A pastor at a Baptist church in Texas allowed children to smash statues of angels and the Blessed Virgin Mary on stage as a reward during a “Bible drills” exercise. After a recent service at Stedfast Baptist Church in Cedar Hill, Texas, pastor Jonathan Shelley posted videos from his @bannedpastor X account on October 12-13 showing the children smashing “Catholic Mary Statues” and “Catholic Idols,” justifying his anti-Catholic actions as defending the Second Commandment. He had preached a sermon on the topic of the Second Commandment and idol worship. The Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs the faithful that the...