Friday, February 06, 2009

What Else Is New?

Here's the opening paragraphs of an article from the Chicago Sun-Times:

"A 96-year-old Catholic church in Bridgeport was damaged in an early morning arson fire and also targeted with a message scrawled in duct tape about rape.

Firefighters were called to the scene about 3 a.m. by a 911 call from an anonymous passer-by who saw the flames, said Rev. John Parker, pastor of All Saints St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Parker said "God is a Liar" was written on the middle door in red duct tape while "Rape" and "Happend's here" was on the two side doors.

"It had to have taken some amount of time to put it on there," Parker said.

"No one can figure out what it means.""

First and foremost, I do frown upon damaging others' property, both private and public.

However, I am not surprised that this pastor is so clueless about the messages left in duct tape. There is no greater liar than the christian god and all those who speak for him. Rape and not-rape (many thanks to Latoya Peterson for coining this much-needed term!) happens in organized religion all the time. An actual rape could have occured there as well, but naturally the pastor is much more concerned about the "sacredness" of his church being "violated," as the article continues. I think it was the "God is a liar" part that threw him off his game.