Follow-up: Jesus sign in Hawkins watched day and night

[TexasTowelie]

HAWKINS, TEXAS — Watchful eyes are guarding a controversial sign that welcomes travelers on Jesus' behalf to this East Texas town of 1,320 residents.

"The only incident we had last night was, a skunk walked through," volunteer guard Joe Sabedra quipped Friday morning after he, two youngsters and another adult spent the night on the pie-shaped lot on Hawkins' eastern outskirt.

Sabedra, one of about 15 active members of the Hawkins chapter of the Constitution advocacy group Oath Keepers, said nights have passed peacefully this week as members have guarded a sign reading "Jesus Welcomes You to Hawkins."

The volunteers sit beneath two blue festival canopies, each with a coffee maker. They have a dormitory-style refrigerator, lawn chairs, a clock radio and fans.

Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/oct/09/jesus-sign-in-hawkins-watched-day-and-night/

[font color=330099]I wonder if the "Jesus Welcome You to Hawkins" sign is near the "In God We Trust" sign?[/font]

Cross-posted in the Religion Group.

Earlier threads:
Group objects to Hawkins sign offering welcome from Jesus (Texas Group) June 12
Group objects to Hawkins sign offering welcome from Jesus (Religion Group) June 12
Follow-up: 'Jesus welcomes you to Hawkins' sign coming down (Texas Group) September 23
Follow-up: 'Jesus welcomes you to Hawkins' sign coming down (Religion Group) September 23

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Some of these evangelicals are like slightly

smarter zombies. A slightly smarter zombie might set out bait and wait for a regular person to stop for the coffee and doughnuts, and then, Bam!, they start biting him, taking out chunks of him here and there until he gives up and becomes one of them. Maybe the reason for so many zombie books and movies is that people have a fear of being sucked into the gravitational pull of one of these cults, which people start in order to enrich themselves and give others 'purpose' in life.

[struggle4progress]

9. There's got to be a low-budget script in this:

From the producers of "Cannibal Drive-Thru," a new film: HORROR IN HAWKINS!

They were sitting out lazily late one night, guarding the town sign -- and then IT HAPPENED! Would anyone live to tell the tale?

Coming soon to a theatre in a nearby county

[rug]

2. This is interesting:

McDonald, a self-employed wildlife biologist, said his support for the sign is based at least as much on Constitutional principles as faith-based feelings. The Oath Keepers, he said, are similarly oriented.

"I've got two agnostics and one atheist guarding the sign," he said of chapter members on the vigils. "It's a constitutional argument."

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Crazy fuckers

Little towns can get pretty strange. I would put some of these small town freaks up next to big city weirdos anytime. Some people stay in these little towns because they're the smartest people in town, so it's easier to play God and cause havoc. I've got to admit that it would be kind of fun to fuck around with the townsfolk every now and then. If a person can get agnostics and atheists to sit out at night to watch a Jesus sign, I've got to hand it to him/her.

[rug]

4. Lol!

Right to the point.

[edhopper]

6. I think he is lying

pure and simple. Most of them do.

OTOH this stupid, ridiculous vigil keeps them from causing worse trouble.

[Cartoonist]

7. I withhold belief

How many angels do they have guarding the sign?

Why can't Jesus guard it?

[Historic NY]

5. They are losing a lot of sleep.

[struggle4progress]

8. It's cheaper than driving to Mineola or Tyler and paying to watch a movie, I guess

[Yorktown]

10. I'd say Jeezus is pretty useless

Regular folks put up a sign in his name, and Jeezus can't protect it?

And to think I almost bought into the propaganda about badass Jeezus

[TexasTowelie]

11. No, no, no!

I made the point in the OP with "In God We Trust", I didn't say anything about trusting in Jesus.

[Yorktown]

12. you are confusing me

I thought baby Jeezus was god by means of a holy ghost somewhere.

Gee, can't you guys give me some religion easy to follow?

Just tell me who, father, ghost or muhamad has the biggest guns and a decent firing range.

Yeehaw.