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This just in: Muhammad A Terrorist! Falwell a dumbass!
Just saw this on Yahoo! News and couldn't believe my eyes, and I've had just about enough with Fundamental Hate Christians in the past two weeks to go on a rant about it, feel free to disregard this post if you want, I'm just blowing off steam. Really.
Jerry Falwell (god I wish he'd fall down a well), has recently called the founding Prophet of Islam a terrorist, and then he went and said, "Jesus set the example for love, as did Moses," (FYI Jerry, 'Love' and 'Moses' should NEVER go in the same sentence). This is the most bigoted thing I've seen in a long time, and in the past two weeks I've seen some bigoted things.
Moses, our example of peace and love, had thousands killed for victimless crimes, his God struck down thousands more in plagues that he engineered, and Moses, being a paragon of love, PRAISED this God for doing these things. Of course Jerry Falwell conviently forgot those parts of the Bible when he called Mohammad a "a violent man, a man of war."
This isn't the end though, Jerry Falwell has a rather large, rather ignorant audience who follows his every word like its straight from JE-SUS himself. A group of yokels recently decided to come to my university (Mankato State University, Minnesota) and decry abortion. Now I've got nothing against free speech, and if you want to spend your time trying to force your opinons on somebody else, more power to you. The two things that really pissed me off were the wonderful posters and huge signs they brought along, and the children they trotted out to help sway our judgment. The posters and signs had the usual Hate Christian rhetoric about how every sperm is sacred, or a beating heart is a living heart, but the really disturbing part was the pcitures they had to go along with this mindless rhetoric. They were pictures of-- you guessed it --aborted fetuses. I'd never seen an aborted fetus before, so at first I was a little shocked and sickened, as most people are, but the really shocking and sickening part came later, when I noticed a few young children wandering about the crowd collecting donations and handing out pamphlets and acting as if the huge signs of dead children, hanging in the background, were nothing new or interesting.
Jerry Falwell, a man who promotes this kind of hate mongering amongst his followers (yes, the group WAS from a Baptist Church, of which Falwell is a leader), was criticized after 9/11 for commenting that the Terrorist attacks upon the United States were caused by (among other things) rampant Internet pornography. When asked why pornography is wrong Falwell insists it promotes fornication, and that it corrupts the youth of America. Of course, when pictures of aborted fetuses are used as evidence that abortion is murder, its not pornographic, and the children who worked the crowd that day weren't corrupted at all. Bullshit.
In conclusion, this really was just a pointless rant that I used to blow off steam. If Mr. Wong wants to delte it for it having no real social redeeming value, and taking up too much space on his Board, he most certianly can.
-Stevo
Jerry Falwell (god I wish he'd fall down a well), has recently called the founding Prophet of Islam a terrorist, and then he went and said, "Jesus set the example for love, as did Moses," (FYI Jerry, 'Love' and 'Moses' should NEVER go in the same sentence). This is the most bigoted thing I've seen in a long time, and in the past two weeks I've seen some bigoted things.
Moses, our example of peace and love, had thousands killed for victimless crimes, his God struck down thousands more in plagues that he engineered, and Moses, being a paragon of love, PRAISED this God for doing these things. Of course Jerry Falwell conviently forgot those parts of the Bible when he called Mohammad a "a violent man, a man of war."
This isn't the end though, Jerry Falwell has a rather large, rather ignorant audience who follows his every word like its straight from JE-SUS himself. A group of yokels recently decided to come to my university (Mankato State University, Minnesota) and decry abortion. Now I've got nothing against free speech, and if you want to spend your time trying to force your opinons on somebody else, more power to you. The two things that really pissed me off were the wonderful posters and huge signs they brought along, and the children they trotted out to help sway our judgment. The posters and signs had the usual Hate Christian rhetoric about how every sperm is sacred, or a beating heart is a living heart, but the really disturbing part was the pcitures they had to go along with this mindless rhetoric. They were pictures of-- you guessed it --aborted fetuses. I'd never seen an aborted fetus before, so at first I was a little shocked and sickened, as most people are, but the really shocking and sickening part came later, when I noticed a few young children wandering about the crowd collecting donations and handing out pamphlets and acting as if the huge signs of dead children, hanging in the background, were nothing new or interesting.
Jerry Falwell, a man who promotes this kind of hate mongering amongst his followers (yes, the group WAS from a Baptist Church, of which Falwell is a leader), was criticized after 9/11 for commenting that the Terrorist attacks upon the United States were caused by (among other things) rampant Internet pornography. When asked why pornography is wrong Falwell insists it promotes fornication, and that it corrupts the youth of America. Of course, when pictures of aborted fetuses are used as evidence that abortion is murder, its not pornographic, and the children who worked the crowd that day weren't corrupted at all. Bullshit.
In conclusion, this really was just a pointless rant that I used to blow off steam. If Mr. Wong wants to delte it for it having no real social redeeming value, and taking up too much space on his Board, he most certianly can.
