Comments on: Want some fried chicken with your book burning?

By: Juanito

Juanito — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:45:16 +0000

“…shall be determined by the preacher…” is the stuff horror movies are made from. Who will run this church once the preacher is gone (one way or another)? I wonder if they paid for these books BEFORE they burned them. Crazy.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:54:36 +0000

Hey, if the KJV was good enough for Jesus, then it is good enough for me. LOL

Seriously, think of the children indoctrinated into this group of quacks. Pray for their deliverance.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:19:59 +0000

I agree with you about them still paying for the books. In fact, back when burning Harry Potter books was somewhat regular, I’d often comment that J.K. Rowling must be laughing all the way to the bank each time she hears about such an incident.

Granted, I find the thought of a Harry Potter book being burned slightly more tragic than a Robertson book, but hey.

By: Matt Comer

Matt Comer — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:02:25 +0000

Come to think of it… Wouldn’t they have had to buy all these books in order to have them for their burning pleasure? If their point was to stop these men and women from preaching and writing, why not encourage a boycott, instead of encouraging people to buy their stuff, fork over the cash. If I were Roberts, I’d be like, “Oh, okay. Burn all my books. You still have to buy them and I’m still getting rich!”

It makes no sense.

The church I grew up in had one of these book and cd and music burning parties. I didn’t go. I bet it took less than two weeks for most of the teenagers to regret burning all their escapes from the insanity.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:54:45 +0000

I’m also amazed at some of the names that made it to the list of books to be burned. Dobson? Lahaye? Roberts? Hinn? Okay, those last two are probably due to the Baptist distrust of Pentecostalism. But these are some pretty conservative names.

But hey, if these people want to burn books, that’s their choice. As long as they own the books they’re burning. When they try to start burning my books, they’ll find me less agreeable.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:28 +0000

I think one phrase in that quote scares me most of all:

…and all issues of interpretation and meaning shall be determined by the preacher.

By the preacher alone? With no checks and balances? That’s giving way too much power to a single man, in my opinion.

To be blunt, that’s how dangerous cults get started.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:56:39 +0000

Man, stuff like this makes me miss living in Haywood County.