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October 23, 2005
Rome wasn't burnt in a day....
WARNING: ALTHOUGH IT WAS CONTENT-VERIFIED, THIS STORY IS NOT TRUE! John at Locusts and Honey links to a story I missed about so-called "Christian" "looters" destroying adult stores: "If looters can rob electronics stores, then we can tear down satanic businesses," said Melvin Smith, a minister from Christ Cornerstone Ministries in Tupelo, Miss. His team of 19 Bible institute students methodically gutted a sex shop in the French Quarter, burning the contents in the street. They left a note posted on the wall: "They will call you the City of the Lord - Isaiah 60:14."The looters are of course on the side of the hurricane, which they believe was sent by God to destroy New Orleans' wickedness. No word on why God spared the French Quarter... "People said the looters shouldn't be punished because it was an emergency situation. Well this is an emergency, too. A moral emergency."I'm assuming that had the store owners defended their businesses, they'd have been accused of "persecuting Christians." Sigh.
But alas! "Justice" is sometimes little more than a pagan deity.... MORE: According to John (in the comments below), the story is fake! But it's nonetheless accurate -- because it obviously might as well have been true! posted by Eric on 10.23.05 at 12:55 PM
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You realize that my source for the news story is satircal, like The Onion. Right? John · October 23, 2005 02:32 PM Yeah? Well it might as well have been true! But the blog I found it on says they went too far, so I'm standing behind the fact that they might as well have! Eric Scheie · October 23, 2005 03:01 PM It sounds like Dan Rather vetted the story, so I'd go with it. Sandy Ford · October 23, 2005 04:23 PM You can't trust that blog. It's nothing more than muckraking tripe dredged together by some guy in his pajamas. [and yes, it could have easily been true] John · October 23, 2005 05:43 PM A satire, huh? OK. I should have got that. Even had it been true of some "fringe" church", I would have to say it's not at all true of the overwhelming majority of Christians. Most Christians obey the law. That's commanded in the Bible (Romans 13:1-7). Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · October 23, 2005 05:59 PM Most Christians, yes. I'm not sure that applies to all Christian bloggers, though! :) Coco, the running dog lacky of Classical Values · October 23, 2005 08:59 PM Once again: the style of the titles of your posts! No blogger does it like you.... Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · October 24, 2005 03:42 AM Glad to see that your site posts only 100% humor pieces. Keep up the good work. Let me know if you would like me to do some humor writing for you. Here, let me know what you think of this one, it's a poem I call "Ode to the Southern Renaissance Man" Of the size of his flag he'll regale ya Speaks in grunts and words single-syllabic His lust for Rush Limbaugh is chronic Drives two rusted old gray Chevy half-tons Left school early but might can still cipher Saw Dukes of Hazzard and went apoplectic Mention Clinton, his lip starts to quiver Haute cuisine 2 big Macs (extra cheese) High culture to him? Wax museum Loves the war long as it ain’t him fightin’ Though morally blind he can see A twice-born evangelical dimwit He is fat-assed, foul-smelling and toothless Says the South will be risin' agin' They’ll debate whether South Carolina phil · October 24, 2005 11:57 AM I try to avoid insulting people or engaging in stereotypes, although the temptation is often there. Eric Scheie · October 24, 2005 03:13 PM Phil: You shouldn't speak that way of your fellow Democrats. Steven Malcolm Anderson the Lesbian-worshipping man's-man-admiring myth-based egoist · October 24, 2005 06:24 PM |
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By that reasoning, atheists would have the right to destroy churches. Will these "Christians" start destroying other Christian churces that disagree with them on this or other issues? Are they Calvinists, and will they burn down Arminian churches, or vice versa?
I think this illustrates the difference between anarchy and freedom.