-Stevo
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>
> REV. JERRY FALWELL CALLS THE
> PROPHET MOHAMMED 'A TERRORIST'
>
> The Rev. Jerry Falwell calls Islam's founder and most sacred figure,
> Mohammed, "a terrorist" on 60 MINUTES this Sunday night. "I think
Mohammed
> was a terrorist. I read enough.by both Muslims and non-Muslims, [to
decide]
> that he was a violent man, a man of war," Falwell tells CBS. "In my
> opinion.Jesus set the example for love, as did Moses, and I think Mohammed
> set an opposite example."
>
> Falwell hits total controversy while affirming the Christian Right's
> steadfast support for the state of Israel against its Islamic enemies. The
> interview with CBS reporter Bob Simon, in which Falwell hints that the
> Christian Right
> influences U.S. government policy toward Israel, has been set for
broadcast,
> network sources say.
>
> Falwell sent a personal protest to President Bush, and the White House
> received 100,000 e-mail protests from Christians when Bush urged Israel to
> remove its forces from Palestinian towns earlier this year. Falwell
believes
> Bush is well aware of the Christian constituency. "There are 70 million of
> us.[and] there's nothing that would bring the wrath of the Christian
public
> in this country down on this government like abandoning or opposing Israel
> on a critical matter," Falwell tells Simon.
>
> Falwell and conservative Christians support the Israelis and condemn their
> enemies because they believe the triumph of Israel is God's will. The
Jews'
> return to their ancient homeland - and sole ownership of the territories
> Arabs and Israelis both lay claim to -- is a precondition for the second
> coming of Christ, according to the Fundamentalist Evangelical
> Christians'interpretation of the Bible. The Biblical scenario is not a
> savory one for many Jews, however.
>
> "God save us from these people," says Israeli political analyst Yossi
> Alpher. "When you see what these people are encouraging Israel and the
U.S.
> to do.ignore the Palestinians, kick them out.they are leading us into a
> scenario of out-and-out disaster," he tells Simon.
>
> But disaster is part of the scenario. Many Fundamentalist Evangelicals
> believe there will be catastrophic events on earth, some occurring
already,
> including the turmoil in the Middle East, culminating in the Battle of
> Armageddon in which Christ will triumph and begin ruling the earth. At
this
> point, they believe, non-believers will be destroyed, good Christians
saved
> and any remaining Jews converted to Christianity.
>
> Says Ed McAteer, a founder of the Moral Majority and known as the
godfather
> of the Christian Right, "I believe that we are seeing prophecy unfold so
> rapidly and dramatically and wonderfully, and, without exaggeration, [it]
> makes me breathless." [Drudge Report, 3 Oct 2002]
>
Good 'ol fashioned Empire-building religious morality
>
> REV. JERRY FALWELL CALLS THE
> PROPHET MOHAMMED 'A TERRORIST'
>
> The Rev. Jerry Falwell calls Islam's founder and most sacred figure,
> Mohammed, "a terrorist" on 60 MINUTES this Sunday night. "I think
Mohammed
> was a terrorist. I read enough.by both Muslims and non-Muslims, [to
decide]
> that he was a violent man, a man of war," Falwell tells CBS. "In my
> opinion.Jesus set the example for love, as did Moses, and I think Mohammed
> set an opposite example."
>
> Falwell hits total controversy while affirming the Christian Right's
> steadfast support for the state of Israel against its Islamic enemies. The
> interview with CBS reporter Bob Simon, in which Falwell hints that the
> Christian Right
> influences U.S. government policy toward Israel, has been set for
broadcast,
> network sources say.
>
> Falwell sent a personal protest to President Bush, and the White House
> received 100,000 e-mail protests from Christians when Bush urged Israel to
> remove its forces from Palestinian towns earlier this year. Falwell
believes
> Bush is well aware of the Christian constituency. "There are 70 million of
> us.[and] there's nothing that would bring the wrath of the Christian
public
> in this country down on this government like abandoning or opposing Israel
> on a critical matter," Falwell tells Simon.
>
> Falwell and conservative Christians support the Israelis and condemn their
> enemies because they believe the triumph of Israel is God's will. The
Jews'
> return to their ancient homeland - and sole ownership of the territories
> Arabs and Israelis both lay claim to -- is a precondition for the second
> coming of Christ, according to the Fundamentalist Evangelical
> Christians'interpretation of the Bible. The Biblical scenario is not a
> savory one for many Jews, however.
>
> "God save us from these people," says Israeli political analyst Yossi
> Alpher. "When you see what these people are encouraging Israel and the
U.S.
> to do.ignore the Palestinians, kick them out.they are leading us into a
> scenario of out-and-out disaster," he tells Simon.
>
> But disaster is part of the scenario. Many Fundamentalist Evangelicals
> believe there will be catastrophic events on earth, some occurring
already,
> including the turmoil in the Middle East, culminating in the Battle of
> Armageddon in which Christ will triumph and begin ruling the earth. At
this
> point, they believe, non-believers will be destroyed, good Christians
saved
> and any remaining Jews converted to Christianity.
