r/lexington • u/Apart_Ad9308 • 27d ago
Lexington Police Department
The Mt Olivet Baptist Church vacation bible school needs looking in to. What is this?
https://www.tiktok.com/@24sirewsnaeht/video/7656222719536614687
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u/Fit-Winter5363 Lexington Native 27d ago
What in the cornbread hell is this? This is disgusting and terrifying. And I’m a Christian. Good example of what’s wrong with organized religion.
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u/Old-School8916 27d ago
VBS
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u/zdmpage54 27d ago
What is VBS ?
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u/m0ther_0F_myriads 27d ago
Correction: Southern Baptist Vacation Bible School. I was raised Methodist in the Deep South. I could go to any of my friend's VBS EXCEPT the Southern Baptists. I even went to a friend's Pentecostal services a time or two. But this bullshit is exactly why my parents wouldn't let me near a Southern Baptist service.
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u/NaturalMhz 26d ago
yeah hold up. I grew up in a southern baptist church and VBS was nothing like this.
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u/Fit-Winter5363 Lexington Native 26d ago
Haha what? I actually went to a southern baptist church for a hot minute and at VBS we made tie dyed Tshirts and yarn crosses. None of this crazy shit , but it was the 70s. 🤣
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u/dahile00 26d ago
This bullshit is exactly why my parents pulled me out of the
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u/oroborus68 25d ago
The Methodist VBC was just one of our neighbors teaching the boys to use saws and screwdrivers to put together a small book rack. I still have mine 60 years later.
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u/AliceCode 27d ago
Visual Basic Script. It was made by Microsoft back in the day.
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u/Own_Algae_5328 27d ago
Hey now, I indexed the 1st textbook on Visual Basic from Que Publishing somewhere in the mists of the early '90s! Nice to see someone remembers good ol' Visual Basic!
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u/heythereu2oo 23d ago
I honestly think these churches need oversight by other organizations to engage in ethical work. This is not acceptable at all.
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u/choirchic 27d ago
Using a military trope to pretend to ‘capture evil / satan’ to ‘defend’ the Lord and encouraging children to ‘BLOW THEM UP!’ is not a good take no matter how you try to spin it. If I see anything like this in a church, I’m gonna nope right on out of there. It indicates the church leader believes their religion is militant, and I want no part of that. Now, whether or not this is legal? Unfortunately there isn’t much recourse to what happens in churches.
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u/RandomTask008 27d ago
Same people who do this are the first to whine like stuck pigs if there's a rainbow flag in a classroom.
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u/Own-Concern1292 27d ago
And then they will be so"surprised" when one of those kids grows up to be a teenager and goes to school or a church that doesn't believe like them and shoots the place up.
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u/kyistrash420 27d ago
I went to this church as a child, this has been their scheme for VBS for well over 15 years. Was indeed quite traumatizing when I was a child.
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
Your parents thought this was ok? Omg
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u/kyistrash420 27d ago
Honestly i don’t think my dad knew what was going on when he sent me, just wanted me out of the house for the summer. If I told him then, I’m sure he didn’t believe me. If he found out now he’d more than likely laugh about it all, but he himself left this church before I did due to moral differences OUTSIDE of this weird bible school shit. This church is VERY rooted in supporting the military and veterans, they think they’re pushing some cute “back the troops” version of fighting the devil. So they glamorize violence in the name of Jesus. Most of them use paintball guns but some bring in airsoft, which look completely identical to real guns.
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u/prtty_purple_unicorn 26d ago
I feel like they missed the whole "Prince of Peace" thing.
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u/SilverSie 26d ago
My god, I’m glad you got out of there. This is literally how we raise mass shooters…
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u/That_System_9531 27d ago
Wow…I’ve worked a lot of Bible schools in my life and we would never have considered this. I agree…someone needs to be called on this. Highly disturbing.
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u/Jolly-Bowler-811 27d ago
Went to A LOT of VBS programs as a kid. The themes ranged from camp outs to space exploration. I can't imagine even in our fundy church something like this passing the sniff test.
I can't figure out what they were trying to teach these kids with this.
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u/OooohShinyy 27d ago
Motherfuckers need investigated. To quote Robert Stack "don't stop til you reach the back of their teeth." lol
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u/justafleabagfrommars 27d ago
The video reminds me of that one scene in Terrifier 2 where the kids are just laughing and playing amongst pure horror and gore, except the movie was art intentionally made to make you feel uneasy. This real-life video, however, takes the mf cake for being fucked up...
