Bible Student Charged With Bookstore Arson

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/may/05/050505245.html

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police say a Bible college student charged with setting fire to an adult bookstore confessed to the crime after realizing it was a sin.

Benjamin Daniel Warren, 20, is a student at Crown College, a fundamental Baptist college and seminary of about 900 students in Knoxville.

Warren waived a preliminary hearing this week, and a grand jury is considering his case. His attorney, Chris Coffey, did not immediately return a call for comment Friday.

Authorities said a man wearing black clothing and a ski mask and carrying what proved to be a fake gun entered the Town and Country Bookstore on Jan. 31 and asked the clerk if anyone was inside. Assured the store was empty, he ordered the clerk to leave.

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[shain from kane]

1. When did he realize it was a sin? Sounds premeditated to me.

>>>"...a man wearing black clothing and a ski mask and carrying what proved to be a fake gun...>>>

[SIU_Blue]

2. Ah, the logic of religious fundamentalists

priceless. :eyes:

[Ecumenist]

3. As a Christian,

I have just one thing to say..."Just not, lest ye be judged; for as ye judge, so shall ye be judged."
Brother man needs to wake the f*%k up. That is NOT Christianity, I don't care how much he may want people to believe that.

[Ian David]

14. He thought he was like Jee-zuss versus the money changers? n/t

[Ecumenist]

16. Jesus didn't walk in a black ski masque and play Dirty Harry

I'm through. :hi:

[mike_c]

4. right-- he wore a ski mask because he thought it was OK to burn stores....

:rofl:

[Selatius]

5. Sounds like something Islamic fundamentalist nutjobs would do

Scratch that. I meant to say religious nutjobs.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. fundamentalists: sparse with the "fun", heavy with the "mental".

[karlrschneider]

6. He realized it was a "sin" right about when the cops were closing in.

Convenient. He shoulda consulted his sin checklist before he poured the "ignitable liquid" (WTF kind of description is THAT?) and lit it.

[Igel]

8. Then there's what the article says.

"Police had no clue to the masked man's identity until Warren surrendered April 11."

[karlrschneider]

9. I know what it says, and I know what I believe.

Thank you.

[Igel]

12. Ah, my mistake.

It sounded like you were asserting a fact, not expressing a belief.

[stepnw1f]

7. the American Taliban Strikes Again (nt)

[brentspeak]

10. At least he turned himself in

So maybe there's hope for him yet.

[Boojatta]

11. What happens if someone opens an adult clay tablet store?

People know that fire won't destroy clay tablets, so insurance for the store might be less expensive.

"When you think of porn, think of the old growth forests"
Would that be an effective advertising slogan?

[SoCalDem]

15. WWJB?

:)