You can always count on the Bible belt to be on the forefront of Faustian Evangelical Christianity. Our new hero in this department is none other than Pastor Marc Grizzard of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton North Carolina, who will be presiding over a Halloween book burning event with his crazed congregation. At first glance, one would be inclined to think that the fuel for his fires would include such heretic works as Harry Potter, the Da Vinci Code, the Holy Koran, or the poems of the wickedest man in the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pastor Grizzard, being the deeply devout Christian that he is, will be turning his wrath, along with that of his congregation, on the one true blasphemous work of the last two thousand years – The BIBLE. And if you can’t spare a copy of the good book, you are welcome to bring along any other perversions of God’s word such as the works of Billy Graham or Rick Warren.


That’s right gentlemen, if your Christian faith needs testing; you can join Pastor Grizzard for a family fun oriented Bible burning event and enjoy a complementary serving of fried chicken, barbecue, and iced tea. You just got to love that Tarheel State.
If you’re confused as to what to burn, the Church’s website is very specific: “We are burning Satan’s bibles like the NIV, RSV, NKJV, TLB, NASB, NEV, NRSV, ASV, NWT, Good News for Modern Man, The Evidence Bible, The Message Bible, The Green Bible, etc.”
And they go on to add…
“We will also be burning Satan’s popular books written by heretics like Westcott & Hort , Bruce Metzger, Billy Graham , Rick Warren , Bill Hybels , John McArthur, James Dobson , Charles Swindoll , John Piper , Chuck Colson , Tony Evans, Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swagart , Mark Driskol, Franklin Graham , Bill Bright, Tim Lahaye, Paula White , T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn , Joyce Myers , Brian McLaren , Robert Schuller, Mother Teresa , The Pope , Rob Bell, Erwin McManus , Donald Miller, Shane Claiborne, Brennan Manning, William Young, Will Graham , and many more.”
The only exception to this rule is the English version of the King James Bible, which God delivered to humanity when he created the world back in 1611.