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What are you planning to do for Halloween? At a church in North Carolina, they’re planning on a good, old fashioned book burning. The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC is planning on getting rid of all of “Satan’s books” by burning them into oblivion.
The website for the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C., says there are “scriptural bases” for the book burning. The site quotes Acts 19:18-20: “And many that believed, came and confessed and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.”
Church leaders deem Good News for Modern Man, the Evidence Bible, the New International Version Bible, the Green Bible and the Message Bible, as well as at least seven other versions of the Bible as “Satan’s Bibles,” according to the website. Attendees will also set fire to “Satan’s popular books” such as the work of “heretics” including the Pope, Mother Teresa, Billy Graham and Rick Warren.
“I believe the King James version is God’s preserved, inspired, inerrant and infallible word of God,” Pastor Marc Grizzard told a local news station of his 14-member parish.
Apparently, no one informed Pastor Grizzard that there were a lot of shenanigans involved in creating the King James version of the bible. It’s also likely that his 14-member parish is comprised mostly of family members and he’s a fringe nut that’s taken everything in his life to extremes.
The event also seeks to destroy “Satan’s music” which includes every genre from country,rap and rock to “soft and easy” and “Southern Gospel” and” contemporary Christian.”
Maybe they should just try to actually educate themselves instead and just not read or listen to things that offend them. Do they not realize that they are actually helping “Satan” to profit by buying his stuff and burning it? Do you think that “Satan” really cares if you burn his stuff? He already has your money.
I will vehemently defend anyone’s right to practice their chosen religiion in a free and democratic society. However, I absolutely WILL NOT be forced to respect the religion itself and nor should I.
Apparently, billboards that espouse religious views are perfectly fine, but don’t you dare put up a non-religious billboard or people will go nuts.
