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Jesus Statue Set Ablaze in Minn.

Jesus Statue Set Ablaze in Minn.

It was a clash of images on Sunday in St. Paul, MN when a local man, Tuan Pham, awoke to see his beloved, custom-made Jesus statue in flames. According to family, someone took wood from a nearby pile and used a spray can to ignite a fire at the base of Pham’s 7-foot ode to Christ. It’s statue that has been controversial from the beginning:

Local station KARE reports:

It may have burned for awhile; Pham’s daughter took pictures of her father trying to knock down the flames. Fire investigators were going over the garden a few hours later. If they find evidence of arson, they are expected pass the case on to police.

Jesus Statue Set Ablaze in Minn.

“It pains me, it’s very upsetting. This means a lot to him. This is where he finds joy and where he spends a lot of his time,” Phan said about his retired father-in-law.

The statue took months to ship. It is a replica of a massive one Pham helped build more than 40 years ago in his hometown of Vung Tau, Vietnam. Pham says he was jailed for his catholic beliefs before he fled the country for Minnesota.

The statue was put in place last October and a month later, Phan says, the city received a complaint about it. The family requested a variance after officials found it was not the required 40 feet from the bluff line, but that request was denied by the city council a few days before the fire.

The family wonders if the fire was racially or religiously motivated, wondering why someone would try to burn marble; guessing it was merely meant to send a message. “Why does somebody need to go this far?” Phan wondered.

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  • WVBeagleMom
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:15am

    Complete lack of respect for Christians. I am sooo sure that the mspress will cover this nonstop.
    Praying for this family and our country.

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  • ss
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:15am

    What is the problem?

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  • grapnell
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:15am

    “You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.” – Deut. 12:3

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    • caitlynsdad
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:28am

      Please help me understand: When did Jesus become a Canaanite god?

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    • GiveUsJustice
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:08pm

      Lol, another “one sentence” googler. Funny how actually not understanding the meaning of one sentence works to your disadvantage.

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    • caitlynsdad
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:31pm

      @Give Us Justice
      Exactly. That was my point.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:17pm

      @caitlynsdad

      Thanks for a the clarity when others are taking things out of context

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  • BobParker2003
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:15am

    Now if this had been a statue of a Quran we would have had riots all over the Muslim world and the press would have covered it of the front page of every liberal newspaper. The fact that Christ told us to turn the other cheek gets real hard sometime when it comes to how the anti-Christian left and the Anti Christian media treat we who believe the Christ was the son of God and his is the only way.

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    • mrlogan3
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:34pm

      I think Americans are desensitized to burning Christian symbols. The KKK has been burning crosses for decades.

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:13am

    freaking scumbag ,, i hope they lock them under jail forever

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  • BQI
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:13am

    Sad! A sign of things to come especially for Christians and Jews ONLY.

    http://www.blackquillandink.com

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    • vennoye
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:45am

      Yes it is just an outward expression of what many people in our country have in their heart. If you want to see how much of our country is already lost, go to Amazon, look for a religious book or author (I looked up Ephraim Frank) then read the comments on the religious forum. If your reaction is like mine was you will know that we are living in the time that John 15:18 (¶ If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.) seems true. Whatever the USA once was, it is not the same any more. It is so sad to realize what we have lost!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:13am

    Vietnamese have been coming to america since the fall of saigon, and the end of the vietnam war. Asia,and indochina have been persecuting christains for centuries. St.Paul, Minnesota has to change its name like saigon did. Saigon is ho che min, st. paul to show its real identity could be named after a bigot of their choice.

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  • Deda1
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:11am

    I wonder if us Christians will riot and behead no believers. I guess not since we are loving and forgiving.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:22am

      No and thats why the liberals find this perfectly acceptable as free speech….. But make a cartoon about Mohammed and suddenly you’re a bigot and hate monger. The liberals are the prime candidates for muslim assimulation.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:09am

    We will pray…..and lock and load…..aerosol cans????……

    To our enemies, servants of our one enemy, satan~~~~

    Our GOD reigns, HE wins. This is HIS war.

    We will pray, and we will stand and fight, if need be.

    Count on it.

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    • coolbrownmule
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:02am

      Religious war. Good thinking. Surely that will end well.

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    • GodsHammer
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:59pm

      One day the Almighty‘s wrath will be let loose and it won’t be pretty.
      “Vengence shall be mine sayeth the Lord…I shall repay”
      Just like His judgement against ancient Babylon so it will be against those
      He will stand against in the future..no stone left standing upon another stone.

