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COMMENTS (4)
In re the last (misspelled?) line, these folks are fightin' the Baptists like two modern-day Robin Hoods.
In re the last (misspelled?) line, these folks are fightin' the Baptists like two modern-day Robin Hoods.
Someday the police might get them, but the Lord never will.
Someday the police might get them, but the Lord never will.
Not if Rev. Hogg has anything to say about it.
Not if Rev. Hogg has anything to say about it.
This incident calls to mind the scene in "Les Miserables" when Bishop Myriel first exonerates Jean Valjean after the latter has stolen the church's silverware and then gives Valjean two additional silver pieces. I don't happen to believe in God, but I do believe in grace, and I have found the transmission of grace from the kind bishop to the thief in this scene to be one of the most heart-dilating in all of film.
In the Georgia theft, the expressions of guilt on the part of the thief and joking by the pastor are not unrelated. I suspect the pastor is a little miffed about the material loss, but the fact that the perpetrator exhibits evidence of a conflicted conscience provides much-needed coo ... view full comment
This incident calls to mind the scene in "Les Miserables" when Bishop Myriel first exonerates Jean Valjean after the latter has stolen the church's silverware and then gives Valjean two additional silver pieces. I don't happen to believe in God, but I do believe in grace, and I have found the transmission of grace from the kind bishop to the thief in this scene to be one of the most heart-dilating in all of film.
In the Georgia theft, the expressions of guilt on the part of the thief and joking by the pastor are not unrelated. I suspect the pastor is a little miffed about the material loss, but the fact that the perpetrator exhibits evidence of a conflicted conscience provides much-needed cooling salve to the heat of victimization.