A Baptist Church in Canton, NC, is hosting a good old-fashioned “Halloween book burning” to purge the area of Satan’s works, including all non-King James Bible versions, popular books by many religious authors, and even country music.
In all fairness, I am not religious (and could do without most country music) and am therefore less concerned about the burning of religious texts than I am about books like Huckleberry Finn, but it seems that the burning of any book is a little ridiculous and flat-out stupid.
After all, why would anyone want to engage in a practice synonymous with the Nazis? What’s next? Tiny little mustaches and three-day jaunts through Belgium?
According to the church’s website (which was taken down once the media reported on how stupid these people are), attendees will also set fire to “Satan’s popular books,” such as the work of “heretics,” including the Pope, Mother Teresa, and Billy Graham.
Again, I’m not a fan of the world of religious literature (though I have read The Bible in its entirety three times, which is more than can probably be said for most of the FOURTEEN parishioners of this lunatic church), but is the burning of Mother Teresa’s book necessary?
The best news of all is that in addition to burning books, the church will be serving “bar-b-que chicken, fried chicken, and all the sides.”
Doing the good Lord’s work can make a lunatic hungry.
To probe this congregation’s line of thinking a little deeper and achieve a better understanding of their lunacy, I will be mailing them a copy of Something Missing today, requesting a close reading of the text and some expert analysis to determine if my book is also Satanic in nature.
This should be fun.
