Southside Church Vandalized
POSTED: Friday, July 3, 2009
UPDATED: 11:13 pm EDT July 3,
2009
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Members of St. Ephrem's Syriac Catholic Church say the message was clear and it seems to be one of hate.Someone spray painted 666 on the front of their church. There were tons of question marks and comments as if the graffiti artists were questioning Christianity."Yes, we were shocked,” said parishioner Wajeeh Demetree. “We never thought someone would come in and do these kinds of things in a peaceful church."The church is a Syriac Catholic church, which means, most of it's members are middle-eastern.Demetree said what's sad is that many of the Christians who go to his church left the middle-east to get away from this kind of hate."Your first reaction would be is this about us,” Demetree said. “Are we being singled out?"Demetree believes it is more about Christianity than it is about their community. He said he just hopes it never happens again.
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