Posted on 11/06/2011 11:03:15 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Like something out of the Old Testament, an affliction from on high has rained down on Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Fairfax County: golf balls.
One smashed the rear window of Pastor Bob Barnett’s Honda Odyssey on a Sunday. Another crashed through a church office window, and a third plunked the youth director on the head, knocking him down as he worked with a group of children. In all, 2,637 balls pelted the property during a recent year-long period, the church claims. Members know because they collected each one.
The source is not divine, but the adjacent TopGolf, a state-of-the-art entertainment complex that features a 76-bay, two-level driving range.
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The church is so teed off that members have invoked an obscure bit of Virginia law to seek relief. They petitioned a Fairfax court for a special grand jury to decide whether TopGolf could be prosecuted as an ongoing public nuisance.
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TopGolf chief executive Joe Vrankin said the complex has done everything possible to corral balls, including spending about $350,000 on possible solutions and working closely with the church.
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....Vrankin said TopGolf has paid as much as $2,000 for damage caused by balls hit onto church grounds in recent years.
Vrankin said it requires a “Tiger Woods drive” to clear the netting. The problem, he said, is that 10 million balls are hit at TopGolf each year, so some are bound to sail onto church property.
But he said it’s rare for a ball to fly so far. According to Vrankin, “99.9927 percent of balls stay in the property line.”
How does he know?
TopGolf outfits each ball with a microchip that allows the company to track the length of the drive and the number of balls hit.
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Nah, they looked all alike when I lived in Delaware too — your group are sad, sad people who disobey God’s law by saying gay marriage is valid.
And, more judgement by God on your group for being so adamantly against God.
Who is "my group", Cronos? Name this group that I supposedly belong to, that (according to you) states that gay marriage is valid.
Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.
Presbyterians in the USA consider that gay marriage is valid. Why?
Presbyterians Make it to the Party with First Openly Gay Minister
Go and ask the pastoresses at your denomination if you want
ping to you, NL — here’s another example of God’s judgement on the perverts in the PC kirk
Really? All of them?
Alex: "REally? All of them?"
As is shown, your lot do consider all gay marriages valid. What a sad, yet expected departure from Christianity...Why have your Presbyterians in the USA gone that way?
Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.
Careful Alex... a kielbasa in one hand and a pierogie in the other...a person NOT to be taken lightly...
Presbyterians in the USA as I said before -- why does your group support gay marriages?
quote the statements of your group the Presbos? There are many. Not as wacked out as the Gene Robinson bunch, but close enough.
There is no such denomination as "Presbyterians in the USA". And "my group" does not support gay marriages, but you continue to claim otherwise.
Name the group, quote the statement, prove my affiliation.
Care to explain why?
No wonder some folks in the Presbos in the US try to hide their affiliation. Sad puppies...
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oh, I see.... "prove me, prove me".... tsk, tsk, tsk....
Now if your group could only suppress it's other emotions -- "gay marriage", what a joke. The Presbos!
Saying "Protestants" or "Pentecostals" or "Presbyterians" would not be making it about an individual Freeper.
Keep the discussion on the issues not the persons, the message not the messenger.
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