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Justlove
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Username: Justlove
Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 11:33 am: | 
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5 Southern Baptist churches in Ala. hit by fires
Local officials suspect arson; 2 churches burned to the ground
NBC VIDEO
• Pastor's account
Feb. 3: The Rev. David Hand tells MSNBC that the fire at his church appears to be arson.
MSNBC
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Updated: 11:11 a.m. ET Feb. 3, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Five Southern Baptist churches near Birmingham, Ala., were destroyed or damaged by fire overnight.
The Ashby Baptist Church in Brierfield and Rehobeth Baptist Church in Randolph both burned to the ground.
Jim Parker, a member of the Ashby Baptist Church, told WBRC television in Birmingham that he understood the fire began near the pulpit and that the fires at other churches had a similar pattern.
There were two minor injuries reported among firefighters tackling the blazes.
WVTM reporter Debra Des Vignes told MSNBC that authorities believe all the fires were deliberately set.
All within 5 miles
The pastor of one church also told MSNBC that two fires there appeared to be an arson. The Rev. David Hand of the Old Union Baptist Church said part of the church was set on fire as was an American flag. Flower pots were also smashed to the ground, he said.
The five churches are all within five miles of one another, he added.
A sixth fire damaged another church late Thursday afternoon, but an state insurance investigator said it might not have been arson.
No arrests had been made Friday morning.
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 3706
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 11:56 am: |
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An idle church is the playground of the devil. Ya think? |
Serenasailor
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Username: Serenasailor
Post Number: 246
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 05:14 pm: |
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Think goodness my parents got out of the South. Oh! But wait! Things are the same here in the North! I guess thats what happens in "Good Ole Amerikkka". |
Rustang
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Username: Rustang
Post Number: 248
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2006 - 05:57 pm: |
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I hate to spoil your fun SS, but 4 of those 5 churches were white.This was somebody that was pissed off at god's folks, not black folks. |
Justlove
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Username: Justlove
Post Number: 5
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 07:01 pm: |
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Sorry Rustang, your info is incorrect. Those churches burned were black churches. Now the number is up to nine. Check the news. |
Rustang
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Username: Rustang
Post Number: 251
Registered: 04-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 08:22 am: |
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That was what I read in the New York Times.It could have been wrong, but I'd have to see something from a pretty credible source to come to that conclussion. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 4272
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 01:30 pm: |
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Rustang,
Maybe the NYT was giving Jason Blair another chance and they got bit in the a$$ again. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 3803
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 05:09 pm: |
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All the churches had integrated congregations, and the number has now reached 9, with 5 being predominately black and 4 being predominately white. Wonder if these crimes could be left wing terrorists striking out against the religious right. The Southern Baptist element in the south is a bedrock of hard-line fundamentalism. |
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