Posted on 11/22/2006 7:13:43 PM PST by Tim Long
Joseph Farah is NOT someone with a reputation for honesty.
Do you have anything specific in mind?
I know a Syrian Christian who told me how the Muslim population constantly harasses the Christians. He has a lot of stories about Christian girls being verbally assaulted in the most vulgar ways, prayer towers being erected in Christian neighborhoods, and Muslims purposely moving into Christian areas and saying it's their holy duty to reproduce until they are a majority. He said a lot of Syrian Christians are leaving for the West as a result.
This "peace" is maintained by a dictatorship that will kill/torture anyone who gets too radical. Sound like old Iraq? My friend is actually in favor of the Middle Eastern dictatorships because of this fact.
Sorry Raygun (from Battlestar Galactica the mini-series?), i call BS on this one. Here is the source that "World Nutbar Daily" is linking on this article. It is the Syrian version of 'pravda', only not as accurate. World Nutbar Daily did a cut/paste job on the Syrian Propaganda ministry's own piece. Shoddy Journalism. Somebody needs to tell them to get it right before they do real damage to the conservative cause.
Scroll up to Post #67 on this thread, and read Warren's statement on this matter.
All in all i have to give Warren a "What did you expect?" or to be theological about it...i have to give Warren an 'F' on his Total Depravity class, he'd have remembered that little doctrine, he probably wouldn't have made such a bone-headed mistake. But there is no sinister Anti-American policy here.
i have no use at all for Rick Warren, but criticism MUST be based on TRUTH, and not on Syrian propaganda. Frankly, i don't care about Warren's politics. They should be looked at as symptoms rather than root cause. The REAL problem is that Warren's doctrine is aborrent, causing such matters.
Tell me what a man believes, and I'll tell you what he'll do. ~Henry David Thoreau
Well .. maybe we could take the story with a grain of salt .. because they said his book sold 12 million - and it actually sold 30 million - so far.
And .. if Rick did say this .. he will lose most of his support .. and/or church members.
What bothers me the most is that people who have a deep relationship with God should be able to hear HIS voice loudly enough that they could not be led so far astray as to support a terrorist country like Syria. I find it difficult to believe he's that ignorant of world events.
I will reserve judgement - I'll let my relationship with God tell me what's really going on .. which is better than jumping on the "beat-up" Rick bandwagon.
I care about life! If we don't stop federal stemcell funding, we deserve to be nuked.
To misconstrue a position is one thing. To use your own misinterpretation to ridicule the position you're failing to grasp is quite another.
The "social issues" you speak of (as much as I detest the use of such Sunday morning talk show phraseologies to categorize matters of life and death) cannot be divorced from the security you desire. They are, in fact, codependent. A culture that devalues life and places individual comforts and convenience at a premium will ultimately lose its will in a long war against a relentless and determined enemy (we're seeing it happen already, a mere three years into a relatively low-intensity, low-casualty conflict). It's the nature of the self-centered beast.
Hey, I'm just trying to fit in.
Hardly. But please do continue with the sneering attacks on conservatives. Giuliani's supporters are doing as much to alienate the party's base as his radical positions. You all seem to think you're going to shame the base into voting for the most left-wing GOP candidate since Rockefeller with insults and personal attacks. All I can say is, good luck with that.
Your "relationship with God"?
Which God?
We're talking about a sworn enemy of Israel. Syria.
"Syrian leadership is responsible for the nation's tolerance and stability."
The dolt should try talking to Lebanese Christians next time .
Another bigtime televangelist type grown way too big for his britches.
I would like to see this congregation vote him out, off the church's dole.
There is only ONE true GOD - Almighty God who created the heavens and the earth. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
I am a born-again Christian .. and thus I consider myself to have a personal relationship with God. If you don't understand that .. I'm sorry.
People just seem way too eager to hyperventilate over somebody's statement before they even know if the statement is true. The media just loves you people.
I will take Liturgy and Bach anytime.
Rick Warren and his ilk have always been church lite, but most "Liturgy and Bach" is "church veggetarian" - great side dishes but no meat.
Sound expository preaching is like a nice, juicy steak. If you have that, the sides don't seem to matter as much.
Idiot. Why doesn't he just stick to drugs and gay sex. I am really wondering about these Evangelical leaders. Oops. I guess I can't say that since my religion is Catholic. But really can't people just shut up and support the country and President.
Has it ever occured to you that the Muslims feel the same way about their "Allah"?
Seems to me that both camps are barking up the same tree....
I hate to say it but with his emphasis on the HIV people I think he's probably gay.
And yeah I have my flamesuit on, but there's been a LOT of pastors into the homosex lately. I think it has to to do with NPD, narcisstic personality disorder and gayness which are related I think.
Hence his leftarded comments.
If Mr. Warren knows so much why hasn't he made the piece settlement and, while he is there it's just a short hop over to Iraq.
They would cut the dumb as*** head off, and he knows that.
I agree with this. Perhaps he needs to spend a little time off to review his Bible...not his book....but the Bible. Beware of pastors who mix politics with the message.
Was gonna post more but, the scum isn't worthy of my time.
Rick is very ecumenical, so he has no problem with Catholics, and they don't with him either.
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