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My grandfather, a preacher did just this today. He was marrying a couple, and before service he said said if you're not saved you aren't going to heaven. He didn't stand up there for 20 minutes preaching. He said two sentences and got on with the show. I personally feel he had every right to say what he wanted because it is his church they were in and he was marrying them pretty much for free. He's felt bad about it all day though. He said people didn't take kindly to it, and maybe he shouldn't have but tt's done and he's not sorry for it.
I think this is very similar to the valedictorian being denied her diploma. If you have an open mic, then you should expect to hear something that you don't necessarily want to hear. My grandfather isn't the kind of person to preach to you if you don't wanna hear it. Even he doesn't think it's a popular thing to do.
It does little good to preach to a church full of christians, you If you had an opportunity to express your opinions to an audience you wouldn't usually have, wouldn't you do it? I'm not saying it's always right to do it, but It's a very tempting thing to do. If you believe with all your heart that what your speaking is going to help people, would you want to tell a something that already believes exactly like you or something that believes "wrong."
This happens everywhere. If a democrat see's your town already has the democratic vote, he's not going to do any good there, he's going to want to visit the republican states where he can "help" people make the "right" decision. If a pepsi spokesperson see's your drinking a pepsi, he's not going to tell you how good pepsi is, he's going to tell the guy drinking the coke how good pepsi taste.
Again, I think there are times to refrain from preaching your religion, or your politics, or anything else for that matter. If you do have to say it, make it quick. Funerals are time for mourning and rememberance, not cult recruitment.
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