Josh wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:01 pm
I don't want to allege the OP had a specific agenda for this, but I feel like there was an attempt to try paint anyone politically to the right of the OP as somehow being complicit in these church burnings.
Ummm, no. The vast majority of Americans are not complicit in these church arsons, across the political spectrum. I assume you did not commit these crimes. I would think you have no need to defend those who do. i assume that most people on the right do not identify with swastikas or people who commit hate crimes.
This is precisely how I went about doing the OP:
1. Googling for information on church arson, I hit a page from the US Catholic Bishops that talks about arson against Catholic churches in the United States.
2. I read the page. That made me think it's not just Canada.
3. I copied the summary paragraph from their main page and posted it in the OP, basically without commentary.
There are, in fact, hate crimes in America. Some of them are committed against churches. If you are offended by any discussion that mentions swastikas, I suggest we launch a new thread to discuss why that is. In this thread, it's OK to discuss whatever arson occurs, and that includes spray painted swastikas, which the bishops of the Catholic Church chose to mention in their one-paragraph summary.
Is it biblical? Is it Christlike? Is it loving? Is it true? How can I find out?