The United States of Creepy

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 3:35 PM on July 5, 2006.

Bring me your tired, your poor, but definitely NOT your Muslims or Jews...

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From the NY Times: "As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church looked on and its pastor, Apostle Alton R. Williams, presided, a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away to reveal a giant statue of the Lady, but with the Ten Commandments under one arm and 'Jehovah' inscribed on her crown."

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Oh. Oh no. [Report this comment] Posted by: Domokun on Jul 5, 2006 8:44 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I'm really embarrassed now. After I was done laughing at the picture, I checked out the link. Dear sweet Jebus, that behemoth is right down the street from my childhood home--I'm a good 500+ miles away these days, but eesh, now it's not so funny. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Eeuuwwww, that's creepy [Report this comment] Posted by: HeroesAll on Jul 5, 2006 9:11 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Fundamentalists, unite! You have nothing to lose but your rationality. Freedom to deny the rights of others; freedom to spit vitriol at other religions; freedom to impose your will on those of the wrong Holy Book (TM); freedom to oppress humanists; freedom to deny the foundations of your country... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] I wish I could laugh [Report this comment] Posted by: Peasantwitch on Jul 6, 2006 8:16 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This looks like an episode of "Man Bites Dog" on Comedy Central. Sadly, it's not. The inmates really ARE running the asylum. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: I wish I could laugh Posted by: captain I remeber a time when... [Report this comment] Posted by: Roverton on Jul 6, 2006 9:02 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...troops would arrive to STOP this sort of thing. Where will those troop be this time? Whom will they serve? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] This is so-o-o NOT funny! [Report this comment] Posted by: fool-on-the-hill on Jul 6, 2006 11:38 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Anyone who thinks this crap is funny should read "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism " by Michelle Goldberg. It's easy to convulse with laughter at these buffoons, but remember: that exactly how Germans reacted to Hitler and his goons when National Socialsim (the Nazis) started out! A decade later, the "little colonel" had led the whole country into a mass grave. And Germany, a country that once stood for culture and decency, NOW evokes images of goose-stepping morons, heaped bodies, and cremated children! It will probably take another fifty years of restoration before they have fully reclaimed their national soul. One of the first things the Nazis did when they took power, was to erect swatikas in all the churches. Before the holocaust was over, every REAL Christian (the pitifully few who tried to live up to their religion, rather than hide behind it) were flung into the flames along with the Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and Marxists. If you think it can't happen here --- WAKE UP! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] CAN THEY HANDLE THE TRUTH? [Report this comment] Posted by: chanceny on Jul 6, 2006 12:42 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Someone should tell them lADY lIBERTY was a gift from FRANCE and the inscription was written by A JEW! They might tear it down and use a more fitting symbol - A Burning Bush with dodo birds atop! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: CAN THEY HANDLE THE TRUTH? sickofsleaze Posted by: ladybug1@carrollsweb.com Rumor has it that a compromise is in the works [Report this comment] Posted by: cthelyt on Jul 6, 2006 6:14 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] The pastor says he'll take down the plain cross, combine it with a torch like the one on the original statue, and make a burning cross. Feel better now? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] TWISTED "CHRISTIANS" [Report this comment] Posted by: SALLY EVANS on Jul 6, 2006 10:09 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] THAT SO CALLED LIBERTY STATUE IS A JOKE! IN THE RIGHT HAND ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN BY A JEW. IN THE RIGHT HAND IS A CROSS ON WHICH A JEW WAS CRUCIFIED TO DIE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD. AND THE "PHONY CHRISTIANS" CONSTANTLY ASSAULT MUSLIMS AND JEWS. BUT JEWS AND MUSLIMS SHOULD BE WELL AWARE. THESE POOR IGNORANT SOULS ARE NOT TRUE CHRISTIANS. A PITY THAT THEY "THINK" THEY ARE. BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN, THEY ARE NOT ONLY IGNORANT BUT UNEDUCATED. HOWEVER, THIS KIND OF FOOLISH INCIDENT MAY WELL OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH. LET'S PRAY THAT IT DOES. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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