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Who'd have been upset with the man if he'd reminded everyone to call their mother and father after a trip home?

Perhaps people who have lost their parents tragically?

I was raised with the idea that it's not right to push your religion on to unwilling listeners without an invitation. However, a simple suggestion or comment is not too pushy.

That's an opinion, and probably different than the opinion of the majority of people worldwide that aren't Christians. IMO it's just wrong to pimp your religion or politics at work.

[armydoc]

We all know that we all have a God-given right not to ever be offended. It's in the Constitution, isn't it? Wait a minute- God himself said in the Bible that the message of the Gospel would be offensive to those who are perishing. Yes, the pilot risked his job by doing this, and I say "way to go!" If a Muslim pilot suggested the same thing and I got a sermon about Islam as a result, I would use it as an opportunity to talk about Christianity. I truely believe that those who have strong convictions of any faith would not be bothered by this. And as far as those who don't want to hear anything about any faith, just turn to your seat-mate and say "I'm not interested in talking about this, thank you". Just like you would say if he wanted to talk about baseball, but you didn't.
This airline better be careful how it handles this. A lot of Christians are watching.