Community Corner

Editor's Notebook: All Texters go to Heaven?

Clearly, township religious institutions need to step up their game.

I imagine that even the most militant atheist in New Jersey would have no problem with this sign, which was until this week on display outside of Antioch Baptist Church on Springfield Ave. Assuming of course that they care even a smidge about motor vehicle safety. 

The one flaw in the logic of the sign is indicated in the headline above: it implies you go to heaven if you die in a text-induced wreck. Maybe it's just because I was raised Catholic, but I feel like St. Peter has a more extensive checklist than that. Like, if Bin Laden vehicular homicided in mid text, he'd get face time with the big guy upstairs? I mean, come on. 

But otherwise, bravo Antioch (and boo people who text while driving). 

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