{"id":3427,"date":"2015-06-24T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T02:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2015-06-24T21:53:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T02:53:44","slug":"pro-jesus-mayor-allegedly-firebombed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2015\/06\/24\/pro-jesus-mayor-allegedly-firebombed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Jesus Mayor allegedly firebombed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month<\/a>, I mentioned that Mayor Will Rogers of Hawkins, Texas has been contacted by the FFRF<\/a> respecting that town’s ongoing\u00a0trespass against the strict separation of religion and\u00a0government.<\/p>\n

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This morning, part of his coffee shop caught on fire, as reported by the Tyler Morning Telegraph<\/a> and The Journal<\/a>.\u00a0Rogers claims that his security tapes reveal it was the act of an arsonist. He also speculates that “the restaurant was targeted by someone who\u2019s upset by Hawkins\u2019 recent commitment to a Christian message.”<\/p>\n

If it was indeed arson, it\u00a0should\u00a0go without saying that this was\u00a0a deplorable act. If it was indeed a deliberate\u00a0attack on Christian ideology, then it was terrorism. No one\u00a0can support such lawlessness and still\u00a0claim to uphold the values of humanism.<\/p>\n

Bearing\u00a0that in mind, I would counsel restraint for\u00a0all concerned. We don’t yet know who set the fire or why. Rogers has been attacked before the recent church\/state controversy, when someone threw\u00a0a brick into his\u00a0office window and slashed his tires,\u00a0this may be the same perpetrator\u00a0back for another bite at the apple. Even\u00a0assuming this wasn’t simple revenge, there are probably at least a dozen or two non-Christians\u2014even in such a small town\u2014and\u00a0most of them are innocent. Now is not the time for rash generalizations and guilt by association. We should let the legal process play out and avoid\u00a0jumping to any conclusions until enough\u00a0evidence comes in.<\/p>\n

After all, WWJD?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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