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:06am

    Off with their heads!!!

    …would be what some savages would assert.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:05am

    Although I don’t believe in statues of the Heavenly Bodies, this is absolutely stupid. They can burn absolutely everything pertaining to Jesus and He will still live in our hearts. No one and I repeat NO ONE can take Jesus out of our hearts. What they really fear is His precious name J E S U S.

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  • WhatWasIThinking?
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:02am

    sorry guys but its just an Idol, the real Jesus did not get set on fire.

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    • Sugabee
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:17am

      Whatwasithinking? – In case you missed this part of the story, this man helped to build a statue of Jesus in his hometown in Vietnam and was jailed for his Catholic faith. That’s why he had a smaller version made. It is NOT an “idol”. It is what is called a sacramentary – a reminder of what it represents, which in this case is our Lord and Savior. He, like all other Catholics, does NOT worship the statue; it helps him to keep his focus on Jesus when praying, and not allowing other distractions to interfere with his prayer life. So, please be respectful of other Christians’ faith when commenting.

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    • DLG123
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:10am

      @Sugabee,
      You will not get respect for the Catholic faith from a lot of Blaze posters. Some you will mosts you won’t. I have debated respectfully with several people on here and that was mostly doctrinal differences. But Most will do what the drive by media does… Drive up fire a full magazine and leave with ne regard for what they say about someones Faith. They treat there brothers and sisters like a piece of garbage when our enemy is the same; Satan, the Left and Radical Islam. Who started the fire?” I would be willing to be it was 1 of those 3 (I call them the Un-holy trinity) or maybe they are working together as they are all over the world today.

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  • flasho
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:01am

    Quick! Cut somebody’s head off!

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    • onestepcloser
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 4:04pm

      You can only get away w/ that behavior if you are deemed to be of a “Peace Loving & Tolerant Religion.”

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  • awall1231
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:59am

    if they find evidence of arson? it must have just ignited itself. I smell a liberal!!!!

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:43am

      I smell smoke. and it was probably some fundamentalist Christian.

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  • mrwinter
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:59am

    We christians don’t riot …………………but are silently and steadily locking and loading

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    • vta
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:04am

      Because that’s what Jesus would do….

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    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:26am

      @VITA

      Well I am not Jesus. I am a very flawed human who is sick & tired of this kind of thing. I already have some major sins on my record – maybe a few more won’t make any difference.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:54am

      Holier than thou VTA no one should turn the other cheek forever
      You start looking like a fool or a coward

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    • localnatives
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Do you have a case of amnesia?

      Let’s not forget that Christians were part of the Crusades.

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  • galtlogic
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:58am

    Just as long as no one drew a picture of Mohomad, MSMBC won’t likely report it. I hope whoever did this realizes they just made Christians stronger in their resolve.

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:56am

    May the next aerosol can blow up in the arsonists face, then somebody beat it out with a 2 by 4. There is no reason for this. What gives someone the right to impose their views over another? This man has every right to believe what he wants, and for someone to try to take that away from him, is a lot like living in Iran, or one of those other Muslim countries. Hopefully they will find the person(s) that did this and they get what they deserve.

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  • Cemoto78
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:55am

    IF they find evidence of arson they will turn this over to police? Let me help you out, a fire at the bottom of a rock statute would be an arson, morons.

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    • EP46
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:31am

      My thought exactly. What are they going to blame it on ….climate change ???

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    • GiveUsJustice
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:03pm

      I laughed at that statement as well. I guess that burning woodpile came from nowhere eh?

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    • texasfarmer
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 1:00pm

      Spontaneous combustion you think?

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  • hickoryrat
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:54am

    When will good people say enough is enough?its time to stand up to the evil that has engulfed America.

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    • HairRazor
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:08am

      yep

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    • orangeelephant
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:15am

      The “Good Fight” will happen.

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    • grapnell
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:19am

      He already said enough is enough, in Exodus 20:4 – “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.”

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:41am

      when hell freezes over, then 10% might care

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    • MS70
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:03am

      Those people dont believe in Jesus. Yet they fear him so much that they want to destroy a statue. Deep inside these non believers know he’s real but they are guided by Lucifer.

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  • hoopsgulch
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:53am

    That is a beautiful statue.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:16am

      yes it is very beautifull and it’s no telling how long it took him to build it,God Bless this man,I thank you Lord that we serve a risen saviour

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  • Leadthemtothelight
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:53am

    I am disgusted by our society.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:51am

    Where are the Christians rioting in responce?

