Saturday, May 03, 2008

Arson at Valley religious sites

I may not be a Christian, but that does not mean I wish them harm. Peaceful co-existence is a reasonable goal. Yet someone is lobbing Molotov cocktails at religious institutions in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.  I would love to know why.

And a $75,000 reward was offered for help in nabbing the arsonists. "Crimes against religious institutions are crimes against all of us," said Councilman Richard Alarcón during a news conference in front of the Panorama City Church of the Nazarene, whose steeple was attacked and desecrated April 20. "When one faith is firebombed, all faiths are firebombed.

Source: Attacks on Valley religious sites assailed - LA Daily News

I don't buy the "when one faith is firebombed, all faiths are firebombed" line. History teaches us that when one faith is firebombed, another faith is usually throwing the firebomb.