- The white board outside the Bella Villa Baptist Church in Edgewater read on Friday: ‘Forgiveness is swallowing when you want to spit’
- One woman said she did a U-Turn while driving to go back and take a picture
- Church officials said the sign was ‘completely innocent’ but plan to remove it
A church in Florida is changing its outdoor sign after a message about forgiveness was misinterpreted by many as a sexual innuendo.
The white board outside the Bella Villa Baptist Church in Edgewater read on Friday: ‘Forgiveness is swallowing when you want to spit.’
A woman in the community posted the sign on Facebook, saying she was driving past the sign and made a U-turn to come back and take a photo.
Bella Villa Baptist Church in Edgewater, Florida, is changing its outdoor sign after a message about forgiveness was misinterpreted by many as a sexual innuendo (pictured)
Several commented on the hilarious post, with one person writing: ‘Don’t think they thought this through.’
Others wrote: ‘I can’t believe it.’
Another posted the photo on Instagram and captioned it: ‘I think someone is a little mad at their wife.’
Representatives from the church told Local 10 News the sign was ‘completely innocent’ and was ‘intended as encouragement to forgive’.
‘We apologize if anyone was offended,’ wrote church officials, who intend to take it down.
Just one week ago, a South Carolina church got into some hot water after an allegedly offensive sign.
The sign at Full Gospel Tabernacle of God in Buffalo, read: ‘ Work Harder Millions on Welfare Depend on You.’
Representatives from the church (pictured) told Local 10 News the sign was ‘completely innocent’ and was ‘intended as encouragement to forgive’
Senior pastor Reverend Ricky Cook apologized, saying the sign was a joke and not meant to offend anyone.
He said he read the quote in a book and thought it was funny, so he put it on the sign.
Even with the backlash, Rev Cook believes welfare is a burden on the economy and the system needs to be fixed.