The Bible Made Him Do It? genre: Hip-Gnosis

Situations like this lead me to question the rhetoric being used in right leaning educational institutions. I find it hard to imagine anyone decides to go out and burn down an adult bookstore at 20 years old without being fed a bit of extremist ideology. Frankly, I feel sorry for the kid.

From the Associated Press:

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- A Bible college student has been charged with arson for allegedly setting fire to an adult bookstore.

Benjamin Daniel Warren, 20, is a student at Crown College, a fundamental Baptist college and seminary of about 900 students in Knoxville. Police said he confessed to the crime and told investigators he realized [it] was a sin.

Warren waived a preliminary hearing this week, and a grand jury is considering his case.

Authorities said a man wearing black clothing and a ski mask and carrying what proved to be a fake gun entered the Town and Country Bookstore on Jan. 31 and asked the clerk if anyone was inside. Assured the store was empty, he ordered the clerk to leave.

He poured about six gallons of "an ignitable liquid" inside the bookstore and set it on fire, according to an arrest warrant.

No one was injured, but the fire destroyed $600,000 in merchandise and caused up to $300,000 in damage to the building, owner David Stubbs said.

Police had no clue to the masked man's identity until Warren surrendered in early April.

Daniel DiRito | May 5, 2006 | 2:56 PM
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