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05:11 PM - Okiethink at its finest Today I came across an article by Carla Hinton regarding a sermon preached by Anthony Jordan referencing a political cartoon by Jim Lange. Now there is nothing terribly surprising about Southern Baptists massing and sermonizing in my home town, or about the fact that they are meeting in the same church in which I met, courted, and married my wife. We understand that we live in a fairly well-polished portion of the buckle of the so-called bible belt. More surprising, however, is the list of alleged sins which have supposedly obscured the Biblical character of our Once Great State: Shock? Indeed, shock. Perhaps outrage as well. As of the FBI's most recent Uniform Crime Report, the data reveal that Oklahoma ranks in the top ten among the fifty states in forcible rape, aggravated assault, property crimes, burglary, and theft. Now I'm fairly confident that most of these crimes are at least as "unbiblical" as gambling (in its various insidious forms) and drinking liquor. Indeed, if I recall my extensive sunday schooling correctly, Jesus used His Divine Powers to make top-shelf wine (as a debut miracle to boot) and various Biblical heroes drew lots on a substantial number of occasions, typically for rewards far more substantial than mere filthy lucre. Now, I do not much approve of gambling or liquor personally, and I can count on my fingers the number of times I've personally indulged in either vice. Still, it seems the moralists down the street at my (lavishishly appointed) hometown church have lost touch with which social ills are truly plauging their home state. (
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