Fake Anthrax Scare At David Grice’s Church

[exOBCstudent]

(05-10-2012 09:47 AM)tiarali Wrote:  Anglican and Methodist ministers don't act the same way fundy pastors do. Just saying.

True. I've seen Fundy MOGs make up fake threats in an attempt to add legitimacy to what they're teaching. It's a common trait of manipulators anywhere but VERY common among the IFB leadership I've personnaly experienced.

[redbeardiam]

(05-10-2012 09:27 AM)Chad Williams Wrote:  I have to ask, if this happened to some Anglican or Methodist pastor would you all be claiming they sent fake anthrax to their own church? Give the man the benifit of the doubt, something you say the fundies would never give others. Just saying.

Nobody claimed he did it. I indulged in speculation that he might have.

[Scorpio]

(05-10-2012 10:00 AM)Chad Williams Wrote:  So many on here complain about being brow beated, downed, bullied and slandered, but they will engage in the same behaviour against any fundy, particularly fundy preachers.

Chad - I think the difference is that those actions above were done directly to the faces of those of us exposed to it. It was all done in an attempt to appear to be holier than the church down the street and to make the pew dweller always feel as if we are coming short of the Glory of God. David Grice wouldn't give any of us the time of day becasue we read the NIV or ESV.
All we are doing here is speculating. And it is only the internet.

[pastor's wife]

(05-10-2012 10:00 AM)Chad Williams Wrote:  So this means all fundies are guilty till proven otherwise... they will engage in the same behaviour against any fundy

I would take exception to the "ALL fundies" and "ANY fundy". I'd never heard of Grice until SFL, but he's pretty extreme and abrasive.

I do think it is wise to point out the fallacious teachings of those who purport to be more Biblical than anyone else and yet who add to Scripture. "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them." (Rom. 16:17).

[Tiarali]

It's the boy who cried wolf syndrome. When one person gets a reputation for acting bizarrely, people start to expect bizarre behaviour from that person.

My old fundy pastor would never do something like that. He wouldn't. I don't like him much, he certainly has some huge problems. But I know him well enough to know what those problems are, and he just wouldn't do this. So I wouldn't suspect him.

[mrmody]

Another famous Texan, J. Frank Norris was put on trail for burning down his own church. He was aquitted.

[Mommy2Kids]

IDK. Seeing that their church wasn't the only place to receive the letters, it was probably some random idiot. Wonder why they would pick the random places they did, but then, why do idiots do what they do?

It's odd that Grice is the only person interviewed, though.

[RobMille]

Did I hear that correctly? As much as Grice bloviates & self aggrandizes and his church is about 100? (I'm assuming Baptist counting going on to get that number to 100). I assume was a much larger congregation as much as he thinks he's a big big deal.

[diachenko]

What was the substance actually? If it's leftover powdered sugar from doughnuts, then suspicion should rest on Grice. . .