[hocndoc]

From the article, he left the option up to the non-believers.

[SedVictaCatoni]

From the article, he left the option up to the non-believers.

And it was implicit that the Christians should make themselves available to proselytize.

[Prodigal Son]

There's any number of subjects that aren't appropriate to do this with. Think about it. What if the pilot had asked "Pro-Life People" to identify themselves? Homosexuals. Atheists. Republicans. It's just not nice, it's not appropriate and he had no business doing it.

Now, what if because of his announcement he had started an argument on his aircraft between two Christians or between a Christian and Atheist or between Muslim and Jew?

It wasn't clever, his announcement. I wouldn't have felt comfortable flying with the guy at all. He should fly the plane and leave that kind of stuff at home.