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I believe this is French, but I can’t say for sure. If so, maybe Karla can provide some context to this.

Fundamentalist Windsor Baptist Church’s planned giveaway of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a youth conference is putting Oklahoma back in the spotlight, nationally and internationally (making us all so very “proud”). The Register in the U.K. was the latest to pick up the story, although there article is a bit more snarky the most.

An Oklahoma baptist church has insisted it will proceed with its controversial plan to give away an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle* during a youth conference - a move described as “a way of trying to encourage young people to attend the event”, according to local [KOCO] 5 news.

Windsor Hills Baptist apparently has a history of worshipping God through firepower, and last year ran a shooting competition as part of its annual shindig. This year, it reportedly shelled out $800 for said trophy semi, but the church’s youth pastor, Bob Ross, claimed the main thrust of the conference wasn’t about guns but rather “teens finding faith”.

He stressed that the event featured 21 hours of preaching between bursts of gunfire, and defended: “I don’t want people thinking ‘My goodness, we’re putting a weapon in the hand of somebody that doesn’t respect it who are then going to go out and kill. That’s not at all what we’re trying to do.”

The article had a similarly snarky “bootnote”…

*AR-15? Pah. Authentic Children of Christ know that the AK-47 is the infidel-busting weapon of choice.

Even though the church announced previously that it cancelled the AR-15 giveaway after the “false statements” of local television station KOCO’s report, they have since decided to proceed with the shooting competition with the prize of a firearm, only now it will be a shotgun that’s been donated.

If Congress, back when our country was fighting for its independence could give engraved muskets to the fifteen or so eleven year old boys that their teacher, Mr. Akins, led into battle against the British, then we can give away a firearm still today, especially since our Supreme Court just re-emphasized our Second Amendment rights.

Yeah! So there! And to quote the late Jerry Falwell, “blow them all away in the name of the Lord.”

Thanks, Windsor Baptist Church, for making Oklahoma “shine” in the eyes of the world.

I don’t know if this is a true story or not. I received it via email yesterday. I’ve done some Googling and checked out Snopes, but I cannot find anything to confirm or debunk this story. In any case, it’s good enough to share!

In a small Texas town, a new bar/tavern started a building to open up their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers.

Work progressed, however right up till the week before opening, when a lightning strike hit the bar and it burned to the ground.

The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means. The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building’s demise in its answer to the court.

As the case made its way in to court, the judge looked over the paperwork. At the hearing he commented, “I don’t know how I’m going to decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn’t.”

This is a really cool video of a 100-year-old church being moved from one location to another. It’s very creatively filmed and edited. Awesome!

[Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan]