I cannot believe that this isn't major news. I didn't hear anything about it until I looked on the internet this morning. Glenn Beck talked about it in his first hour. It's on FoxNews homepage but not on CNN.

Can you imagine the uproar if this had been Obama's church or maybe a mosque?

Without a doubt you can say or just about get away with anything if you are against Christianity. Draw a cartoon about another religion and the globe is inflamed. Display a crucifix in dung and urine and it can be called art.

OBTW women and children were inside Sarah Palin's church when it was set on fire.

Again, where is the media?

Maybe it has NOTHING to do with the fact that Sarah Palin is a member.
Churches being burnt to the ground is nothing new, the 'Satanists' have been at it for years.

I mean, OK I live in England, but the general image of Alaska that we see over here is that not a lot happens there. Its a bit bleak, a bit boring.

Maybe some bored teenagers who are just against the religious establishment in general, and decided to torch it?

Never assume anything.

Foot in mouth disease.

[edit on 12/15/08 by Yoda411]

Originally posted by on_yur_6
I cannot believe that this isn't major news.

That's what amazed me about this! I was reading opinions at townhall.com (right leaning website) and they had a blurb about it. So I went checking other news sources. I had to dig for the articles. They were there but buried. At least initially. I came here to post and thought to do a search first. I was glad to see Sestias posting! It still seems like this has gotten almost zero coverage.
There are people who will "OMG" anything and hype it. When people, like the Chief up there in Alaska are calm, rational and not pointing fingers it's like people aren't interested because there isn't enough "drama" for them. That's just my opinion but it's something I see over and over. The more 'terrible' the "witnesses" act in an interview the more news outlets are willing to splash them on the front page. I also agree that if this had happened to a recognized (by the MSM) "victim" group church it would be front page news. I'm just glad to see at least some conversation on it here.
~ana

Originally posted by Yoda411
Maybe this is why somebody would do that...

Yes.

How dare we have freedom of religion in this country!

That's almost as bad as a pastor who would say GD America and the US of KKK.



Don't make crimes political.

Again, thanks for the link. It looks like Fox News was one of the main sources of information, though I believe the story has run in most major news outlets by now. There wasn't any coverage about it when I watched MSNBC, but maybe I just missed it.

It's too bad that it has to be such a partisan issue.

All sorts of churches and synagogues with many different views have been attacked throughout history and around the world, not just evangelical ones. Ignorance and prejudice have often been the cause, whoever the target was.

Obviously, somebody had a greivance here. But it shouldn't be a left/right, liberal/conservative thing. Human decency hopefully transcends politics.