Inside there were stained-glass windows, wooden pews, a communion table, a pulpit, Bibles, and hymnals. It was obviously intended as a Christian house of worship. But what arrested my attention the moment I entered was the nearly fifty-foot “cross” that hung above the altar. I put the word in quotes because though it hung where a cross would be expected and it was no doubt intended to remind the worshipper of a cross, it wasn’t a cross. It was a sword. This enormous aluminum “cross” had a propeller for a hilt and a metal blade with a central ridge and a tapered point. It was not a cross. It
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