Letter to the editor: Are Christians among 'peaceful' protesters?

I have grown tired of watching “peaceful” protests on television. So many have turned into violence, burning, looting and even death. I believe most of these protesters are paid hooligans bused into cities to protest incidents they are not truly involved with, paid $15 to $18 an hour to participate and incite marchers to follow mob mentality and riot instead of marching peacefully. These criminals (they are breaking the law) are not being arrested because the police are ordered to stand down and not make matters worse. How can they get any worse?

What confuses me is that in the mobs of thousands of “peaceful protesters,” there must be many believers in Jesus Christ; Christians! Most surveys show that at least 70% of Americans proclaim they are believers in some way that they follow the teachings of Jesus and civil and clerical leaders of their faith. What are they thinking when the “peaceful” protest becomes a full-fledged riot with burning and looting and even killing? Are they not aware that Jesus hears the hateful and profane words they are screaming or the violent acts of destruction that ruin the lives of innocent victims? Maybe they are “Christians” only on Sunday, and when they riot they are only doing the job that they are “paid” to do.

God save America.

The Rev. Tony Joseph

Johnstown