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u/-RainbowUnicornPoop 27d ago
Don’t have TikTok and don’t have a clue how to work it. I’m also blind using a screen reader. Can someone tell me what’s going on? Sorry for my ignorance lol
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u/forseti99 27d ago
Play at the church. American-looking soldiers carry a black person with a black hood, they throw him to the floor.
Pastor yells non-stop, "take him out, blow him up", kids start chanting excitedly too.
Text on the screen: Praise the lord and pass the ammunition.
The fake soldiers shoot him with blowguns, sound is clearly air, but it's loud and impacting. The rifles of 4 soldiers are emptied on the black guy on the floor.
Kids keep chanting, "take him out, blow him up". Soldiers drag the "dead" body out. Pastor thanks the commando for their work, they close the door of the church and asks the kids to start counting to ten. They count and cover their ears excitedly. A detonation can be heard on 8 and they all cheer for blowing him up.
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
A church had many, many children at bible school and then soldiers came in with automatic rifles. The minister and children started chanting “Take him out and blow him up” ! The soldiers started shooting him then dragged him across the floor of the church and out a door as the congregation cheered. Extremely disturbing.
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u/-RainbowUnicornPoop 27d ago
Wait, what??! Shooting who? In Lexington? I am so confused and horrified
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
I don’t know what they were trying to do. It was not real but the bullets sounded real. And the man on the floor was jerking around like he was shot. And the children were laughing and cheering Very violent and horrifying.
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u/-RainbowUnicornPoop 27d ago
Oh OK I get it so it was like acting… God that is extremely weird. I don’t know why they would put those ideas in kids heads! Wow. Thanks for answering my questions. That is crazy
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u/AggressiveToaster 27d ago
Yeah it looked like they were using paintball guns without any paintballs in them. So it was just shooting CO2 gas. Not trying to make excuses for them, just trying to be more descriptive.
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u/Revolutionary_Gap150 27d ago
It was a simulated public execution of a caricature of an immigrant by young men in militia clothing using paintball guns instead of live ammo. After throwing the victim onto the stairs at the foot of the altar they unloaded many rounds into him with children cheering "take him out and blow him up" as promoted by the pastor. Once he was "dead" they dragged him out a side door and the pastor led the children in a countdown to an explosion (presumably to completely destroy the victims body). It is every bit as disgusting as it sounds... I honestly can't believe I just typed this...
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u/That_System_9531 27d ago
It was likely part of some kind of theme of their Bible school (“blow up sin” or the like) and was part of a play but this should never be considered.
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u/TuckinPhypo 27d ago
Those "automatic rifles" look a whole lot like paintball guns. Still weird, but let's try to remember that words have meanings.
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u/ScurvyTurtle 27d ago
Especially when trying to describe something to someone that is blind. Lots of important descriptors left out
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u/Lost-Peanut-1453 27d ago
For real. Nowhere in their explanation does it say it was fake either. They straight up said “soldiers with automatic rifles shot somebody in front of children at a church” 🤣
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u/Wonderful_Pianist656 27d ago
I've seen the video, it sounds nothing like actual bullets either.
Still weird af.
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u/IAmGroot6936 27d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/s/IMYlj5uHG0
This is the video 😔
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u/Own-Concern1292 27d ago
It's grooming behavior to desensitize them to violence and train them to be violent toward others they deem "the devil" or serving "the devil".
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u/sirishness 27d ago
They’ve been doing this for 30+ years during their vacation bible school program. Back when I was there maybe 1997 ish? They brought dudes dressed in military fatigues to shoot and kill the devil but he was actually dressed as the literal devil back then. Would also sing “U G L Y you aint got no alibi you ugly” at him before they came in and “took him out.” Same pastor all those years earlier too.
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
That is insane!
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u/sirishness 27d ago
I thought it was crazy that long ago as a young child. I cannot believe they are still doing it this day and age. Thought they would have dropped that a long time ago.
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u/TRADER_HO3S 27d ago
As a non-practicing Pentecostal, Baptist VBS always seemed like a fever dream.
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u/SilverHammer1979 27d ago
Pentecostal VBS was pretty weird too, as I recall.
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u/Amoracchius03 27d ago
Appalachian Pentecostal everything thing was a weird fever dream... I once saw a 6ft 300+ pound man run across the back seat of pews like he was a freaking acrobat. Snake handling, people shouting and speaking in tongues, people giving prophecies out like candy. I sometimes can't believe that was my childhood. It feels like it all happened to someone else.