    Oh…right. WE don’t do that.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:22am

      Great point! Maybe we should start.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:05am

      I’m sure you realize it would be highly ironic, and a bit presumptious, to honor the image of the one who willingly suffered abuse and death for us by rioting when he is dishonored.

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  • beebacksoon
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:50am

    Apparently, the statue meant more to him than just the visual of Jesus. It’s a shame people spend their energy on hate-filled deeds.

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  • Nobamazone
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:47am

    Bronco you are right, God will handle this, good thing too because no one else will! Thankfully, all of Christians will not start bombing and beheading in retaliation.

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:40am

      Dollars to donuts – there will never even be much of an investigation – and then there will be no results (positive). God …. he may notice a sparrow falling, but a creation of man – “make unto the no graven image”.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:56am

      We won’t hear about this the way we did about the burningof the Quran – unless we hear that burning a statue of Allah would be worse than burning a statue of Jesus. Oh, and for the person who quoted we are not to build false images. Unless this man was worshiping the staute and not creating it as a tribute to Jesus, there is nothing wrong with a statue. Besides, Jesus is not a FALSE God.

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    • ilovethiscountry
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:19am

      @angelcat
      They don’t even allow making a statue of Allah. The statue would be destroyed as well as the creator.
      If the Muslims had their way, all statues would be destroyed.

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    • starman70
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:02am

      @ ANGELCAT

      Do you remember the Taliban’s destruction of the centuries old Buddah carvings in Afghanistan? Even true works of religious art are targets for these lunatic Muslims. Satan created Islam to counter the saving grace GOD provided through Jesus Christ BUT I’ve read the last chapter of the book and we win.

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  • Bronco II
    Posted on April 11, 2011 at 7:45am

    GOD will handle what we can’t so pray and stay calm.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:08am

      It’s sad to see that works of “art” like the crucifix immersed in urine was “okay” and “acceptable” because it was was considered “art” but this statue of Jesus was offensive to someone and therefore it was acceptable for that person to attempt to destroy it. Seems like today people honor the profane and dishonor the sacred.

      Taquoshi  
    • BIGJAYINPA
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:12am

      The Moron tried to set fire to MARBLE!!! I’d look for a union thug or a one of the so-called “students” from the Statehouse protests. Anybody know where “Noodle Boy” was at the time??….Just askin’

      BIGJAYINPA  
    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:16am

      It’s just a statue and all the fires in the world could even touch the message of Christ. In fact these types of acts usually ends up bring more people to Christ because they see all the good that christians do in times of crisis.

       
    • 82dAirborne
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:17am

      @Bronco II

      While I know you are right……. When is enough enough? No I don’t want to riot or burn anything but I sure as hell want to do SOMETHING! I can’t take much more of this crap.

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    • DimmuBorgir
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:20am

      So, does this mean we’re allowed to riot and kill a bunch of _________ because someone did this?

      oh wait, nevermind. We’re not muslims.

      DimmuBorgir  
    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:21am

      Lots and lots of ******* in Minnesota and Michigan…you don’t suppose? Nah.

      Tolerance only goes one way with Libs AND *******.

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:22am

      We are fast becoming a nation of athiests due to the progressive lies! Their reason is treason, both to our country (read constitution) and morality (read Lucifer). Just remember one thing, Alinsky worshipped Lucifer, in ‘Rules for Radicals’ (read dedicated his book to the evil one). Obumbler and Hillarious Clinton worship Alinsky…They will villify anyone who is Christian, and MN is a bad place to be if you’re Christian I guess?? Remember the Bible foretells of Christians being persecuted around the globe in the end times, so we march toward this inevitable fact. Stand tall, stand for Jesus Christ, stand for Freedom, stand for the Constitution, take the punches on the chin, and the Lord Our God will let us prevail in the end!

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:24am

      One more thing…remember PC is the work of Lucifer, so throw the chains of PC off, and speak your mind, be honest, be truthful, but DO NOT BE PC!!!! Progressives have bankrupted our nation fiscally and morally, and in the end they will LOSE!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:25am

      How very tragic for this gentle man. That was a huge statement in Viet Nam at that time and for someone to desicrate it is unthinkable. Why would there be any question whether it was arson – obviously it was! And shame on the city council for not allowing a variance. It just goes to show that we take our freedom for granted because we have never had to suffer to get it. I hope the responsible party is caught and made to restore the damage done.

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:40am

      82nd, I think we ALL are at a breaking point, but we MUST temper our thoughts, clense our minds of evil thoughts, you WILL get your chance to fight for what is right one day.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:47am

      SEIU Thug ……taking bets

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    • nptden
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:51am

      Where is all the ‘outrage’?..If it was a ‘Qu’ran’ the Lame stream media would go nuts… Where is a list of all the anti-Christian hate crimes here?

