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It\u2019s a little over two weeks until Halloween and Samhain, and the silly season is in full swing. <\/p>\n

A group has announced their plans to burn Bibles on Halloween. Who could be behind such a thing: Satanists? Atheists? No, it\u2019s the members of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina. All 14 of them.<\/p>\n

It seems this group considers the King James Version to be \u201cGod\u2019s Word\u201d and all other translations to be \u201cSatan\u2019s bibles.\u201d They\u2019re also going burn books by heretics like Billy Graham, Rick Warren, James Dobson, and Mother Theresa.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link to a piece by the Associated Press<\/a>, and a slightly longer one by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sad. Just sad.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"