Arson attack in woman priest in hate campaign

[Gromit]

"The vicarage of a woman priest who has been subjected to a hate campaign has been attacked by an arsonist.

Police said the letters were of a "threatening" nature and "expressed anger at Rev Hobson for being a female priest"."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/11/30/npriest130.xml

Could a Christian be behind these attacks?

[MrsT]

Well there's no shortage of religious nutters Gromit, regardless of which actual system of fairy tales. So I would imagine It's a distinct possibility.

[bednobs]

i thought vicars live din vicarages, not priests?

[brionon]

If we are gonna be pedantic; what's a live din ?

[Gromit]

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[bednobs]

wasn't meaning to be pedantic, just confused! it's not like the telegraph to get things wrong and i genuinely dont understan how a woman can be a priest or a priest can live in a vicarage. I wasn't critisizing the poster.

[naomi24]

There are definitely more out than in - and it seems religion has more than most.

By the way, bednobs, some churches do have women priests now - the Anglican church included.

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/featu res/chref/chref.py/main?query=priest&title=21s t

[Gromit]

The Daily Mail call her a Vicar and do the obvious 'Vicar of Dibley' angle.

It has a great quote though:

"I can't imagine Jesus Christ would subscribe to this kind of thing."

[beryllium]

That'll be some old school nutjob and a misogynist into the old mens club.

[Gromit]

RAGGY ROMAN

A better question for you:

If it is a member of the congregation or a local parishioner, is that person a genuine christian?

[youngmafbog]

Well top of the hater list for women priests/vicars or whatever must be the old islamic fundamentalists. After all all women should be subordinate to me, a womans testomony in court counts only half of a mans (and wearing trousers constitutes cross dressing and therefore the death penalty). Looks like she got off lightly

[123everton]

Crazy people do crazy things and then say it's Gods' will. It is'nt it's theirs. A true Christian would'nt attack the fabric of their faith they'd choose a different diocese.
There as many non-believers in prison (possibly more) than believers. The notion that their atheism drove them to crime is as ludricrous as saying "God told me to do it."

[Octavius]

More likely to be a local nutter of no denomination, perhaps even an atheist who just really hates religion and religious people. It is certainly not a Christian thing to do, so it may well not be a Christian, as well it may.

[Gromit]

Here is one of some stone throwing christans for you newsdesk

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/file.php/1649/Figu re-11.jpg

http://www.dstl.gov.uk/news_events/images/shoo tstun2.JPG

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/2665116.jpg?v=1 &c=ViewImages&k=2&

[Gromit]

I think your eyesight is failing you newsdesk, they are Catholics in Northern Ireland.