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A trailer full of bibles appears to have been intentionally set on fire at Greg Locke's Global Vision Bible Church before Easter service, police say.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is the same douche canoe that felt it was his moral obligation to do Harry Potter/Twilight book burning bonfires. My guess is the bible fire was a stunt he instigated to adjust the google search results for (His church)+ Book burning and so he can ride that persecution fantasy/fetish to completion.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pastor-holds-bonfire-burn-witchcraft-books-twilight-rcna14931

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Considering somebody… bought… those bibles, to burn….(and presumably the trailer?)

You’re probably not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The call is coming from inside the house!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'm not Black, but Lol, the likelihood of a hypothetical black racist, vandal so desperate to get out their fantasized rage against poor rural whites and using the self lable of "Blacks" and also the vernacular of "rule", which seems in about the 14-year-old white range, is so unlikely it's pathetically obvious to everyone but this dumbass.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Yep, there's no way anyone would bother to burn a bunch of Bibles, whether that's atheists or competing religions.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

what a hideous polluting of our air. they should have been mulched.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just soak them in water and toss them in a cool moist place and let mushrooms grow on them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

You know. I heard stories as a teen of some evangelist whose Bible grew manna. And eating it caused divine revelation.

I assume they just baked some sort of sugar cookie, and the revelations and stuff were mostly just the work of an overactive imagination couple with an inactive sense of honesty.

Maybe they were shrooms…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

These ridiculous, foolish people…

Religion is the one mental illness that is not allowed to be called a mental illness.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Don't worry! Trump will sell them bibles for $60 each to replace the ones lost in the fire!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No need to register trailers in Tennessee, so might not see a conclusion with this one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

You kidding, they burned God damn bibles. Police will carpet bomb every black neighborhood in a 500 mile radius

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

They’re wasting good rolling papers. A little honey from a fast food restaurant to seal it. I heard it works great. Something I read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Good thing tax dollars are being spent on the hunt for the perpetrator(s) of this heinous act. Those inanimate objects will get the justice they deserve.

I hope those bibles were stolen or donated though, makes no sense to feed the machine you're fighting against. Plenty of places online will ship you free religious texts of all flavors. Bonus: you'll get extra junk mail once in a while with some batshit crazy prophet's end of the world warnings (but salvation is only 4 easy payments of $19.99). Don't have to go looking for your entertainment anymore.