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    • DTOM_Jericho
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:52am

      Um… it’s a statue.

      “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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    • GODSAMERICA
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:56am

      They will NEVER arrest anyone for this if it was a muslim that did it. The courts will determine that it was done in self defense since it was a Christian icon and that it is against the phony moon god of islam.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:59am

      The best way to get retribution is to vote and get your family and friends to vote out ALL the progressive socialist in 2012.

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    • rt elms
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:09am

      Poor homes could have been heated with this wood.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:28am

      An idle idol burns in a futile effort to insult GOD.
      Jesus, who was not a WASP, who did not look like the R.C.“Bob” pushed in popular culture, lives in the hearts of those who beluve on HIM.

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    • Toodumtu
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:46am

      The work of the muslims.

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    • leahasevedo
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:49am

      these people who desecrate the lord will be dealt with accordingly by god himself

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    • coolbrownmule
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:00am

      Sounds like a case of retaliation for the Koran burning in Florida to me. Likely Muslims in Minnesota. Never OK to destroy property or someone’s sacred religious objects. Both of the perps are jackasses.

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    • Kasman
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:07am

      @Bronco II

      While I do believe the One True GOD will do something about this and all the other BS happening around the globe against Christians, I do NOT believe it will be either in the manner or form you may wish it to be.

      God does not wish or expect us to stand idly by and do nothing as these kinds of attacks are perpetrated against his people.

      God does have “boots on the ground”. He does expect us to defend ourselves. Be thankfull that there are some of us willing to respond to acts of aggression in a like manner that will ensure a decisive end to their ability to continue with these attacks.

      The time is very near when you must decide for yourself, will you sit idly by and do nothing as these worthless heathens attack your heritage, religion, property, and life, or will you take a stance and respond to the violence being brought upon you……

      Decide.

      Kasman  
    • Oil_Robb
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:27am

      And this will not make the National news…….a little back yard prescher burns a Koran and the world sits up and notices…..Political correctness is the work of SATAN

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    • Thun
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:30am

      @ DTOM_JERICHO

      Then could you explain Ex 25: 18-20, “And you shall make two cherubim of gold [i.e., two gold statues of angels]; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be”

      1 Chr. 28:18–19, “for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. All this he made clear by the writing of the hand of the Lord concerning it all, all the work to be done according to the plan”

      Ezekiel 41:17–18, “On the walls round about in the inner room and [on] the nave were carved likenesses of cherubim.”

      Num. 21:8–9, “make (a statue of) a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live”

      I would argue that God forbade the worship of statues, but he did not forbid the religious use of statues. Instead, he actually commanded their use in religious contexts!

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:34am

      Actually, I doubt that it is Muslims, because they see Jesus as a prophet from God, and they expect to see Him endorse the Mahdi. They have, in the past, defended Jesus, when Christians didn’t.

       
    • Joe_Anchorage_True_American
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:24am

      You know, I had a buddy at Khe Sahn, fighting off the Viet Cong. Well, seems that not all them Vietnamese are still over there; some of them are good God fearing Americans now. But my buddy? He’s all gone.

      GOD BLESS AMERICA! Praise the Lord.

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    • underconsideration
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:27am

      This is terrible. It is just as bad as what Terry Jones did; equate the two. He was evil for doing what he did, and whoever did this was evil for doing it too.

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 12:48pm

      “If they find evidence of arson, they are expected pass the case on to police”.
      No you dummies it was spontaneous combustion!

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    • Paydert33
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:05pm

      Yes, we are at a breaking point. It seems like a long way off, but November, 2012 just can’t come soon enough. The work that has to be done against seiu, other thugs, the progressive media and the marxist in the WH ( 0-bomber “we are not a Christian nation”) is going to be a very heavy, heavy load. At least we have the Lord on our side. Cause, most all of the beliefs the progressives have are evil, beginning with abortion and burning a stature of Jesus.

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    • EdGunz
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:12pm

      Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 8:21am

      Lots and lots of ******* in Minnesota and Michigan…you don’t suppose? Nah.

      Tolerance only goes one way with Libs AND *******.

      I am stuck in Michigan, but love it based on what it used to be. I have no use for Detroit or Dearborn (little middle east). I live in the sticks, which brings me to my comment. I find the term ******* offensive. I use ***** broadheads for my arrows when killing bambi in the fall time. I don’t think ***** broadheads deserve to be insulted by associating the same name with muslims.

