Holy car! Utah boy goes for spin to avoid church

Good Boy!,,,When I was young (and still to this day) I avoided "Religion" as much as possible,,and I would do the same thing.

He'd probably be grounded 'til he's thirty if he was raised by my parents.

Might have gotten the hide whipped off of his backside, too.

"Jesus take the wheel"

Didn't anyone tell this kid it's easier just to fake being sick?

maybe someone should investigate his priest? did they ask why he didn't want to go to church?

I wish I'd had the ba**s to do this when I was a kid. I went to a Catholic school, and we were dragged to Church EVERY FRIDAY in addition to Sundays.

But then, my parents were old school--they'd tan my hide if I did so much as TALK in church. I can only imagine the a** whupping I would've had if I had tried to drive the car!

LOL

Anderson says when the boy's father later confronted him, the boy said he didn't want to go to church.

What the hell are they doing to this child while in Church?

I used to feign sick on sunday mornings so I could stay home and watch WWF wrestling, but this seems like a cry for help.

"but this seems like a cry for help."

Or just another story of a rotten little brat who needs to be beaten. A lot of kids don't do this kind of crap growing up because of religious beliefs and good upbringing. Lessening morals, Bible-based or otherwise and lessening of proper discipline (i.e., spanking your kids) is why you'll see more and more of garbage like this.

What's interesting to me is the fact I've read elsewhere the brat told his dad he "was going for a joyride." So which was it? The media just spinning a story against religion because it happened on a Sunday? Or did the kid actually say it was to avoid church?

The parents and anyone that thinks that this is "cute" or "Way to go kid" are nothing more than imbeciles.
This morning MSNBC has the video as a top story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32233707#32233707 what gets me that the family are all on national TV basking in their 15min of fame; when chances are, the outcome could have been where the dumb brat could have killed or injured someone or killed himself; and I'll bet THEN the police would have held the parents responsible (as they should in this case as well).
No, they are all smiling, laughing and all proud of their son; of course MSNBC is not helping things much granting them the interview in the first place. I wonder if they would be given the same opportunity after having to identify their kid lying on a slab or having to face the family of the person(s) he could have killed.
Personally, my kid would have had his ass spanked and I would not glorify his bad behavior by accepting an interview.

It's not funny at all; the parents should have been arrested or severely fined.