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From Jennifer Emick, for About.com

A Wiccan and a Satanist Walk into a Church...

Monday June 25, 2007
And if you believe the pastor of Bethesda Baptist Church in Saginaw, they burned it down while performing a bible-burning ritual:
"We think something pagan was going on in here, something sacrilegious"
The sad truth is that a bunch of unsupervised miscreants committed a criminal act, but rather than ask where were the parents of these kids, it's more gratifying to look for a conspiracy- why blame three or four misbehaved teens when you can alienate an entire faith group? This is sad on so many levels all at once.

A reader points out a similar story in France, where heavy metal enthusiasts have been implicated in several church burning/vandalism incidents. Again, the blame is broad:

"This area was heavily influenced by druidism, and many Christian sites were built on places sacred to the old religion. Maybe certain people want to return them to their roots"

Comments

June 30, 2007 at 3:26 am
(1) L. says:

Hello…
You need to open your eyes to what’s around you…I mean, really open your eyes.

When you do, you will see what Christians are protesting about is real.

LW.
Canada.

July 24, 2007 at 11:56 am
(2) Amanda says:

Thats a bunch of Sh**, I’m tierd of christians blaming pagongs for every mishap. JUST CUZ WE DONT BELIVE IN THE SAME GOD.
They can taunt an critize us.
THEY need to open up their eyes because THEY CANT HAVE EVERYTHING THERE WAY JUST CUZ THERE BIBLE SAYS SO.
Also when you think about it .
There are hundreds of diffrent religions around here.
an im shur if there god is SOOOOOOOO nice.
Hes not gona wipe us all out.
Gezzz.

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