere posts here. The fact that your posts so far don’t seem to be inflammatory or attention-seeking makes me think that it’s probably really you and not someone trying to get a rise out of others. So, welcome. And please stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/98 "2012-11-01T15:45:32Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > Actually a link to this thread was posted in a local online forum. Which is how I came across it. Furthermore I could care less who believes its me. I was just being giving an update about my life since there was people interested to know. As far as a reaction to what draddard said, I don’t know what you want me to say. Before January of 1981 my father was a drunken, cigarette sucking, fornicator. Then The Lord saved him and he hasn’t been the same since. And to answer the last question YES I am very proud of my father and no he is not a racist. He just believes the BIBLE as do I. He hasn’t been the same since, yet he cut contact with his progeny and you think this shows him to be an ideal example of a person the Lord saved? ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/99 "2012-11-01T15:49:18Z")
> [@RDS\_in\_NC](#): > > As for the present day, my beliefs are still in the King James Bible…So to many people’s disappointment I did not grow up a lunatic… Well… ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970/100 "2012-11-02T07:12:06Z")
I can’t wait for sometime in 2013, when the damn father will show up and post in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-boy-preacher-10-yrs-ago/120970.md?page=6)