Florida evangelist Whitney Lynn uses most of her flights as an opportunity to share her faith, a trend that was featured in a recent Washington Post article. On Thursday, she said, her sermon got her kicked off a San Diego-bound jet before it even took off from Orlando International Airport. She documented the removal in a series of videos she posted on social media, one of which had racked up 3 million views on Instagram by Friday afternoon.

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    Whitney is another a la carte Christian grifter.

    Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

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    I hope the passengers shown in her videos sue her for breach of privacy. Because you can very safely assume she did not get anyone’s permission to be filmed and used for her personal and probably commercial gain.

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    Call out their heresy as loud as they shout it. Remind them that they’re acting this way because they were lied to so they would sell their soul.

    Then put on a red hat and robe because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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    I know I should not say this but she has such a punchable face. You can see the arrogance and smugness dripping from it.

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    Matthew 6:5
    New International Version

    “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others."

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      I remember a sermon about that from my catholic upbringing. I remeber very few thing from my childhood, but that stuck with me. I think because there we were in church being seen by others and being told we should be at home. The logical gymnastics of these people are impressive in a way.

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        In all fairness the verse doesn’t mean “don’t go to church.” It’s talking about people who worship in public for the sake of being seen. Like this woman or people who only go to church so they can say they went and keep up appearances in the community. There are plenty of verses that require mental gymnastics and this isn’t really one of them.

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          That is how they interpret it. But think about it. Church is public. During covid, church moved online. And that was fine. But why did it go back to in person. To be seen. And why is there a weekly mass at all. To be seen. Jesus never said people should go to church every week. That whole thing is an addon created but the mortals who wanted to be seen in their fancy robes and such. The whole thing is a mockery of Jesus’s teachings.

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    Not really atheism-related. Most people on the plane are probably Christians too, just not assholes. She’s trying to demonstrate she’s in a persecuted group for her “Jesus is our savior” opinion but it could just as easily have been any other common, generally tolerated opinion like “you’re using ‘literally’ wrong” or “butts are better than boobs”.

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    If someone did this on my flight I’d demand to be let off. Any religious fundamentalist making a public spectacle to a captive audience should set alarm bells ringing. There’s nothing that woman wouldn’t do if she’s willing to do that and feel she’s perfectly justified.

    Can you imagine if a person of Islamic faith stood up before a flight and started preaching from the Quran? You’d have SWAT on that plane before they finished “Praise be to Allah!”

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      I wouldn’t be asking to be let off, I would be asking them to address the situation and either escort her off the plane or force her back to her seat to stay silent for the rest of the flight, and maybe compensation depending on how egregious it gets before the airline steps in and shuts it down. Doesn’t really surprise me coming from evangelicals, but I would be reminding the airline that I did not agree to be subject to selfish people holding the other passengers hostage to preach at them in their terms and conditions, and this is not the experience I paid for. I doubt the airlines would agree, but I think this is a nuisance that other customers should be compensated for putting up with.

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      It doesn’t even matter if it’s religious, someone attempting to talk to the entire plane is unacceptable

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      I would be initially quietly demanding they duct tape her to a seat, as they are known to do. Its a long flight, I ain’t putting up with this

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    Public prayer is pure egoism. “Look how holy I am!”

    Pretty sure her book doesn’t approve of fakers who pray loudly in public as a way to get attention.

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    While the headline makes it sound like three different airlines banned her, this is actually just one company, since Alaska already owned Horizon, and then Alaska and Hawaiian merged last year.

    Incidentally, as a gold member of that of that company’s loyalty program, this news makes me even happier that Alaska is my go-to airline.

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    Great, now she’ll go on Fox News, get a job there. In a couple of months she’ll be running the department of “war” or some shit.

    To her, this is the best thing that could have happened. People with a persecution complex, will do whatever is necessary to get persecuted.

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      All I was doing was being an intrusive, obnoxious asshole and they started targeting me!

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    Let me guess, she’s going to set up (or have set up for her) a GoFundMe where people who would never have spent the money to travel to where she is to listen to her speak are going to spend more money to donate to her “cause”.

    I generally opt for “live and let live” with Christians, but it’s very hard not to draw the line with the ones who will harass you if you do not believe the same way as they do. However, I do think they also make their own look bad. I have a friend who I consider to be a “true Christian.” His take on people like her is that when they spend so much effort to “show” you that they’re a good Christian, they’re most likely doing it to divert your attention from something else. This guy walks the walk, and he can talk it, but he prefers to show by example, not by telling you how to live your life. He figures the ones that can be saved will follow of their own accord. He knows I’m an Atheist. He’s never tried to sell me on religion. I’m not saying people like him are the majority or even all that common. I’m just saying they do exist. I’m also saying that I don’t think most Christians aim to get on that level. I think they’re more like charlatans who know their religion is a scam, and they want to grift you over it.