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  • The Myth of Christian Card Counters

    04/23/2012 12:56:53 PM PDT · by CHRISTIAN DIARIST · 15 replies
    The Christian Diarist ^ | April 23, 2012 | JP
    A friend forwarded me a copy of a recent cover story in the San Diego Reader, the city’s alternative newspaper, profiling several members of a purported Christian card counting ring. The tale of Will and Shirley, who held Bible classes in their home for newly married members of their San Diego church, according to the story, and Nate and Faith, who were recruited by Will and Shirley, smells to me like fiction. It brings to mind the fabricated writings of Stephen Glass, former staffer for The New Republic. Among his more infamous articles was a completely made up tale, titled...