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Sometimes I think there is a God

FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Social Entropy++
A couple weeks ago here in Baltimore we had a really violent storm roll through without any warning.

It did this to a church in West Baltimore.

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Lightning struck the steeple and the church burned to the ground.


Then this comes to light:
The First Mount Olive Free Will Baptist Church bought a luxurious custom Bentley in 2005, the same year the inner-city church failed to pay a $12,000 water bill that has led to the filing of a foreclosure suit, motor vehicle records show.

The congregation that owns the 140-year-old West Baltimore church, destroyed last week by lightning, is fending off multiple foreclosure threats because of the delinquent water bill and an alleged mortgage default on the 9-acre property the church owns in Southwest Baltimore, according to court records.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-md.ci.church19jul19,0,3058690.story

So yeah - Church owes a ton of money, facing multiple foreclosures, last year bought a Bentley. This year gets destroyed by lightning in a freak thunderstorm.

Sometimes I think there really is a God


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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Dude, I read a news story a few weeks back about a bunch of kids praying around a metal cross in Mexico or somewhere, and lightning hit the cross and killed all the kids.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Score another for Thor.

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  • BergyBergy Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    JIHAD

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  • AHH!AHH! Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Got norse gods all up in our grillz

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Weaver wrote: »
    Score another for Thor.
    Pudlik

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    Weaver wrote: »
    Score another for Thor.

    I'm sure it hurth

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  • NeliNeli Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I haven't seen lightning in 6 years

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Weaver wrote: »
    Score another for Thor.

    Seriously, that pisses me off so much.

    How can these people do that? I mean West Baltimore is basically a de-militarized zone. death and poverty everywhere. Those people don't have very much, they give to the Church the one thing that should be trying to hold that community together. The spire of goodness and righteousness.

    And they buy a car that is more expensive than 2/3rd of the houses on the block and more than any of its parishioners could ever hope to have in their lives? WHILE owing money on multiple foreclosures and water bills?

    AND THEN THEY COME TO THE CITY ASKING FOR HELP TO REBUILD?!

    Seriously, Thank you Thor

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    I don't think I've ever met a person that would turn down some string cheese.

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  • Captain HeavysteinCaptain Heavystein Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Dude, I read a news story a few weeks back about a bunch of kids praying around a metal cross in Mexico or somewhere, and lightning hit the cross and killed all the kids.

    haha...

    hahahaha....

    HAHAHAHAHA!

    Oh, Jesus that's good.

    Er, unfortunate. Jesus, that's unfortunate.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    FortyTwo wrote: »
    So yeah - Church owes a ton of money, facing multiple foreclosures, last year bought a Bentley.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    This is how you can know there is a god:

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    Friggin' ALL of TNG in one big damn box.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    A Bentley? That's a lot of fucking bake sales.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    pot brownies

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2007
    How you know you've been spending a bit to much time in SE++:

    You see
    Butters wrote: »
    A Bentley? That's a lot of fucking bake sales.

    And read it as
    Butters wrote: »
    A Bentley? That's a lot of fucking bukakke sales.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Crack s'mores.

    You get them hooked, and then make them pay. Also marshmallows.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Jordyn wrote: »
    pot brownies

    Ha! I wouldn't put it past a baptist church in Baltimore.

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  • Captain HeavysteinCaptain Heavystein Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Butters wrote: »
    Jordyn wrote: »
    pot brownies

    Ha! I wouldn't put it past a baptist church in Baltimore.

    By "holy water" they mean "laced with LSD"

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Actually this was Callius' going away present to Baltimore.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Hail Eris!

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Those little Jesus wafers are laced with the highly addictive drug known as The Lord

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Captain Heavystein wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Jordyn wrote: »
    pot brownies

    Ha! I wouldn't put it past a baptist church in Baltimore.

    By "holy water" they mean "laced with LSD"

    Shit, now I have to go to church

    God hates you because you don't appreciate the penis he gave you.

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    fuck thor

    all about ZEUS

    also the thought of Jesus throwing lighting down from the sky amuses me.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Zephyr wrote: »
    fuck thor

    all about ZEUS

    also the thought of Jesus throwing lighting down from the sky amuses me.

    It amuses me, but only because the image of Jesus that has been permanently burned into my mind is the cartoon-Jesus used so often. So I see like, the PA-version of Jesus smashed off his ass hurling lightning bolts down on churches going "WHOOOOOO!"

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I kinda want this shirt:

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Jordyn that is a wonderful thing and I love you for introducing me to its existence.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The Far Side wrote: »
    I know there isn't a god because Tay Zonday is singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"

    oh my god

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Spectre-x wrote: »
    Jordyn that is a wonderful thing and I love you for introducing me to its existence.

    you're welcome.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    #pipe wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    I know there isn't a god because Tay Zonday is singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"

    oh my god

    omg rickroll

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Zoolander wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    I know there isn't a god because Tay Zonday is singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"

    oh my god

    omg rickroll

    tayroll

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  • FabricateFabricate __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2007
    #pipe wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    I know there isn't a god because Tay Zonday is singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"

    oh my god


    is that.....

    that's a man right?

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    That's Tay Zonday

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  • LiveWireLiveWire Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Oh man, fuck religion.

    Just kidding.

    But not really.

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  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    LiveWire wrote: »
    Oh man, fuck religion.

    Just kidding.

    But not really.

    man why can't we just get along

    light up and RELAX

    420 420 420 420

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