A Vision I encountered driving to the Store in my Southern Home Town today

[Mira]

You are looking at approximately 1/5th of the perimeter of this Church's manicured property.

[Countdown_3_2_1]

1. Cool! I like it. nt.

[tblue37]

25. I can't stand jingoism of any sort. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I betcha they won't do that for veterans day

[Mira]

3. Or MLK Jr. n/t

[xmas74]

5. I don't know about them

but in my town there are more flags out for Veteran's Day. Then again, I live in a military town.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. cynical words from someone who likely knows NOTHING about this church

nice...


sP

[pintobean]

11. What's new?

[white_wolf]

13. They are a church in the south which means they are like part of the Southern Baptist Convention.

That tells me all I need to know. Take it from someone who went to a school ran by that organization, you'll never find a more bigoted, self-righteous, hypocritical, hateful, group than the Southern Baptist Convention.

[ChandlerJr]

17. No kidding, the church that Carter, Clinton and Gore grew up in

just disgusting.

[coalition_unwilling]

19. IIRC, The Southern Baptist Convention took a severe hard turn to the

right, starting in the early 1980s (long after Carter, Clinton and Gore had grown up). While I'm not an expert on SBC history, I believe the hard turn to the right included a purge of any professors of theology at SBC seminaries who expressed even the slightest divergence from the inerrancy of Scripture (in essence, the belief that every word in the Bible was inspired by and came straight from God).

[white_wolf]

21. They did trust me. My school preached, among other things,

that woman should stay at home and cook and clean, that gays were evil in the eyes of God, they actively endorsed Bush and said anyone who supported Kerry wasn't a Christian, those who were pro-choice were called baby killers,they preached that if you weren't a good christian(baptist) you went to hell. This wasn't a fringe school, they received support from the SBC and had preachers from mainstream SBC churches come preach every week.

[coalition_unwilling]

22. How ironic would it be were our next V.I. Lenin to come out of the

SBC?

Just sayin' :)

[white_wolf]

20. Carter was a good man, but I have no use for Clinton and he could hardly be considered religious

anyway.

[tblue37]

27. But good guy Carter abandoned them because they went bizarro. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. And Carter left due to their hard right turn

[Obamanaut]

48. There are many, many Baptist churches that are NOT members of

the Southern Baptist Convention.

It is not possible to tell from the appearance or location or name if they are.

[Obamanaut]

50. Perhaps the number of flags is in remembrance - one flag for each death

from Sept 11, 2001.

Hard to say from the pics, but it looks like a lot of flags, and that could be the reason.

They may well do something different on Veterans Day and/or Memorial Day.

[bainz]

4. I like the first pic

I don't have much experience with Sony DSLR's. Does it have an aperture priority mode? If so, you could have made some good alternate versions of it.

[Mira]

9. Oh yes, I could have gotten fancy, it's a fine camera

in this case I just wanted to get my truck off the road safely, and not get run over or questioned while taking some pictures to bring this vision to you.

[Kolesar]

6. When two tribes go to war...eom

[RC]

8. That church obviously has too much money. They need to be taxed

[Mira]

10. Acres and Acres of manicured lawns in a high dollar area. I would like to imagine

if they sold it and gave the money to house and feed some of our poor at the other side of town.

[petronius]

12. I think it looks nice. They obviously put some effort into getting them equally-spaced,

and it paid off.

There will certainly be some 'bagger-oriented jingoistic nonsense today, but this remembrance (depending on what is said at the service) seems tasteful...

[bainz]

15. Agreed

I forgot to put that in my earlier reply; was too busy looking at the composition of the photos.

The spacing looks well planned and executed.

Looks nice.

[saras]

14. They don't leave those up at night, do they?

[bbinacan]

16. Very nice

I like it!

[bainz]

18. Did Pinedale do the same? n/t

[Malikshah]

23. Truth be told, it's quite scary. This fetishizing of the flag is out of control

What other country's do that? Are we like them in other ways?

Step back folks, and ask yourselves what it does to a people when they do this to a flag?

[Horse with no Name]

32. i can think of one....

[Mira]

37. Oh my, this is hard hitting.

"Die Fahne Hoch", eh?

[Horse with no Name]

42. Indeed. And those that ignore the comparisons

do so at our own peril.

[Mnemosyne]

47. +10000 n/t

[Mnemosyne]

46. Nationalism - it's a symptom. n/t

[Tom Ripley]

24. Tax those grifter$

[MineralMan]

26. Nice gesture. I have my house flag out today.

It just says that I'm paying attention and recognize the day as one where many lost their lives. It's a salute to them, and those who tried to help them.

[Mira]

29. That's why I posted the last photo. It was the only flag needed, IMO. Half Mast. In reverence. n/t

[Odin2005]

30. Religion + Jingoistic flag-waving = EWWWW

[ThomWV]

31. It begs the question: How many flags do you have to fly to prove you're a real American?

[EFerrari]

33. There's one pastor that learned nothing from 9/11.

What a tacky admission.

[southernyankeebelle]

34. So are these flags suppose to make you want to run to the church? I wish the church

would spend the time dedicated helping the working poor in this country and leave the flags out of it. I am sorry I get nothing but trying to using 9-11 to recruit for the church. Just think of the money they spend on those flags that could buy food, clothing or help the community in need.

[uncle ray]

35. hurry! there's still time to catch their "Patriot Day Celebration".

[PeaceNikki]

36. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that every one of those flags was made in China.

USA!! USA!! USA!!

[RebelOne]

38. In Kennesaw, Georgia, at the Kennesaw Mountain

Memorial Park, which is only a few miles from me, there were more than 3,000 flags planted in remembrance of the victims and fallen heroes of 9/11.

[Mariana]

39. I imagine it was good for business to put all those flags out. nt.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

40. tax 'em.

[TK421]

41. I may be going out on a limb here, but I think they like America!

[cherokeeprogressive]

43. How fucking dare they...

I like it.

[Drew Richards]

44. I KNOW that church..

I lived in Fort Mill, SC (NC/SC Border) for 15 years that place is in NC right?

[Mira]

45. You lived near Heritage Village then with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker

That would about a two hour drive maximum from this church. You are very warm...

[Bonobo]

49. Any more than 18 inches between flags and you're practically a commie,

Glad to see this was done right.

There can be no room for misunderstanding.

They LOVE America.

[Tx4obama]

51. K&R n/t

[NYC Liberal]

52. Thanks for posting: I like it!

[SoCalDem]

53. Onward Christian Soldiers ..n/t