[WKB]

http://www.nbc13.com/news/6704893/detail.html

Authorities Probe Church Fires In Bibb & Chilton Counties

POSTED: 7:59 am CST February 3, 2006
UPDATED: 8:22 am CST February 3, 2006

CENTREVILLE, Ala. -- Authorities say at many as five churches in Bibb County were damaged by fire overnight, including the Ashby Baptist Church on Highway 139 in the Brierfield community. The structure burned to the ground.

The pastor of another nearby church -- the Reverend David Hand of the Old Union Baptist Church -- says a fire was discovered at his church at around 4:30 Friday morning. But, he said the blaze was extinguished before it could cause serious damage.

Other churches hit by fires early Friday morning include Antioch Baptist and Pleasant Sabine Baptist in Centreville and Rehobeth Baptist Church in Lawley, Ala.

Another fire damaged a church in Chilton County late Friday afternoon. An article in Friday's Clanton Advertiser reports a fire gutted the Old New Harmony Church. No one was hurt and investigators with the state Fire Marshal's Office are trying to determine how it started.

It's unclear if the church fires are connected. There have been no arrests.

[petitfour]

You are on the ball today!

I found the story at The Tuscaloosa News, but I was too lazy to copy it here.

[Husker24]

It's unclear if the church fires are connected.

Naa, just a coincidence.

[Another Thought]

This article doesn't say that they are Southern Baptist churches, but just "baptist." Southern Baptist is a specific denomination.

[Blueflag]

These are little towns in country Mississippi.

http://www.dbtech.net/bibbco/demogr.html

I doubt ACT UP has ever driven in or through here.

I'll go with "stupid kids" for now.

[Sensei Ern]

I would bet a year's salary that the MSM doesn't even speculate that this could be done by a radical gay group in retaliation for their rejection of the gay Texas church.

[pamlet]

I love the way they say it's unclear if the fires are connected! Sure - 5 churches in a fairly small geographic area burn - and they're not sure if they're connected?! Sheesh -

It will be interesting to follow..

[Hildy]

It's unclear if the church fires are connected.

Yea.

[Spunky]

"It's unclear if the church fires are connected."

Geeez! Just take a pencil draw a line between the dots and then you will see they are connected.

[wolfcreek]

It's unclear if the church fires are connected

No, just SHEAR coincidence?

[bourbon]

Maybe Norwegian Black Metal fans are to blame? They made a hobby out of church arson.

Who knows? I really do suspect that some of these fires are the work of isolated Satanists or radical secularists.

Heck, someone lopped the head off the Virgin Mary statue at our church last year.