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doxydad

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:58 AM Jun 2014

S.C. Man Decapitates Jesus Statue Because ‘Second Or First Commandment’ Told Him To

Charles Jeffrey Short was arrested after he confessed to beheading the statue in front of a church.

This was the second decapitation of a statue of Christ at the church in less than a week. Sometime late Thursday night or early Friday morning, someone hammered off the heads and “some hands” of a statue of Christ and a child. Around 5:45 a.m. on Sunday morning, alert parishioners noticed that the head had been removed from another statue on the grounds and immediately contacted police. When they arrived, they found Charles Jeffrey Short walking away from the scene…

The officer arrested Short and attempted to explain to him that he had the right to remain silent, but Short insisted on explaining why he had desecrated the statues. According to the police report, Short claimed he had decapitated the Christ statues because “the Second or First Commandment forbids making an image of a male or female to be on display in public.”

http://freakoutnation.com/2014/06/18/s-c-man-decapitates-jesus-statue-because-second-or-first-commandment-told-him-to/

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S.C. Man Decapitates Jesus Statue Because ‘Second Or First Commandment’ Told Him To (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
The aptly named Turbineguy Jun 2014 #1
The 2nd Commandment says bearing arms is OK ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #2
You are confusing commandments and ammendments MiniMe Jun 2014 #3
It's good to see someone paying attention to detail. JVS Jun 2014 #4
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