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'Not a pretty sight'
A Virgin Mary statue was found hanging at Stewartstown Presbyterian Church.
York Daily Record ^
| 18 December A.D. 2006
| Brent Burkey
Posted on 12/19/2006 8:49:11 PM PST by lightman
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'Tis the season for sickos.
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posted on
12/19/2006 8:49:15 PM PST
by
lightman
To: lightman
"The hanging was the first case of vandalism at the church since LaForce became pastor less than a year ago."
If it's a Christian emblem, it's vandalism. If it's any other religion it's a hate crime.
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posted on
12/19/2006 8:59:19 PM PST
by
Dreagon
To: Salvation; NYer
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posted on
12/19/2006 9:01:24 PM PST
by
lightman
(The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised)
To: lightman; marshmallow; randog; wideawake; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; martin_fierro; blackie; ...
Signs of the times ping...
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posted on
12/20/2006 2:34:51 AM PST
by
markomalley
(Vivat Iesus!)
To: lightman; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; ..
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posted on
12/20/2006 2:52:05 AM PST
by
NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: lightman; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; ..
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posted on
12/20/2006 2:53:06 AM PST
by
NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: lightman
In a way this is chickens coming home to roost so to speak. The Presbyterians did so much to encourage iconoclasm in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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posted on
12/20/2006 3:50:11 AM PST
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: vladimir998
I think it's more likely that a (or a group of) irreligious b@ngholes can't tell the differences between denominations, and just hung the statue outside of whatever church they came to.
Sadly, a lot of people have lost any sense of history when it comes to various churches and denominations.
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posted on
12/20/2006 4:17:52 AM PST
by
Malacoda
(A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
To: lightman
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posted on
12/20/2006 4:20:18 AM PST
by
bonfire
To: Malacoda
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posted on
12/20/2006 4:22:29 AM PST
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: vladimir998
The Presbyterians did so much to encourage iconoclasm in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.Learned well from the Catholics.
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posted on
12/20/2006 4:40:55 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology. J.I.P.)
To: Dreagon
If it's a Christian emblem, it's vandalism. If it's any other religion it's a hate crime. Excellent point. Hopefully, this was just a couple of misguided liberal kids and not some crazy liberal adult.
To: Gamecock
You make me laugh!!!!!
Like Checkof from Star Trek who said everything good was a Russian invention, to you, everything bad is a Catholic invention!
Merry Christmas, fellow Christian!
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posted on
12/20/2006 5:22:10 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: lightman
A people that slaughters babies in the womb is not capable of honoring mothers.
dreadful headline, dreadful story; the gore-and-bloodlust factor seems to be at play in the journalism. Probably it'll win a pulitzer because it has all the elements of a ratings-maker.
yawn.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
Hail, Holy Queen!
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posted on
12/20/2006 5:29:17 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(He has cast down the mighty from their thrones)
To: lightman
Blasphemy ping.
How so? This is not an image representing anything divine.
To: vladimir998
The Presbyterians may have broken a few statues and stained glass window, but the Inquisition broke many thousands of humans on the rack, the wheel, the auto da fe, and the gallows. Perhaps you have forgotten the St. Batholomew's Day Massacre, a highlight of the Counter-Reformation offensive against Protestants.
To: lightman
The idiot who did this probably just picked the first church he came across not knowing if it was Catholic, Presbyterian or Methodist. Sooner or later this retard will trespass on the wrong lawn in his quest for statues to steal, and he'll be praying to Mary for healing.
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posted on
12/20/2006 5:41:28 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: Lee N. Field
Quite right. The correct term for this sort of thing is "sacrilege" ... Had they hanged, say, a "Sacred Heart" statue then a charge of blasphemy might be appropriate.
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posted on
12/20/2006 5:42:10 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Larry Lucido
>>The idiot who did this probably just picked the first church he came across not knowing if it was Catholic, Presbyterian or Methodist.
Exactly.
And the people at the church had the good taste to be appalled by it.
God Bless this church and all it's congregation.
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posted on
12/20/2006 5:43:17 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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