I’m note what I find more interesting about this article from the Baptist Press:
- That Andy Rooney states he’s an atheist or
- The name of the street evangelist
As thousands of people thronged Phoenix for the Super Bowl, a small contingent of Christians spread out across the metropolitan area to share their faith in Christ. One of them had a chance to talk with Andy Rooney, the commentator whose curmudgeonly complaints wrap up the weekly “60 Minutes” program on CBS.
“I was standing on a corner and turned around and there was this little old man walking across the street,” said Tony Didlo, a member of Grace Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Des Moines, Iowa. “I knew right away it was Andy Rooney.”
Didlo held out a Gospel tract and asked Rooney if he had received one yet.
“Yeah, I’ve got one of those,” Rooney replied, according to Didlo’s account of the Jan. 31 encounter.
“Sir, do you believe in God?” Didlo asked.
“No, I’m an atheist,” Rooney said. “I think it’s sad you people believe in that stuff.”
