Something's been bugging me today so I figured I start this thread to see what others think.

So my father is a pastor of a church and he told me that this morning he found a burnt cardboard box on the church's front property. It was broken into pieces and each burnt piece was scattered into a different place. I don't know about anyone else but I've been thinking that this seems like a threat, like that's what the church is going to be. It's just scaring me because if it is a threat then how do I know that these people don't know where we live? It could also be very possible that this is just a stupid prank or maybe it was just garbage and a kid decided to just dump it on the property but i don't know..It's scary and some people I know agree that this seems threat-like. What do you guys think? Another bad thing is that my dad sort of took this lightly and threw the box in the trash. I know that nothing can really be proven and there isn't much that can be done to prevent anything but I don't know, my instinct is saying something's wrong. What do think?

For now, I wouldn't consider it anything serious. A threat would seem to be something more serious. I wouldn't panic so much. Is there something to have concern about? Did your father do anything? Why would you think this was a threat?

I wouldn't be threatened by it. Probably just some kids or dumping their trash. If it happens again or something else out of the ordinary happens I would start to get a little more concerned about it.

No, I don't think my dad has done anything that would make people want to threaten him, it just seems strange and not like something you see all the time, you know? I guess your right about it probably not being serious but things like this just seem to make me paranoid. If someone hates the religion enough, sometimes things happen but I guess I shouldn't let it bother me unless this continues. Thanks for the replies.

I think you'd probably need a little more to go on. I can see where this would make you uncomfortable, but try and hold on until anything further is done (hopefully, it won't be. :) )

I think something more threatening would be a brick with a note rubber banded to it with the letters cut out of a magazine.

...well, unless the note says 'Hug Me' or something. That isn't very threatening.

Ok, thanks. It's been a few days and nothing more has happened so I guess your all right. Thanks again.

It could have been something that blew on the property from somewhere else too. Think about what's nearby.

It could have been something that blew on the property from somewhere else too. Think about what's nearby.


That could be but I don't think the wind was strong enough to blow something that size and there were pieces of it all around, making it look like someone purposely put it there. But I could be wrong, anything's possible.