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Is Character Assassination a Christian Virtue?

Posted April 22, 2008 - 8:22am by Will Hinton

It appears that Pastor Roger Byrd of Jonesville, SC thinks so. I read this article today about a sign that Byrd placed in front of his church.

It reads: "Obama, Osama, hmm, are they brothers?"

Byrd then goes on to explain....actually, he goes on to lie about why he put the sign up.

Byrd said that the message wasn't meant to be racial or political.

"It's simply to cause people to realize and to see what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ," he said.

When asked if he believes that Barack Obama is Muslim, Byrd said, "I don't know. See it asks a question: Are they brothers? In other words, is he Muslim ? I don't know. He says he's not. I hope he's not. But I don't know. And it's just something to try to stir people's minds. It was never intended to hurt feelings or to offend anybody."

Julio Diaz is my Hero

Posted April 22, 2008 - 7:11am by Will Hinton

A friend sent me a link to this fantastic story about a man in Brooklyn who befriended a mugger.

I think some people would want to use the term "heart-warming" but that is too cute and vastly underestimates the impact that a revolutionary act like this can have. Not only can we see the image of the divine on Julio Diaz because of his actions, but I think he was motivated for the same reason - he saw the image of the divine on this desperate mugger.