>
> Says Ed McAteer, a founder of the Moral Majority and known as the
godfather
> of the Christian Right, "I believe that we are seeing prophecy unfold so
> rapidly and dramatically and wonderfully, and, without exaggeration, [it]
> makes me breathless." [Drudge Report, 3 Oct 2002]
>
Good 'ol fashioned Empire-building religious morality
Escpaily since God is a God(or man depending on translation) of War this makes it all the more Ironic considering the Heros of the Bible
David:The Mass-murdering Genocidal manic who made Hitler look like a Frenchmen!
Mosses:Under orders from God comiited many genocidal acts aginst his own people AND the Egyptions
Jesus:Was Racist and Approved of the Actions of David
Gee what a swell bunch
David:The Mass-murdering Genocidal manic who made Hitler look like a Frenchmen!
Mosses:Under orders from God comiited many genocidal acts aginst his own people AND the Egyptions
Jesus:Was Racist and Approved of the Actions of David
Gee what a swell bunch
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Geez, I wonder if Falwell ever read the quote "to fight evil with evil is evil"? I wonder if he would be suprised that it was Mohammed who was the source of these words.Jerry Falwell (god I wish he'd fall down a well), has recently called the founding Prophet of Islam a terrorist, and then he went and said, "Jesus set the example for love, as did Moses,"
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I've been thinking falwell was an idiot for more then a yr now. ever read his site? it's like wcotc.
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*sigh* Sadly, this is nothing new
Falwell and his like have been demonizing America's opponent du jour since the Soviet era. Now the target happens to be Islam, and I am not a bit surprised to see the very same bilous hate-mongering horseshit that he's beeen spouting for years redirected to it.I grew up in a Southern Baptist church, in a Southern Baptist town in eastern Tenessee. Garbage like this is why I walked away from it and never looked back.
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The picketers against abortion were out here at Ball State, too..We also had a group of Gideons out here recently, handing out mini-Bibles™..Looked like nice old men, until they started calling my one of my best friends "Spawn of Satan", "Child of Satan", and "Daughter of Satan" (she's a Pagan and was wearing all of her star necklaces in plain view), among other things. God, I hate living in the Bible Belt.
The picketers against abortion were out here at Ball State, too..We also had a group of Gideons out here recently, handing out mini-Bibles™..Looked like nice old men, until they started calling my one of my best friends "Spawn of Satan", "Child of Satan", and "Daughter of Satan" (she's a Pagan and was wearing all of her star necklaces in plain view), among other things. God, I hate living in the Bible Belt.
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You should have her put a curse on them. All you need is some nonsensical Latin.Kosh_The_Vorlon wrote:Looked like nice old men, until they started calling my one of my best friends "Spawn of Satan", "Child of Satan", and "Daughter of Satan" (she's a Pagan and was wearing all of her star necklaces in plain view), among other things. God, I hate living in the Bible Belt.
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I call people that daily.
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There were Gideons a while back right outside my school, and I live in the suburbs of Philly.
I hope they'll be back this year. Someone recently transferred to our school.
And she's bi.
And a goth.
And is into...scarring.
Among other things.
Plenty of material for fundies to work with.
I hope they'll be back this year. Someone recently transferred to our school.
And she's bi.
And a goth.
And is into...scarring.
Among other things.
Plenty of material for fundies to work with.
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Well, Fawlell has the usual religous hypocrisy: He points out violent acts in the Koran, and then ignores violent acts in the Bible, or uses them as proof that gays are evil. Next time I see a JW, I would enjoy a nice debate with them, and watch them run away crying. Perhaps, they'll leave their pamphlets behind for me to use as firewood.
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Hearing about falwell brings back bad memories of when I found one of his books in my grandparents house and actually read some of it. Of course I was too young to understand it at the time but now i realize my mistake and have regretted it ever since.
I have friends going to MSU, I hope they tried their best to kill a few of those protesters. And I hope they don't come to Duluth, i am having enough trouble dealing with the Chi Alpha students for christ.
I have friends going to MSU, I hope they tried their best to kill a few of those protesters. And I hope they don't come to Duluth, i am having enough trouble dealing with the Chi Alpha students for christ.
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You and me both, Kosh. Damn Bible Belt...Kosh_The_Vorlon wrote:*sigh*
The picketers against abortion were out here at Ball State, too..We also had a group of Gideons out here recently, handing out mini-Bibles™..Looked like nice old men, until they started calling my one of my best friends "Spawn of Satan", "Child of Satan", and "Daughter of Satan" (she's a Pagan and was wearing all of her star necklaces in plain view), among other things. God, I hate living in the Bible Belt.
When will these Fundie idiots ever actually learn what other religions believe before they start opening their damn mouths?
As for Falwell, he's obviously too moronic to see that no one in their right mind takes him seriously.