God-botherer

plural God-botherers

1. alternativeAlternative form of God botherer.

   Public intellectuals do not exist; public debate is rare, except on issues that transgress religious dogma. Hawaii is noted for its multitude of contentious God-botherers.

   2009 August 20, Paul Theroux, “Happily a State, Forever an Island”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2012

   2 more examples

   [Gary] Bishop suggests that he and his team were not dismissed as a bunch of interfering God-botherers because of the way they started up: quietly, no banners, no choruses of What A Friend We Have In Jesus, no fanfares from a Salvation Army band. They talked to anyone who happened to be around.

   2005 November 1, David Ward, “A choice in the wilderness”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2013

   I didn’t grow up religious, and even now I’m nervous to tell my old-school lefty grandfather — who has never had much time for God-botherers — that his gay, progressive grandson starts every morning with black coffee and Bible study.

   2020 January 15, Skylar Baker-Jordan, “As a gay Christian, I'm so glad to see Pete Buttigieg reclaiming religion from the far right”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2020