Fri
Oct 6 2006
11:41 am
Apparently some scary dude is going around Blount Co. churches stealing Bibles, removing the covers, and cutting the pages into four equal size shapes, then dumping the pieces at churches or stuffing them in people's mailboxes.
The front-page headline story in today's Maryville Daily Times (story not online at their website) says that one Bible taken was an altar Bible that dates back to the 1800s. According to the article, at least five churches have been hit by the Bible Bandit, one more than once.
Police are seeking more evidence and request churches to report similar thefts. Anyone observing suspicious characters at churches, someone with "numerous Bibles in their car, possibly in pieces," or someone dumping items at churches to call the Blount County crime hotline at 273-5200.
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Sounds like schizophrenia to me
Sad. Seriously...
Something's wrong with
Something's wrong with people like this. Even though I personally think bibles are a collection of politically edited oral histories, the problems with religion are not because of the bibles...It's the people thumpin' 'em.
Or stuffing them in people's mailboxes
At least it's not a deer head
But seriously, it's awful. It sounds like he's mad at God.
Be a blessing to someone today.
He's mad at God...
But you know...somehow I think God can take it...s/he's a pretty big person really...and pretty secure...more people should get mad at God, they might feel better. Then they can make up and we can all go have some cake.
"You can't fix stupid..." Ron White
Interesting Reading:>)
Interesting Reading
:>)