I am Catholic. If the IRA were blowing up packed trains and flying airliners into buildings in the name of my religion, not only would I be denouncing them in the streets at the top of my lungs, I'd be forming a Catholic Patriotic League or something and insisting that the Feds single out "my kind" for extra attention at airports, train stations, etc. I would act as a spy in my parish, and would report anything I heard that sounded even remotely sympathetic to the IRA to the FBI. I would raise money to publish advertisements in major media letting the public know in no uncertain terms that Catholic Americans are FOR America and AGAINST the IRA. If it came right down to it, I'd even go peacefully to a concentration camp if that were the only way to neutralize fifth columnists, spies, and fellow-travelers among the population.
What I'm trying to say is that as a Catholic and and American, my highest allegiance is to my family and the U.S.A -- I acknowledge only Jesus Christ and his mother ahead of my family and my country. And I daresay you'd be hard-pressed to find any American Catholic (or American Lutheran, Mennonite, Jew, or Mormon) who doesn't feel the same.
My question is: how many American Muslims have the same priorities?
Exactly. Not just American Muslims. There are no doubt good Muslims all over the world who would never kill an innocent person. I don't know if they are afraid of their own brethren if they stood up and denounced terrorism, or what, but their "leaders" seem only to be focused on anger toward terrorists' victims for "profiling." Are they wholly without logic?
>>What I'm trying to say is that as a Catholic and and
>>American, my highest allegiance is to my family and the
>>U.S.A -- I acknowledge only Jesus Christ and his mother
>>ahead of my family and my country. And I daresay you'd
>>be hard-pressed to find any American Catholic (or
>>American Lutheran, Mennonite, Jew, or Mormon) who
>>doesn't feel the same.
And the leader of the church (whichever one) would be right out there denouncing these terrorists in front of you. Islam just does not seem have that kind of class, or decency.
Not!
As A Bible believing Christian, and a follower of Christ. Not taking away the promise of the Divine appointment of Mary. Mary wasn't God's mother, nor is she to be worshipped. Any Protestant Christian wouldn't put Mary infront of thier family. Jesus yes, Mary is the mother of Jesus, but not a deity.