If prosecutors are now to be believed, the motive in the Alabama church fires case was "a joke" by three college kids.

Once again, investigators turned out to be wrong about a more sinister conspiracy by someone older involved in burning down the 10 Baptist churches in three Alabama counties.

It must be disappointing to federal and state law enforcement officials, as well as the church crowd that likes to think they are under attack by wicked liberals, that the churches were burned by kids just to watch them burn.

Three Set Church Fires as a Joke, Agents Say

We hate to say we told you so, but ... there is just more important news to think about.

Church Fires Smolder As Liberty Burns