Here in North Carolina we’re on some kind of roll.  First we had the young minister of a small church in a small mountain town who said that anyone who voted for Democrat John Kerry in last fall’s election is basically voting against God.  Now we have this guy (source News & Observer):

A Baptist minister refuses to apologize for a church sign saying the Muslim holy book should be flushed.

"I believe that it is a statement supporting the word of God and that
it (the Bible) is above all and that any other religious book that does
not teach Christ as savior and lord as the 66 books of the Bible
teaches it, is wrong," said the Rev. Creighton Lovelace of Danieltown
Baptist Church. "I knew that whenever we decided to put that sign up
that there would be people who wouldn’t agree with it, and there would
be some that would, and so we just have to stand up for what’s right."

and he continued…

"If we stand for what is right and for God’s word and for Christianity
then the world is going to condemn us and so right away when I got a
complaint I said, ‘Well somebody’s mad, somebody’s offended, so we must
be doing something right,’" Lovelace said.

Well that certainly redefines Christianity for me.  But I digress.  What I love about the online world is that you can immediately find divergent viewpoints about the same issue.  Here are two takes on this story:

Ed Cone, blogger extraordinaire from Greensboro, NC:

From Rutherford County comes this touching story
of ecumenical outreach and understanding: "A sign in front of
Danieltown Baptist Church…reads ‘The Koran needs to be flushed,’ and
the Rev. Creighton Lovelace, pastor of the church, is not apologizing
for the display."

Most of the North Carolinians interviewed for the article disagreed with Lovelace. Please, world, note that fact.

Then there’s this headline from Fark.com which is filed under the category "Stupid".  Fark is unabashedly sophomoric and always with tongue firmly planted in cheek, but it is also consistently conservative in terms of politics:

NC pastor defends sign at church that reads: "The Koran Needs to be
Flushed." Muslims in an uproar — some even delay scheduled beheadings
to voice complaints

It’s never dull.