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Church-service assault
The Decatur Daily ^ | 2005-10-03 | Ronnie Thomas

Posted on 10/03/2005 7:35:35 AM PDT by Junior

What would seem to be among the safest places in America came under attack Sunday morning at Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church on Spring Avenue Southwest.

After communion at the 11 a.m. Mass, a man and woman came forward, screaming.

Then, to the shock and horror of the Rev. Joe Culotta and his congregation, the man turned over the cherished century-old marble altar. It tumbled down the steps and smashed onto the floor, ripping up carpet in front of the first-row pews.

(Excerpt) Read more at decaturdaily.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: abomination; catholic; desecration
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This is my home church. I usually go to Mass on Saturdays so I missed this.
1 posted on 10/03/2005 7:35:35 AM PDT by Junior
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To: Junior

FYI, this is Decatur, Ala.


2 posted on 10/03/2005 7:36:37 AM PDT by Junior (From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
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To: Salvation

Ping.


3 posted on 10/03/2005 7:36:54 AM PDT by Junior (From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
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To: Junior

so it begins. expect more as the christ-haters grow stronger.

sooner or later we'll have our own kristalnicht (or however you spell it)


4 posted on 10/03/2005 7:38:35 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: Junior

Sick, sick, sick.


5 posted on 10/03/2005 7:40:23 AM PDT by JeeperFreeper
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To: Junior

Manson Klan wanna be's.


6 posted on 10/03/2005 7:41:16 AM PDT by StuLongIsland
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To: Junior
I recently had a Freeper insist to me that Catholics weren't Christians because they were "idol worshippers".

He was nuts too, I think.

7 posted on 10/03/2005 7:42:13 AM PDT by Kenton ("Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid" - Damon Runyon)
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To: camle

"..When I opened my eyes, I noticed a man and woman sitting in the front pew I didn't recognize," he said. "Ten or 15 seconds later, they came up to the platform of the sanctuary, saying 'This is idolatry, you are worshipping false ideas, and these are end times.' He went in the back of the altar and pushed it over. It was unreal..."

I wonder how much more of this lurks outside? It wasn't Nazis...


8 posted on 10/03/2005 7:42:19 AM PDT by OpusatFR (Vegetarian, permaculturalist, cloth wearing, green, peak oil believing Trad Catholic Indie.)
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To: OpusatFR

t'warnt Nazis, I agree. it is p[art opf our own home-grown version.


9 posted on 10/03/2005 7:44:30 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: OpusatFR
I guess they consider themselves pillars of virtue.
10 posted on 10/03/2005 7:44:33 AM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male (NRA))
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To: JeeperFreeper

You reap what you sow... They desecrated a house of God and they will pay in some way, some day.


11 posted on 10/03/2005 7:44:38 AM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!)
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To: Junior

Liberals hate Catholics.


12 posted on 10/03/2005 7:46:50 AM PDT by stinkerpot65
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To: Junior

Gotta love the descriptions:

"It was shocking to me. He had on dark pants and a dark blue shirt with scribbling on the front," Morris said. "He had long dark hair that fell past his shoulders, so dark it appeared as if it might have been dyed.

"He reminded me of someone from the 1960s, a pot-smoking hippie. He was about 6 feet tall and very thin."

Morris said the woman wore bluejean shorts and "crazy tights with big black diamonds all over them, like the Joker in a deck of cards, and a T-shirt."


13 posted on 10/03/2005 7:47:01 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: Junior

Couldn't he have written a letter to the editor instead...


14 posted on 10/03/2005 7:47:09 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: Kenton

Have you been in a Catholic Church?


15 posted on 10/03/2005 7:49:30 AM PDT by squirt (POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
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To: Junior

I hope they bring serious charges against these 'people'. The Christ did not always turn the other cheek, we need to have gumption and prudence to know when to do the same.


16 posted on 10/03/2005 7:49:35 AM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors. Don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: Junior

After reading the article I have the distinct feeling that the church will not press charges.


17 posted on 10/03/2005 7:50:40 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
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To: stevio
Here are the virtuous pillars:
18 posted on 10/03/2005 7:50:52 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

If only we still had public stocks, like the Puritans did to curb criminal activity. They don't seem to be worth a rope, but garden rubbish to the face might work.


19 posted on 10/03/2005 7:52:59 AM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (Rock beats scissors. Don't run with rocks. NRA)
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To: Kenton

Yeah -- FR has more than it's fair share of Catholic-bashers. I'm sure they'll slither out of the woodwork and spit their bile on this thread.


20 posted on 10/03/2005 7:54:10 AM PDT by Malacoda (*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*)
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