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In the perverse calculus of True Believerism, a church building being swallowed up by the earth would be a sign of god's judgment if the church is sufficiently "heretical" (as this one would surely be to a fundie), but if it is the True Believer's own church, it is a sign of the end times.
I predict that the anticipated epic (dare I say, Biblical) quake predicted for the Pacific NW, being as it's overdue by a good 80 years already ... or a successful dirty bomb attack by terrorists ... or the increasing drumbeat of climate change events ... will be seized upon with zero sense of irony when they come, as signs of the End of Days, as well as, in those cases where there are near misses, signs of god's protection (or in the case of a near miss for some godless organization or heretical church, god's mercy).
All of which enables us to go on imagining that we aren't responsible to take care of the earth or prepare for scientifically certain natural disasters unless we have an ironclad date for it, etc. Keep claiming god is controlling / judging / forbearing and then we can ignore the things we should be doing ourselves.
Not a joke but a true story. I used to volunteer at the local food shelf. I also served on the board of directors that oversaw the food shelf and also helped people find shelter, clothing, etc. Every meeting began with a Christian prayer and NOT ONCE did they pray that our work would no longer be needed.
Given that it's a UU church I am willing to bet it is a deliberate play on words. Probably a diatribe against the snares of materialism. If it were some hayseed rural fundie church, I would be more willing to guess that the
guy putting the sign up didn't check his work and possibly wouldn't have noticed if he did.
My father used to be responsible for updating the sign out front of OUR hayseed rural church and I have to give credit where it's due, he was great with puns. My favorite, even if I no longer agree with it: SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT PRAYER MAKES ONE WEAK.
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Time for a committee review on possible false doctrine...
