# Dumbest religious persecution ever **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 6, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713 "2005-05-06T16:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/141 "2005-05-11T01:45:48Z")
Now we’re going to hear about how the godless liberals drove him out of his job. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/142 "2005-05-11T02:10:01Z")
Yeah, them damn godless Yankee librul Democrats 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/143 "2005-05-11T02:17:31Z")
Again, let’s shout out some love for the 40% of the congregation that left in protest of this bonehead’s actions. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/144 "2005-05-11T02:21:37Z")
Definitely, and it is extended also to those conservative Republicans who also walked out. Good for them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/145 "2005-05-11T06:09:46Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > See! There is a God! No, if a bolt of lightning had come out of the sky on a bright blue day and _ZOT_ Mr. Chandler on the spot, _then_ we’d be talking about divine intervention at work… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/146 "2005-05-11T17:18:43Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Again, let’s shout out some love for the 40% of the congregation that left in protest of this bonehead’s actions. Forty _members_, not forty percent. I think the congregation was around four hundred before the brouhaha. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/147 "2005-05-12T03:06:30Z")
Several links on this page say the church had 100 members before the 9 were ejected. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/148 "2005-05-12T16:06:00Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > Several links on this page say the church had 100 members before the 9 were ejected. Which ones? The only one I saw that said how big the church was, (and, I admit, I didn’t check all of them) was the one [I posted](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/07/national/a020236D33.DTL). According to that, > [@](#): > > Chandler didn’t return a message left by The Associated Press at his home Friday, and several calls to the church went unanswered. He told WLOS-TV in Asheville that the actions were not politically motivated. > > The station also reported that 40 others in the 400-member congregation resigned in protest after Monday’s vote. Of course, I like your percentage better, but now I’m curious exactly how many people attend this church. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/149 "2005-05-12T17:06:29Z")
The Atlanta paper described it as a 100-member church yesterday. Also, there’s [this article](http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050508/NEWS01/50507013/1001) from the Asheville Citizen-Times: > [@](#): > > The 100-member East Waynesville Baptist Church sits on a bluff a short distance from downtown Waynesville, a mountain town about 125 miles northwest of Charlotte. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/150 "2005-05-12T17:17:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Which ones? The only one I saw that said how big the church was, (and, I admit, I didn’t check all of them) was the one [I posted](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/05/07/national/a020236D33.DTL). > . > [@](#): > > The 100-member East Waynesville Baptist Church sits on a bluff a short distance from downtown Waynesville, a mountain town about 125 miles northwest of Charlotte From **Squink** ’s link. It looks like we have yet another case of poor journalism. A 400 member AND a 100 member cite are from the _same paper_. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713/151 "2005-05-12T17:21:59Z")
One hundred members does sound more plausible for a small town church, too. Looks like my cite was wrong. Cool! 40% of the congregation calling the pastor on his bullshit is much better than 10% [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-religious-persecution-ever/302713.md?page=7)