Meaning of God-botherer | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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