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This is very valuable information that will be in no way overblown. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
Atheism book found in home linked to fire suspect
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AP – In this photo provided by the Smith County Sheriff Department, Jason Robert Bourque, 19, of Lindale, …
By DANNY ROBBINS, Associated Press Writer Danny Robbins, Associated Press Writer – Wed Feb 24, 5:29 pm ET
DALLAS – Investigators have seized books on demons and atheism as well as rifles and knives from in a home linked to one of the men charged with setting an east Texas church on fire and suspected in a string of similar blazes.
Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, were arrested Sunday and charged with a single count of felony arson in the torching of the Dover Baptist Church near Tyler about 90 miles east of Dallas.
Court do ents link the suspects to the Feb. 8 Dover Baptist fire and another the same day at the Clear Spring Missionary Baptist Church in nearby Lindale. The churches are among 11 that have burned in Texas this year in suspected arson attacks.
Investigators searching a home Sunday in rural Grand Saline where Bourque's girlfriend and family live discovered paperback books led "Demon Possession" and "The Atheist's Way," according to an affidavit filed Tuesday by Texas Ranger Sgt. Brent Davis. Also found were four rifles, three knives and a GPS device at the double-wide manufactured home, the affidavit said.
Bourque also left graffiti in a bathroom stall at a farm and ranch supply store in Tyler that links him to another one of the fires, the affidavit said. Bourque was under surveillance on Feb. 13 when he and his father went into the store, and security video footage shows him entering the men's bathroom, according to the affidavit.
A day later, investigators discovered a carving on a bathroom stall of an upside down cross with flames and the words "Little Hope was arson," the affidavit said.
The Little Hope Baptist Church in Canton burned on Jan. 1, but the cause of the fire hadn't been stated publicly at the time of the surveillance, according to the affidavit.
As a result, the cause "would not have been known to anyone else other than the fire setter," the affidavit said.
Investigators determined that the carving wasn't present when the bathroom was cleaned on Feb. 12, according to the affidavit.
Bourque and McAllister, described as childhood friends who used to attend the First Baptist Church in Ben Wheeler, have been ordered jailed in lieu of $10 million bond and could face life in prison if convicted. Citing a gag order, attorneys for the two men declined comment Wednesday.
Affidavits filed in the case also show that investigators obtained DNA samples from both suspects.
Investigators have matched DNA extracted from a brick found at the scene of one fire and a rock from another and want to see if it can be linked to either suspect, according to the do ents.
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This is very valuable information that will be in no way overblown. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
disgruntled baptists?
What sort of atheist believes in demons?
and i bet a nazi hates jews.
non-issue.
way to fill in for capt. obvious on his day off.
LOL. My first thoughts upon seeing that too.
Atheisic dogma seems awfully religious to me.
Maybe you should pay more attention then.
this is actually true. i have a friend who always wants to push his shtick on people. it really makes him red when i make it appearant to him that he's no worse than a jehovah's witness coming to my door and try to preach.
+1
after rereading it, I'm assuming they meant separate books.
...then again, it is East Texas near/around the bible belt....
so you've had atheists come to your door and preach?
that's a new one.
This dude I knew sunk his boat on a lake, and I was looking through his DVD collection, and guess what movie he owned. Yup, anic!
it's true that atheism seems dogmatic b/c ur one friend is rude?
that's true b/c this one guy I know loves the anic movie and he gets all pushy like a used car saleman about the greatness of anic.
well not at my door, but in a bar.
so yes. next question please?
its true that some atheist can be as dogmatic as religious folk are about their religion. i'm just an agnostic and could care less about either of their dogma as long as its not imposed on me. so my point to my friend was he was being just as intrusive as a religious freak. its funny when i'm around him and my wife. she's just a step below falwell when it comes to jesus liking, so they both just try to push it on each other. dogma on both ends is stupid to me. we as humanity have bigger things to worry about then what happens when we're no longer breathing.
Atheists are as pushy, probably moreso, than most religious folk I know. And I've been an atheist longer than most people have been alive.
they're probably more prone to commit arson
Now that all the witches are gone.
athiests are funny in that way. kind of like anarchists "uniting" under the anarchy "symbol."
total hypocrisy.
So, if I have this right, what we know from the article is that these two guys were/are church-going baptists who are being held for arson of baptist churches.
We also know that a search of their double-wide turned up a paperback on demons and a paperback on atheism.
From the above, folks are arguing about whether or not atheists commit arson against baptist churches?
Really? REALLY?
just people digging for whats not there.
completely unrelated, i think churches should be taxed, agree or disagree?
All types of idiots commit arson. Really.
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