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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLocal megachurch burns up 3 crosses.
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2488&t=9116017The pastor issued a statement that the sparkler crosses were just the logo of the Cross Church.
http://nwahomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=346092
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)They are desecrating the symbol of Jesus.
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)don't most funddies and RWingers feel this way? At least their behavior demonstrates this.
no_hypocrisy
(46,234 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)It also tells me all I need to know about that so-called "church".
Bastards.
BumRushDaShow
(129,662 posts)Arkansas.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Leopolds Ghost
(12,875 posts)__/)*
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)There is no accounting for rank stupidity it this truly was an "honest" mistake, which I frankly doubt.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)Leopolds Ghost
(12,875 posts)On the other hand, I have to admit it is a nice looking building, and the exaggerated-height crosses add a touch of Dr. Seussian whimsy to it.
What's that hideous brown field in front? Fenced in parking lot? Why do megachurches have fences and parking lots around them. Do they worship the god of asphalt?
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)couple of other meeting places in nearby towns. That one is right next to the 'by-pass' I-540.
Leopolds Ghost
(12,875 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)Oh, right! here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002895112
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)Can they, say, play horseshoes up until the Sacred Christian Cross Lighting Ceremony that is open to all white Christians?
Because lots of people like horseshoes.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)Beaverton issued public denunciations of this congregation and its pastor?
Ezlivin
(8,153 posts)Although it looks like this church is lead by Pauline theology, not Christ's theology.
It's impossible to grow up in the South without knowing its racial history. To do this is beyond ignorance: It's willful provocation.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,219 posts)Initech
(100,108 posts)Why can't the IRS get off their asses and start taxing the shit out of these places?
HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)Edit to add another
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)whose symbol is an instrument of torture. These folks are just a little more out-front with the message.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)slackmaster
(60,567 posts)They assume the entire scene to be neutral gray.