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Atheists plan to spiff up CR98 Saturday of anointing oil left by Christians a year ago
Posted: 9:15 PM
Last Updated: 11 hours and 24 minutes ago
By: Alison Morrow
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - In Christian circles, the Road to Damascus is the biblical site of the Apostle Paul's conversion from a persecutor of Christians to one of them. It's a road now stoked with symbolism, used in reference to watershed experiences.
In a much less literal sense, it's kind of like County Road 98, which straddles the conversion from Pasco County to Polk County, and for some, a turf war of sorts.
"What concerns us is the message that it sends," said Atheist of Florida member Rob Curry. "A very chilling message that, if you're not a Christian, if you don't believe as we do, then you're not welcome."
Curry's referring to a road-anointing performed on CR 98 last year as part of the "Polk Under Prayer" campaign, where Christians poured olive oil on the asphalt and prayed over it, calling for a revival in the area.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/region_polk/atheists-plan-to-spiff-up-cr98-saturday-of-anointing-oil-left-by-christians-a-year-ago
I don't know what's stupider, pouring olive oil on a county road to anoint it or washing the road a year later.
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And I mean both the physical and the metaphorical mess that they have made. Much like the Catholic church has done with child-raping priests. That mess is undergoing a clean-up too.
BTW, congratulations. You've managed to go three posts before typing "child-raping priests".
Stay strong.
