As regional, national and international media outlets spread news of the coming display, Grizzard was told his plans ran afoul of state law, and by Saturday night, Grizzard’s spectacle was reduced to an invitation-only book shredding for a handful of congregants while a few media outlets and protesters stood outside in the rain. Could this weather have been a sign of divine intervention?

Now, here’s my thought. If Grizzard and his congregation thought that non-KJV bibles were sinful, then why would they even want to touch them? Wouldn’t some of the sinful content of them rub off onto their hands? It could be like touching poison ivy!

Blood splatter on the court- house atrium doors was the first thing some early visitors saw this morning, authorities said.

In the early morning hours, a pack of dogs had been chasing the male deer through the streets of Goldsboro, Sheriff Carey Winders said.

The dogs finally pinned the deer just outside the courthouse atrium doors facing John Street, where the buck was crippled by attacking dogs, Winders said.

Deputies arrived to find the male deer badly injured, and had to shoot the animal with a service revolver.

Because it was so near the courthouse doors, the buck’s blood splattered against the entranceway when the deer was shot, authorities said.

The sheriff said Animal Control officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded early this morning to get the deer’s corpse.

Courthouse workers cleaned up the mess.

Winders said he did not know if the dogs chasing the deer had owners or were a pack of strays.

“We don’t know if they (the dogs) had owners,” Winders said. “They were just dogs running loose in the city.”October 28 2009