Being a pastor is hard. I'll admit it. There's always more you can do, prepare for, discuss, study, etc. So I sympathize with many pastors who find themselves facing criticism while trying to also serve their churches.

That being said, there are days when other pastors kindly make me want to tell people I'm a plumber when asked my vocation. Apparently Roger Byrd of Jonesville, South Carolina thought this sign would be a nice, non-racial, non-political way of reminding people "what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ."

When a local news organization asked Byrd if he believes that Barack Obama is Muslim, Byrd replied, "I don't know. See it asks a question: Are they brothers? In other words, is he Muslim ? I don't know. He says he's not. I hope he's not. But I don't know. And it's just something to try to stir people's minds."

Good think that Byrd says the message, "wasn't meant to be racial or political."

You know, except that's all it was.