Posted on 11/30/2005 9:10:57 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
CHICAGO -- "Little drummer boy" Sam Stackhouse, 9, of North Suburban Mennonite Church, led Christian Peacemaker Teams' fourth peace witness against violent toys on New Year's day. Some 40 people marched to the Toys-R-Us store on State Street in downtown Chicago, calling on the retail chain to stop selling war toys, violent video games, and action figures that teach children violence.
So they took me into a small spare room with a video camera trained on a single wooden chair. A large muslim flag with crossed swords made a backdrop.
They were handling me pretty roughly but I figured they were just trying to impress the Al Jazeera guy who was pissed off because he had been waiting so long.
"I've been here since eight o'clock ths morning! I have to get to an IED site by noon, lets get this thing on!" he was yelling in Arabic.
They quickly tied me to the chair and blindfolded me. I could feel the cold steel of the saber against the back of my neck.
"Infidel!", Amar shouted in English, which was pretty decent. "Filthy Christian! American pig! You will renounce your government, your president! You will admit to the Zionist plot against the Arab people! You will renounce your filthy religion or, by Allah, I will cut your head off!"
The room was silent for a moment until the true meaning of his request sunk in and I started to laugh - a giggle at first and then outright laughter which turned to tears.
"Is that it?" I asked. "Thats all? Of course I do!"
We all had a pretty good laugh about it later at the reception in the French embassy.
I found their website, http://www.cpt.org
You can learn a lot about a group just by the bible they quote from. I knew the NSRV sounded familiar but I couldn't place it.
"the NRSV was quickly adopted as a replacement of the RSV in the liberal denominations associated with the National Council of Churches." - from http://www.bible-researcher.com/nrsv.html
in other words... it is the bible of choice for communists, socialists, and others that want to destroy the Christian community from within. This goes hand in hand with the goals of the CPT to "get in the way" of Israelis defending themselves and America trying to spread democracy in the Middle East.
Let me ask CPT something. In all the New Testament, in whom did Jesus find the greatest faith? The protestor? the preacher? No, a soldier (Matthew 8:5-13).
They are in no danger - they are with their fellow America-haters...
Umm, these folks aren't Mennonites or Brethren, no matter what they say.
There is a huge difference between actively fighting against the country you live in, vs. yourself, personally, deciding not to use force.
The difference is that between someone who chooses not to become a Marine, vs. someone going out and spitting on Marines.
Starry eyed & hopeful, a band of U.S. peace activists' journey was cut short by bfeaking (see FR yesterday) reality.
Katrina and Peacenik fatigued, I wish them luck.
I'm curious, could you explain how they are 'actively fighting' against the country they live in?
Poor choice of words, sorry. I meant "actively undermining" the country. There is a difference between saying "I won't join the military" and "You shouldn't join the military because they are corrupt and malicious."
Ah, so I can hold my Christian values as long as they don't get in the way of my supposed required nationalist values. Must have missed that verse in the Bible
There is a difference between saying "I won't join the military" and "You shouldn't join the military because they are corrupt and malicious."
And yet for the life of me after searching their front page on the site I can't see where they've made that comment have they?
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