I'm not sure what sort of message pounding thirteen crosses into the grass is supposed to give, or what it's supposed to be saying "how we felt about our religion, our Christianity" (that you drive it into the ground?) … but I suspect it's not exactly neighborly. I suspect perhaps a sermon on Luke 10:29-37 (along with some historical perspective on the Jews and the Samaritans) would be in order.
Reading the underlying newspaper article, by the way, shows that the Muslims moving in next door have a much more solid grasp of the concept.
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Church ‘Welcomes’ Mosque Next Door By Pounding 13 Crosses Into The Ground
Tennessee’s Grace Baptist Church voted to “welcome” a new mosque opening up next door by pounding 13 crosses into the ground to ensure their “message” was heard.
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To be fair, we should note that the Muslims aren't going to have a problem with people honoring Jesus, since they consider him to be God's holy messenger and all that. Perhaps the Baptists were unclear about which religion actually rejects the other's prophet.
Man. I kind of like Christ, but his fanclub can be pretty douchey.
+Curt Thompson that's exactly how I feel about it. I stopped being a Christian years ago because Jesus told me to do that in a vision. 🙂
Jesus wouldn't recognize his own "followers." I think a lot of them use their religion as justification to be assholes. It's like they never learned about the new testament.