tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post5221403289473411077..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Protests against a mosque (updated)Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-66235860933505381572010-08-09T05:11:03.516-07:002010-08-09T05:11:03.516-07:00Dangerous but not yet scary. And I mean the Christ...Dangerous but not yet scary. And I mean the Christianists... Give them the Constitution!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-28050677445687439052010-08-02T11:03:39.135-07:002010-08-02T11:03:39.135-07:00And this is precisely the 'christianity' t...<i>And this is precisely the 'christianity' that Anne Rice was resigning from....</i><br /><br />Margaret, I think that we can safely conclude that we never were part of <i>that</i> christianity.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-3554683811279239712010-08-02T06:34:16.162-07:002010-08-02T06:34:16.162-07:00And this is precisely the 'christianity' t...And this is precisely the 'christianity' that Anne Rice was resigning from....<br /><br />maybe I'll join her....it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-70809051185913833302010-08-01T22:56:38.862-07:002010-08-01T22:56:38.862-07:00This is SO pathetic (I mean, in a disgusting, horr...This is SO pathetic (I mean, in a disgusting, horrifying way, of course).<br /><br />Chris Hayes (in for <i>Rachel Maddow</i>) had a bit on this last week: dumping on Islam has now become an official Republican Talking Point (e.g., Newt Gingrich wanting an official policy against <i>Shariah law</i>. Um, like ANYONE---outside of a whackadoodle here or there---is proposing Shariah in the USA?)<br /><br /><i>Al Qaeda</i> perpetrated 9/11. Not Islam. Not all Muslims. Not Muslims living in NYC, who want to build a community center w/ small worship space, <i>near</i> (not in) Ground Zero. And there's no reason they shouldn't. Period.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-30692284636843941952010-08-01T10:57:02.210-07:002010-08-01T10:57:02.210-07:00"(But) don't force your religion on me an...<i>"(But) don't force your religion on me and don't force your political movement on me," she said.</i><br /><br />Wow, how many times have we said that? Now the shoe is on the other foot. The only thing is, that in this situation is that it is not true. The Moslems are not forcing anything on anybody!<br /><br />They are requesting that the bigots respect their rights to build a house of worship on their own property in the community where they live.<br /><br />I wonder how long until these fundamentalists bring out their white sheets and hoods?Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-60217879441895749582010-07-31T21:49:41.852-07:002010-07-31T21:49:41.852-07:00I fear it is the same mindset that interned Americ...I fear it is the same mindset that interned Americans of Japanese descent in WWII. They are considered the ENEMY. No matter if they denounce the terrorists, it isn't heard. No matter how much they proclaim their Americanism or peacefulness, it isn't heard. No matter what they do, if it doesn't support the preconceived notions, it isn't seen.<br /><br />What is heard are the lies that support the mindset. One recent example is the story of Ergun Caner, who after 9/11 became popular on the evangelical sermon circuit with his story of coming to America as a teenager from the Middle East as a devout Islamic terrorist raised in a Muslim school who didn't speak English and ready to blow something up but he found Jesus and became a true Christian. Many lapped it up and he (and his younger brother) are perceived by many as the Evangelical experts on Islam. He eventually became Dean/President of Liberty University's theological seminary. The story is unraveling. He was nominally a Muslim when young but born in Sweden and raised in the US and the US public school system since he was a toddler. For an 'expert' on Islam he doesn't understand Arabic and makes elementary mistakes about Islam. Liberty University removed him as Dean for "factual statements that are self-contradictory" but he remains a professor and he still has many supporters. People hear what they want to hear.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-44729212028692439772010-07-31T19:42:24.962-07:002010-07-31T19:42:24.962-07:00Exactly...consider me a White shirter who has far ...Exactly...consider me a White shirter who has far more ¨real concern¨ regarding CHRISTIAN DOMINIONISTS than I do Muslims building a Mosque in Temecula.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.com