From WSPA.com:
A sign is causing heated arguments outside of a church in Jonesville.
Pastor Roger Byrd of Jonesville Church of God put the sign up which reads “Obama Osama humm are they brothers?”
Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. “His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn’t recognize Christ,” Pastor Byrd said.
I’m certain that one of the members of the congregation has some common sense though:
Pastor Byrd told News Channel 7 he would ask his congregation to vote on whether to keep the sign. They voted unanimously to keep the sign up Sunday night.
(via J-Walk)
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I love that bit at the end: “Jonesville Church of God does not have any African American members.”
please don’t let this have happened in south carolina, please don’t let this have happened in–
damn.
“His name is so close to Osama I have a feeling he might be Islamic therefore he doesn’t recognize Christ”
Is this guy RETARDED?
I don’t think I’ve read something so stupid in years!
Uh, the church is called Jonesville like the Jim Jones cult I have a feeling they might be related therefore all the residents are going to commit ritual suicide. Humm.
I really want to throw a corndog at this guy. It would make more sense than what he’s said.
Don’t do it, they love their corn dogs.
And they call themselves Christians?
/sarcasm
Idiots.
Piri- that was my first thought too!
Also, who says “Humm?” It’s “Hmm….”, at least as far as I know. Humm looks like some other word that morphed unexpectedly…
This kind of thing makes me want to move to Antarctica. Nowhere else would be far enough away to make me feel safe.
I hope Obama at least finds this amusing, because it’s so ridiculous that it WOULD be funny if it weren’t sincere.
*sigh*…
Then again it might make him change his mind about wanting to be president. Maybe he’ll suddenly realize that no, he doesn’t want to try to govern these people- he’d rather open a coffee shop where he can live in peace.
(Oh- this reminds me of some talk show host who insisted on calling him “Hussein” because he had figured out that it Obama’s middle name. Classy. Real classy, people.)
So, the pastor plays basketball in Boston?
would that talk-show host be Mike Gallagher, Laura? I know he was one of the main proponents of the “Hussein” craze (he’s a FOX Radio robot). And, coincidentally, he was originally from Greenville, South Carolina… very, very close to this Jonestown crew.
Holy Fucking Jesus Cow On A Bloody Cross…
WHY SO MUCH DUMB?! WHY?!
Yuck. I take solace in at least knowing all of those people have wasted their lives believing stupid things.
Stupid rednecks, and they are allowed to vote AND have guns.
So you can beat the Onion…
So…um…wow. Totally Un-PC and ignorant…a great combo.
Bill, Dill….Humm….DOES BILL WORK AT A PICKLE FACTORY?!
“Pastor Byrd says the sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think.”
Um, yeah, about that act of thinking… perhaps you should try it out some, pastor.
Ignorant America. Choosing your next President for you… again.
Equally ridiculous would be …
“Jonesville Jonestown humm are they brothers?”
My sign is not meant to be racial or political but rather to make people think. “Their name is so close to Jonestown I have a feeling he might be crazy like Jim Jones therefore he doesn’t recognize reality.”
Yet another example of Christinsanity. Yuck!
Come on, people. Inference from likeness of name. It’s a very scientific way of determining people’s innermost convictions. For example, we can also infer from the similarity of their names that Osama Bin Laden is really Christian and wants to be America’s first Black president. It’s logical, people.
Obama is his surname. Osama is his forename.
Harrison Ford…George Harrison…Humm…Are they brothers?
Durr!
McCain… McVeigh…Hummmmm…