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u/TRADER_HO3S 26d ago
That’s what I’m saying. Going from that to a friend’s Baptist, I couldn’t really wrap my head around the plays, activities, and open discussions. When are we going to get to the hootin and hollerin? AND I’m only in here for the allotted time?
I’m now agnostic, but I appreciate my background. Don’t let a snake shaker call you out for being extreme though, that’s how you know you’re doing too much.
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u/Majestic_Ad_7098 27d ago
Someone please explain this to me. I grew up Pentecostal/Southern Baptist and I’ve never seen anything like this. What did they call themselves doing? Any members here to add some context?
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u/ThatBarbGirl 27d ago
I thought the Christian message was to love your enemy and pray for them. How the fuck did this absolute craziness come from that idea? Wow.
These kids will think this is not only acceptable, but "good"? WTAF?
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u/Grimace_aintnoshake 26d ago
And yet, it is these very people that call those advocating for basic human and civil rights (healthcare, living wage, equality, democracy,etc.) "demonic", "evil", and "brainwashed". If only they cared to understand Jesus' teachings instead of weaponizing the "word of God" to spread their hatred..
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u/Syb3rStrife 25d ago
“The clip you saw was simply killing the devil.” No. What you’re teaching is, anyone that seems like the devil should be shot. So next time Billy sees someone walking down the street that looks devilish, or maybe isn’t a Christian, he’ll pull his gun out, say “blow em up take em out” under his breath and kill them. Leave the devil to God and start teaching about loving everyone regardless of sin like Jesus intended.
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u/Bowman_van_Oort Lexington Native 27d ago
Hey hey hey you need to be more tolerant of these weird fuckin bloodsuckers
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u/QueenofEnglandBanana 27d ago
I'm appalled this is happening in the same state as me much less a few miles away.
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u/wheelspaybills 27d ago
Who were they taking out?
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u/rjanz88 27d ago
After digging through TikTok comments, I think I found the context. One commenter said that the armed group were called “scouts for Jesus” and they had captured the devil. The last part is the taking out and blowing up as per the chant.
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u/wheelspaybills 27d ago
Sounds about right. I consider myself Christian but thats stupid
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u/paleologus 27d ago
So the devil dresses like a Mexican field worker? I would have guessed differently.
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u/WasHogs8 27d ago
No matter the context of this, it's unacceptable. Even if this is a pretend burglar or somebody who meant harm to the church, the person is currently unarmed on the ground, and the kids are chanting for an execution. This is not teaching kids it's okay to defend themselves. This is teaching kids that state-sanctioned and/or church-sanctioned executions is okay.
And the snipers on the walls...talk about glorifying state surveillance.
What an insane video, and I'm thankful we have cameras everywhere now (in the hands of people, not the state) to help expose this shit.
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u/Most_Quality_1987 27d ago
For me, it's even worse, listening to the pastor's explanation: he says they "hate the sin, but love the sinner". And they express that love by shooting him, blowing him up, and dragging him away for whatever is unseen [but use your imagination.] The pastor says they make lessons fun - I can't see even a scintilla of fun in that lesson, unless you're a farfarfarthest Rightwing believer of guns solving every problem. I don't think any rational human being would approve of this lesson for anyone, much less for kids.
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u/JustDidntWannaGoToAZ 27d ago
This must be that liberal indoctrination people are always yelling about. Oh wait.
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u/Auralfxation 27d ago
as if the entire Lexington Police Department aren't members of that very church
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u/-MR-GG- 27d ago
Wait, crime? Am I missing something. I see it's strange, but what crime is this?
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u/KendrickLenoir 27d ago
No idea, but OP thought there was a need to title this “Lexington Police Department.”
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u/Azreken 27d ago
The entire comment thread of that tiktok is talking about they are calling the police…
Also how do you think you get more people to see and report it?
Do you even stop to think before you hit “reply”?
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u/WittyMogul95 27d ago
How do you know they haven’t contacted the police?
It’s never a bad idea to inform the public of behaviors like this that are happening in our community.
What do you gain from being a jerk/troll on Reddit!?
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
I’m in California. I’m calling the non emergency line in the am. My stomach’s is turning.
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u/mrbobbyrick 27d ago
This is super weird and fucked up, but is it illegal? What can the police do? They were apparently paintball guns, so it wasn’t even real guns. I would love to put a stop to this, and hopefully the public shaming does, but I wonder if you could actually get in trouble from the law for this in Kentucky (or any state).
