

A man preaching religious and anti-abortion views on a packed Sydney train has been shut down by commuters telling him to “shut up”.

A video uploaded to Youtube earlier this week shows evangelist and Torch of Christ Ministries director Phillip Blair urging people to ask themselves about the purpose of life and to repent their sins.

He has uploaded several videos of himself preaching in different areas of Sydney and he claims to have travelled the world to spread his religious word.

“We care more about saving the whales than we do saving our unborn children,” he said as part of his monologue on the train.

But a commuter annoyed by the speech interrupted saying, “thanks mate, thank you”.

Mr Blair said he was not going to stop because “I love you that much”.

View photos A commuter (right) told the preacher (left) to “shut up” a number of times during the six-minute exchange. Source: Youtube/Torch of Christ Ministries More

“We have to return to living in a moral way,” he said.

The commuter again interrupted, telling him: “We do not have to return anywhere thank you. You have no more right than anyone else on this [train] just shut up.”

“Yeah, shut up,” another person can be heard saying.

Mr Blair said he was just asking for three minutes of their time and the commuter said they had the right to say no.

The train then comes to a stop at a station and Mr Blair yells, “Repent, Sydney, for your sins” as people alight the train.

“Why don’t you just shut up,” the commuter said again.

“I’m not forcing my opinion on everyone on this train so why don’t you just take your opinion and keep it to yourself.”

Another person can then be heard in the video saying nobody wanted to hear his religious speech.

The preaching continues and the first commuter again attempts to stop him.

“All I want you to do is shut up and leave us alone,” he said.

View photos The video of a man preaching on a Sydney train was uploaded to Youtube earlier this week. Source: Youtube/Torch of Christ Ministries More

Mr Blair then went on to say he had been to prisons in El Salvador and the slums of India to preach his word before he is shut down by the commuter again.

“Nobody cares,” he said.

“We all have our stories, I’m not trying to inflict mine on you so just shut up.”

Mr Blair then says society is selfish and desensitised to evil and they needed to repent.

The commuter then erupts, telling the preacher he is the selfish one.

Other passengers then laugh, clap and cheer.

A video of the incident went on for six minutes before Mr Blair prepared to depart the train.

A number of people commented on the Youtube video saying yelling at a packed train was no way to have opinions heard.

‘”If we wanted to hear this we’d go to church,” one commented.

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