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    • Wayner
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 2:21pm

      What? No Christians rioting? Where are the beheadings??

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    • True2thereplublic
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 3:27pm

      Romans 12:19
      Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.

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    • copper
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 3:43pm

      This staute is on HIS property. It is a staute not a book.

      You have every right to have a statue on your own property. If you purchase a book, any book, even a bible, you have the right to burn the book if you please. It is your property. If I burn a Koran because it belongs to me, that IS MY RIGHT because IT IS MY PROPERTY! I am not responsible for what anyone else does because they are offended by my action on MY PROPERTY.

      We need to educate ourselves on property rights and personal responsibility. Those who RIOT and KILL for ANY REASON are RESPONSIBLE THEMSELVES. Not the person who does what they don’t like as long as it is within the LAW. When it becomes a CRIME to OFFEND someone as in Europe or Muslim countries then it is TYRANNY.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 4:18pm

      Second commandment.
      So you will understand, NO IMAGES REPRESEING HIM OR HIS PERSONAGE. This IDOL represents Jesus, GODS son, the WORD, or part of GODS personage. It’s a no-no.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 4:56pm

      Bible teaches us to pray for those that persecute you and they will receive their reward. It also teaches that the Gates of Hell can not stand against a righteous man.

      And we must remember to do what Psalms teaches us to not sit in the council of the wicked or “stand” in the way of the sinner or just let them do what they do because we know that what we do is the correct way to worship and believe in the one True God.

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    • theredwolf49
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 6:39pm

      Folks this is why the French and the PM of England are strongly saying that MultiCultural Neighborhoods are not working. Not in the UK, France, Bosnia, the USA. Immigrants can not come to any country and attempt to abolish that countries foundations. Their own specific cultural and religeous AND LEGAL practices are to be kept private in their own homes or worship houses – and their LAW should not even be givin thought. If you want to live in the USA you will by our constitution – do not force your religion on us or expect us ot accomodate your needs – or STAY HOME -While we will welcome you we should not change our Culture and Laws to accomodate you. After all why did you want ot come here? PLEASE

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    • packingpreacher
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:15pm

      my friend you are right!

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 9:58pm

      Once you realize what the muslim population is in the southern half of Minnesota,,,,,,in particular Minneapolis and St. Paul,,,,then imagine revenge for the recent burning of the koran…..it’s not hard to imagine.

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    • getalong
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:46pm

      Unfortunately, this story was not a lead story in the faithless Star/Tribune. There was, however, a half-page story on a local prisoner in Stillwater, MN who was claiming discrimination for not being able to practice his “Wiccan faith”. and is filing a law suit. Of course, the Star/Tribune goes on in a half page article to describe how popular Wiccan is and that it is a “nature based” religion. Unlike the story of this man who immigrated from Vietnam and actually believes in the American Dream is not only ordered by the City of St. Paul to take down his Jesus statue on his private property because it was too close to the bluff overlooking the river, but had someone come onto his private property and start a fire that could have spread to the house. No big deal……right? I say we send emails to the City of St. Paul, telling them to butt out of this man’s beautiful relationship with Jesus. If you want to help support this man in repairing his statue, I bet you could send checks to the man through the City of St. Paul. Let‘s send them a message that government has no right to regulate a person’s faith. Oh, and the prisoner whining discrimination is serving 2 life sentences for 2 murders. Just saying………

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    • Robert W
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 10:49pm

      Im not surprised at anything in this upside down world.

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on April 11, 2011 at 11:19pm

      And OBAMA is saying…… (nothing)

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    • Anti_Spock
      Posted on April 12, 2011 at 2:09am

      @Article: The family wonders if the fire was racially or religiously motivated, wondering why someone would try to burn marble; guessing it was merely meant to send a message. “Why does somebody need to go this far?” Phan wondered.

      Evil always strikes at statues, the weak, the unarmed, the inanimate; anything that can’t strike back with the force of a hurricane.

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    • RJO
      Posted on April 13, 2011 at 2:48pm

      Jesus in “St. Paul”……….OK…before we tear down the image of Jesus…….no………after we tear down the image of Jesus we DEMAND that the St. Paul city council change the name to “Paul.” Better yet to be P.C. how about “Paulette.”

      Then move on from there……….St. Louis…San Francisco…….Los Angeles…….San Antonio…….WE NEED TO SANITIZE!!

      This disturbing mentality is here and it is real….either defeat it or it will defeat you….there is no compromise or fence-riding.

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