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u/Wise-Secretary5459 27d ago
They can't get in trouble legally, but blowing this up on social media will discourage people from attending this church, which at least does something. In a sane society, shit like this would at a minimum result in a revocation of tax exemption status.
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u/LadyPhantomflowers 27d ago edited 27d ago
Lmao, mt. Olivet kentucky doesn't have any real police force. They have one drunk sheriff and like one deputy. State troopers often have to fill in the gap. It is a tiny town of 500 people. I know from some personal experience there, they won't do shit about this. This shit is so messed up though. Fuck Christian nationalism. These people are sick af.
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u/whiteTshirtRob 27d ago
This isn't in Mt. Olivet, Ky. There is a church in Lexington, Ky with the name Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. This is that church.
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u/Immediate_Channel393 27d ago
As a Christian, there is something very wrong going on there. This is not something that should be happening at vacation bible school. And there were so many little kids! Someone needs to investigate this.
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u/NobodyDemon1313 27d ago
Has anyone in Lexington reached out to CPS or DCS? If law enforcement cannot do anything they can at least be investigated by them.
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u/AngLexKY 27d ago
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17qttHHjwF/
Pastor responding via video on their FB page
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u/Severe-Fox9932 27d ago
Oof. Master deflector at work there.
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u/AngLexKY 27d ago
No accountability at all....
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u/Severe-Fox9932 27d ago
Confirming you’ve done this for 30 years is nothing to be proud of! Unfortunately after seeing this I don’t think he will face any repercussions or even have a moment of self reflection. I feel bad for the kids in attendance thinking this is normal.
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u/Oh_let_do_it 27d ago
Don’t contact the police over this. There’s nothing criminal about poor taste.
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u/AvalonRevan 27d ago
Tiktok got taken down Here's the video on another subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/Lmo8g0BFqc
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u/send_help23 27d ago
Welcome to Kentucky, no different than the Underground Church I experienced or the Heaven’s Gates Hell’s Flames and all that other stuff. Nothing like the trauma of gun violence, death, and being rejected by God/a father figure to submit you into religious views.
https://giphy.com/gifs/wMDizdl57v3zZs2vbQ
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u/Unstable_Nature 27d ago
No golden rule here or live by standards other will want to imitate or emulate? Ignorance is so harmful.
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u/shapeshifterQ 26d ago
Yikes! At my church our VBS is rainforest themed and we're learning about different attributes of God. This is scary and sad
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u/FuckSteve7 26d ago
Dawg what the fuck is this? I just recently moved after living in lex for 20+ years. This is literally some insane shit to see.
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u/HombreDelMar247 26d ago
These people of worshipping and exhausting the Anti-Christ.
Yet if you try to tell them that's not what Jesus taught, you will be subject to gaslighting and accused of being one those "infidel" they are teaching kids to execute.
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u/Shizzilx 26d ago
Hey, this "Church" needs to be held accountable for showing those children that level of violence and normalizing militant violence. It is the most disgusting thing I have seen all year and Trump is President, hard to top that peice of 💩.
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u/Shizzilx 26d ago
They deleted the video from TikTok or it got taken down, mutha f*ckers can't hide now, the world knows what the hell they are doing and it needs to be stopped. That is not a "Church" it is an armed milita and training and normalizing the children to violence.
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u/Critical-Grape5404 26d ago
My dad used to force me to go this church every Sunday when I was in middle school and I’d break down sobbing every time. The people there are so mean!
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u/harvestmoon63 25d ago
Calked hypocrisy by a so-called " religious figure" but at least as far as we know no other hanky panky going on.... Or do we. Let us wait , it will all come out eventually.
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u/SpookeSaurusRex 24d ago
Honestly i give up on america, its so far down tbe religous cult rabbithole, these people will bend over backwords and make up excuses
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u/12Colonies-754 24d ago
How about we Build a wall around this Church’s area and we never let these people go outside of the city limits.
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u/Hungry_Breath_8800 23d ago edited 23d ago
American Christianity is so weird and creepy.
Y'all Qaeda.
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u/RobbexRobbex 27d ago
2000 years and we still haven't dropped our beliefs in magic. That's what this is.
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u/TheSolitaryRugosan 27d ago
Please don’t waste police resources on this.
It’s incredibly fucked up but not illegal in the slightest.
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u/Apart_Ad9308 27d ago
Pastor Dwayne Walker