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To: epicure who wrote (187496)	4/23/2012 9:17:32 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542787

hirr.hartsem.edu According to this web site there are 335,000 religious congregations in the US of which 1600 are mega churches, and about 600,000 clergy. How about conviction rate of clergy for felonies as a percentage of the whole as a measurement biblical backed wrong doing? However, I am reminded of the Mark Twain saying: There's lies, dammed lies, and then there's statistics!

To: epicure who wrote (187496)	4/23/2012 10:45:04 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542787

One of the biggest hypocrisies of the Christian faith is the anti abortion stance but war and killing of living children and women etc. is not protested... In fact more Christians are hawks than Doves. I prefer the Quaker faith. NO VIOLENCE... NO WAR... Everyone is a human being of worth... Even the unborn.. Pacifist Suma

To: epicure who wrote (187496)	4/23/2012 11:22:59 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542787

Teacher Arrested for Firing Blanks at Students SHOP TEACHER LINED 12 STUDENTS UP, PULLED OUT HANDGUN By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Apr 23, 2012 1:39 AM CDT (NEWSER) – A high school teacher in Virginia has been arrested for what appears to have been a bizarre attempt to get his class to pay attention. Police say Manuel Dillow, 60, lined up a dozen students from his welding class in front of a garage door, pulled a handgun from his waistband, and fired a gun loaded with blanks up to 10 times in their direction, the New York Daily News reports. Dillow had borrowed the gun from another teacher who used it as an aid in criminal justice classes. He has been charged with 12 felony counts of brandishing a firearm and removed from teaching duties, but not fired. The county sheriff says the charges are the result of Dillow "inciting fear into the students," but some students and parents are standing by the teacher. "I support Mr. Dillow 100% and my son and I will be in the court room when he goes to support him," one parent says.