[trailhkr1]

In 1994, Salman had filed paperwork claiming that he belonged to the Embassy of God. That meant, the document claimed, that he didn't need to follow United States law...... In his thinking, they shouldn't face so much as a traffic ticket if they were caught speeding. Just as ambassadors from other countries have diplomatic immunity, so should "ambassadors" from Heaven.

A real winner here who makes Christians look like loons.

[gzzimlich]

A real winner here who makes Christians look like loons.

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It can get ugly when people confuse being persecuted for their beliefs and being persecuted for acting like a complete and total jackass.

[gzzimlich]

A real winner here who makes Christians look like loons.

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It can get ugly when people confuse being persecuted for their beliefs with being persecuted for acting like a complete and total jackass.

[SaraJohnson]

That is all gossip and heresay of a mob who now need to justify themselves for getting a Christian man put in jail for having Bible studies. The man was sent to jail for having Bible meetings in his home. He was not sent to jail for all the gossip nonsense and would have been if he really did refuse to obey all laws as this pack of hyenas claim.

They know what they did has pissed off the country and now they are trying to justify their mob action witch hunt against a Christian man by demonizing him. In truth, we don’t know what happened and who he is.

[ChildOfThe60s]

A real winner here who makes Christians look like loons.

Thanks for the followup, always good to get as much info as available to put a story into perspective. I haven't time to read the whole thing at the moment. Interested in hearing the other side.

But.....whatever this man does is not automatically a blanket statement on "Christians". Although this sort of thing is usually presented that way.

[svcw]

Oh, good grief.
I have seen a church break up because they argued about what color carpet to put in the sanctuary, and whether to go from organ to piano.
About fifty people walked out because the pastor replaced the organ with a piano, and went with the majority opinion on the carpet color.
My sister says quite frequently there would be more Christians if it weren’t for Christians.

[Vendome]

Guy’s a punk.

[Sequoyah101]

Good Sunday morning.

Yes, there are those magic christians who, in order to fulfill the need to be persecuted in order to be validated, go out of their way to be obnoxious and make spectacles of themselves.

There are warped nuts in every cause.

[RegulatorCountry]

A real winner here who makes Christians look like loons.

Your touting group identity and collective guilt on a forum dedicated to individual and religious freedom makes newbies look like loons, lol.

[BobL]

It’s not exactly like Arizona is running out of land. There are options for him to locate his church than right up against people that just want a quiet place to live.

[Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand]

Here is the actual title:

Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard. His neighbors aren't buying it