Letters to God taken off eBay after religious protests
Author:
janbo1960 ::
Posted:
Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:30 am
A United States man who found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean says he will donate them to a church instead of selling them on eBay, following protests from religious people.
The letters, sent to a deceased Baptist clergyman, wound up in a sealed plastic shopping bag near a beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Bill Lacovara, an insurance adjuster from Ventnor, New Jersey, says he waded out to get the bag while on a fishing trip last week.
The letters were addressed to the Rev Grady Cooper of Jersey City, New Jersey, who died in 2004.
Someone cleaning his house may have discarded the bag, which Mr Lacovara found about 160 kilometres from Rev Cooper's residence.
They include one from a teenage girl asking God to forgive her for having an abortion, one from a prisoner who said he was innocent and wanted to be at home with his family, and one from a man who wanted God's help winning the lottery.
Mr Lacovara says he could have auctioned them off on eBay for up to $US15,000 and would have given the money to charity....
Author:
IRiSHMaFIA ::
Posted:
Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:00 am
eefanincan wrote:
IRiSHMaFIA wrote:
eefanincan wrote:
I see your point, Fritz. Why shouldn't it have it's own government? Heck, it was only 20 or so years ago that Canada was granted its own constitution from the Queen.
Ireland has its own government. We need our country united and 100% self governed without the stinking hands of GB.
Before that happens though, we have to ship out the treasonous murdering whores that want to hand our country over to the pimps. We can bundle them up like mummies, wrapped in their almighty and send them on their way
OK.... guess I couldn't find the words I was looking for when I wrote that last post..... I know they have their own government--- I was just meaning more "independent' such as not being tied in with Great Britain (jsut like Canada is now independent with it's constitution). It would be nice...
and send them on their way 