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The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
4. Unless they Did It Themselves For Insurance, Sir
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:13 PM
May 2020

Not much I'd put past a small town pastor and his flock....

"Yep, nice church ya got there..." CaptYossarian May 2020 #1
"Someone has just turned these people into victims" jberryhill May 2020 #2
Or maybe they were fishing for victimhood, and decided to use dynamite . . . hatrack May 2020 #3
That's my guess as well. Self-inflicted theatre and/or insurance money. Nt lostnfound May 2020 #26
Just like Westboro Baptist in Topeka,Ks just "happened" to catch fire.......... Bengus81 May 2020 #48
Unless they Did It Themselves For Insurance, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #4
My thoughts went there too bucolic_frolic May 2020 #9
I agree. Sounds too manufactured, too setup, too deliberate. Perhaps done as a means to... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #11
No knowledge of this church SheltieLover May 2020 #15
Yes, but would those stupid people burn a church for opening? yardwork May 2020 #34
same here gopiscrap May 2020 #18
My first thought UpInArms May 2020 #24
Yep. That was my first thought. Cirque du So-What May 2020 #12
Agreed. MicaelS May 2020 #32
Also my immediate thought. Or a false flag intended to create discord. yardwork May 2020 #33
Yeah...look at that crappy carpet in that picture Bengus81 May 2020 #49
Check the preacher's hands for spray paint and accelerant. Grokenstein May 2020 #5
I disagree -- it's difficult to get spray paint on hands that NCjack May 2020 #13
At least no lives were lost in the fire DBoon May 2020 #6
hmmm... smells fishy to me. not_the_one May 2020 #7
Very true Angrybob2001 May 2020 #14
Welcome to the party, Angrybob2001 not_the_one May 2020 #53
Inside job! Vinnie From Indy May 2020 #8
It's TxVietVet May 2020 #10
There's a saying: "You're not helping!" n/t SpankMe May 2020 #16
Were they behind on the mortgage? Canoe52 May 2020 #17
God's will. Texaswitchy May 2020 #19
Considering they couldn't spell "Hypocrite" correctly,I'm gonna go with a right-wing kook... AKing May 2020 #20
Hmmm...this one is real tussle. roamer65 May 2020 #21
The minister of the church is white ehrnst May 2020 #41
Lack of tithing makes pastor desperate? Solly Mack May 2020 #22
A Democrat would know how to spell hypocrite. maxrandb May 2020 #23
By your logic, a Democrat should know how to spell "influx" as well. Jedi Guy May 2020 #51
Since I consider those fleecing Fundy churches as toilets maxrandb May 2020 #52
Disquieting EAB May 2020 #25
Stay on the high road? bluecollar2 May 2020 #29
Cons are trying to kill us, there is no road at all... Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #45
This is your first post on DU. yardwork May 2020 #35
Was it Rev. Lovejoy? Initech May 2020 #27
False flag FreepFryer May 2020 #28
Hitler/Poland comes to mind....n/t bluecollar2 May 2020 #30
The spelling makes me think it was them. marble falls May 2020 #31
To respond to responses... EAB May 2020 #36
Assuming the assertions above are true that this is a black church ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #37
It's got a white minister ehrnst May 2020 #40
Hence my caging based on another comment, I didn't know either way ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #46
I agree - particularly considering some oddities in the minister's recent past. (nt) ehrnst May 2020 #47
there was a false flag attack on a radio station that Hitler used as an excuse to invade Poland muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #38
Thank you! EAB May 2020 #43
They Left a Corpse Or Two On The Scene, Sir The Magistrate May 2020 #44
I have to wonder, did the building need some expensive repairs? ehrnst May 2020 #39
Looks as though the minister doesn't stay in one church very long... ehrnst May 2020 #42
Bring in the investigators and accelerate sniffing dogs........... Bengus81 May 2020 #50
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