# We were the victim of a hate crime

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 5, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865 "2001-04-05T01:52:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865/1 "2001-04-05T01:52:49Z")

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Last night my church (Westminster Good Samaritan Seventh Day Adventist) and the Jewish school were victims of vandals. The police are considering this a hate crime.

Read the story in the Orange County Register [http://www.ocregister.com/local/graffiti00404cci.shtml](http://www.ocregister.com/local/graffiti00404cci.shtml)

They believe this was done by a person who is anti-religion. Since the Jewish School was also targeted I don’t think this is a racially motivated crime (my church is considered a black congregation but also has a large Spanish, Vietnamese and Japanese membership).

So whoever did this. We will be praying for you. We believe in the power of prayer. We are not a vindictive people so our prayers will be for God’s will to be done. God says vengeance is His, so we will allow Him to treat you as He sees fit.

(mods I really don’t know where to put this, so if it needs to be moved go ahead)

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865/2 "2001-04-05T02:22:04Z")

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At least the cops are treating it as a hate crime.

Although this (these) son(s) of a syphilitic whoremonger will also have to face the wrath of whatever God there is.

Take some comfort from that.

Robin

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**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865/3 "2001-04-05T18:20:42Z")

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Thanks **MsRobyn**. I figure this is the kind of thing you never expect to happen in your neighborhood. But it did. It is just sad how much security you have to have for a church or synagogue.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865/4 "2001-04-05T18:33:48Z")

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Well, Deb, I am a devout atheist who DOESN’T believe in the power of prayer or that “God’s will be done,” so all I can do is hope those idiots are run over very slowly by a steamroller.

Really, most of us atheists do NOT do such things; those creeps only make the rest of us look bad.

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**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2001, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-the-victim-of-a-hate-crime/60865/5 "2001-04-05T18:57:05Z")

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Eve, I fully support your right to believe in what you wish to. Actually Adventists are very active in the fight for religious liberty, which includes the separation of church and state. This puts us against legislated religious laws including prayer in public school and “blue laws”.

Actually whoever did it did not make you or other atheists look bad, they only made themselves look bad. I do appreciate your concern, thanks.