Reader “amyt” found a bizarre church sign, and a counter-sign, on a recent trip. Here is her narrative and her photos:
We saw this photo on our way to a wedding (Sunday) in Mohican State Forest Ohio. We saw the church sign when heading north from Delaware, Ohio to a wedding. We did a 180 when we saw it and made a note to be sure and stop on the way home to shoot some photos. At that time we did not see the sign next door about disgracing the Lord.On the way home (Monday) we pulled into the driveway to shoot the church sign. That’s when we saw the Tattletale Alarm sign on the locked gate. We found this ironic. If you have concealed weapons why “in God’s name” do you need a locked gate AND a sign for Tattletale Alarms?? That’s why I took that picture as well. We turned around and headed back down the road.WHOA…….WTF—we saw the second sign. SCREECH, and then took that picture. I can’t say for sure if the second disgracing the Lord sign was there on our first pass-by or not, but I’m sure glad we saw it on the way home. Marengo Church is located on Route 229 just west on 61.
What’s next, assault rifles? Instead of communion wafers maybe they will start passing out bullets instead.
Note to non-Americans: “concealed carry” means you’re carrying a loaded weapon, usually a handgun, but out of sight.
Now who put that other sign up? It’s a mystery!
And amyt’s moggie, whom she calls “Mr. Cat.” Her caption is “Spot the orange cat.” Can you see it?
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What, this isn’t about where to stick your pocket-sized Bible?
Cats are sooooo much easier to spot than nightjars, unless you are trying to find them for a trip to the vet.
I also note that the Marengo Churh has Sun Worship 🙂
Sun worship? I thought it said “gun worship”. (The state religion of the USA?)
Shuggy – gun worship, no doubt; I was noting the first sign, lower right hand corner – worshiping the Sun at 10:30 🙂
I know nightjars. Nightjars are friends of mine. Mr. Cat, you’re no nightjar.
On second thought should have
been titled “”Guns and Moses”
Good one! + a couple
That’s pretty funny.
And I think the assault rifle class is on November 9th.
What cat? I don’t see any cat? I must have the wrong glasses on again.
Look in the bottom left corner, under the blanket. It’s probably hiding there.
I see an orange nightjar on his front paw, about to be nommed.
Christians need guns to protect Jesus against strident atheists.
The American gun fetish is such a run away train. The debate on the topic would have been my choice for a Wayback machine target.
http://pictoraltheology.blogspot.com/2014/08/madison-as-hell-and-im-not-taking-it.html
Where’s Mr Peabody when we need him?
My fear is how BIG will the fetish get? Yesterday’s shotgun might be todays RPG. Lots of arms running around to mix a metaphor since legs are the best limbs. Damb fingers though.
Also Peabody is a good boy. Or would that be b*y? Have a feeling he’s dangerous w/ the firearm though…bad eyesight n’ all and the short phalanges. Even Cheney was safer. Doh!
Charisma magazine, which has a circulation of hundreds of thousands, recently ran an article calling for the extermination of Muslims and urged Christians to buy guns and form militias if they should be needed for that purpose. The magazine web site took it down, but it is now up here: http://defendchristians.org/commentary/im-islamaphobic-are-you/
“Marengo”? I’m too chicken for that!
Now, if they were serving Chicken Marengo for one of their church suppers, hmmmm, I may have to betray atheism and partake of such a comestible. 🙂
I think I see the cat among the leaves between the church signs. I am so good at this!
An easy search on Google Maps shows the second sign as blank and a bit rusty, so it has been there for a while. The church sign at that time had something about hunter ed, which I just now realised is referring to a training course. Also visible in the vicinity is quite a large skeet range.
The church has a near-abandoned FB page which refers to it as Marengo Christian Church & Sportsmans Fellowship.
There’s also a web site where one can learn a little about their ministry.
“We have a preacher who is an avid outdoorsman, Certified Hunter Education instructor, 4-H Shotgun Instructor, one elder who is involved with 4H Shooting Sports and is a NRA certified conceal carry instructor, another elder who is a 4-H Archery Instructor and a deacon is a certified hunter education instructor, 4-H Rifle instructor and works for Ohio’s Division of Wildlife.
Poking around reveals that the paranoia is strong with these people, and they mightily fear the LGBT Hate Crime legislation which will make it illegal for them to denounce homosexuals from the pulpit.
Well the nearby skeet range explains everything!
One must conceal and carry when hunting clay birds.
They are so damn good at hiding. Better than nightjars.
Remember when Obama was excoriated for saying the following: “You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” This picture clearly illustrates that he was at least partially right.