So, it is about their faith. If they were a non-Christian business or group that made the same mistake, this wouldn't be news would it?
Yes. Indeed it would still be news. It just wouldn't be quite as ironic.
I will grant you there is the possibility the money spent on these antiquities could have ended up in the hands of terrorists, but I will argue that it was a conscious choice by Hobby Lobby to "smuggle" these artifacts into the country. It seems someone didn't fully know the law in regards to purchasing protected antiquities. Per the article:
"According to prosecutors, Hobby Lobby was warned by its own expert that acquiring antiquities from Iraq carries "considerable risk" because so many of the artifacts in circulation are stolen. " They were well aware of the risk and chose to ignore it
Two things:
1) The owner of Hobby lobby was establishing a Bible museum So what?
2) They bought the artifacts in an attempt to prevent the looting of these artifacts in the war-torn region. Given ISIS and al Qaeda's pursuit to destroy anything-Christian, Steve Green (owner of Hobby Lobby) attempted to protect the artifacts.
They "agreed" to pay the fine, realizing the mistake they made. THAT'S the Christian thing to do: admit your mistake, willingly pay the consequences, learn from the mistake, vow to do all you can to not make that mistake again in the future. " Really, thats what you take from this? When you are being investigated by federal prosecutors its often times smart to agree to a fine in lieu of further investigation and prosecution" They didn't call the prosecutors office and volunteer the information, They were under investigation