One of today's must-reads is Doug Patton's "A Tale of Two Churches," a sharp comparison between Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ and Sarah Palin's Wasilla Bible Church. In his article Doug looks at the character and ideology of the two churches, the media's remarkably biased treatment of the two, and finally, his musings on how Wasilla Bible's response to being firebombed is markedly different than what would have been the case had Trinity United been so victimized.Very good.
And while we're on the subject, it looks like the arson attack on Wasilla Bible Church, as horrific as it appeared at first glance, was something even more sinister and violent. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives explained yesterday that an accelerant had been poured at several locations around the church, including the exits. This, even though a group (including two kids) were inside the building when the fire was set off.
No, whoever set this fire wasn't looking to play a prank or even make a political or religious "statement." They were looking to kill people.
