Anti-Islam Sign at Church in Idaho

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20011122/LocalNews/189152.shtml ^ | By Eryn Curfman

[wwjdn]

A sign outside a Wilder church stirred a flurry of controversy this week, causing passersby to complain about anti-Muslim sentiment.

The church

[moneyrunner]

”… more people have died in the name of religion than for any other reason. Ironic, isn't it?”

I don’t know if this is properly classified as an “urban myth” or simply a frequently used slander against people of faith. However, whenever I see this I am going to point out that the person who makes this is either misinformed or a malicious liar.

Take your pick.

Love and peace.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Seems more tacky to me than anything for anyone to get their undies in a bunch about, one way or another.

[TrueBeliever9]

A few years ago a report was issued showing that every law can be reduced to one of the Ten Commandments! The LORD God gave man The Law, The Word to use as an tool for justice, but a lot of men use it as a weapon for injustice!

Divine Law states: "Thou shalt not kill" as in shed innocent blood!

It seems the Muslims are free to pick and choose when they kill, who they kill and why they kill, regardless of Divine Law.

[TopQuark]

others are also free to say he's a bigot and an a**hole. ...and you prove once again that......it takes one, to know one. Good attempt at satire, Clovis_Skeptic. But the statement is simply not true: the stench of the above-mentioned abomination --- and the Pastor's words to stink --- makes it identifiable without any intimate knowledge whatsoever.

Besides, have you not noticed how many people on this board refer as evil to Islam, Judaism, Buddism, etc.? How do they know that? To apply your logic, it must be that they themselves are evil to know evil.

Hm.... I guess you did not want me to turn that table.

[TrueBeliever9]

BTTT

[JoeSchem]

Jews weren't doing any of that in Nazi Germany, either. Look at what happened.

What happened was that the Nazis had the spirit of the anti-christ.

That isn't 'intolerance,' that's Truth.

Just as it is Truth to tell of the evils of Muslim brutality and genocide today.

[Godfollow]

"Houle said, adding that she could not fathom the reason someone would use such provocative and non-constructive language."

It alludes me that some cannot understand why many of Americans, religious or not, had a visceral reaction to what followers of Islam did on Sept.11th. To say that you cannot fathom this kind of response is to say you know nothing of human nature. Ya, it might be a little over the top, when we wish to lower the temperature of this crisis, but I certainly can understand it... I agree to boot.

[Cleburne]

Illbay, if most of the world's religions are compatible with America's standards of freedom and representative democracy, why is it that so few other nations have succeeded in establishing truely free nations? Islam has not, and in all likelyhood, will not breed freedom-the very strictures of Islam allow, if not demand, dictatoral leadership and control. There is a reason America became what it is, and it's not some PC generalized moral code, whatever that is.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

With respect, I think you're misunderstanding me. Yes, in a republic elected officials are expected to represent the people who electe them. But that doesn't mean that every time someone who lives in a given town expresses himself, there is any presumption that such view is endorsed by the mayor or other official. So no particular need for the official to disassociate himself with the view expressed.

[DreamWeaver]

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Be it Hinduism, be it Islam, be it Judaism, every spirtit that confesseth NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.

[TopQuark]

I don't subscribe to ane "new age" anythin. I'm far too old for that. As far as I know, my adult children subscribe to very little "new age" anything, either.

I am at peace with my God. I will not hate. I don't even hate bin Laden. Hate is an irrational, chaotic emotion. I just want him dead. Like the fly I just splattered on my monitor. I'd pull the trigger myself. He is Evil.

I have nothing to repent for. My concience is clean. No innocent blood will be spilled by either my word or my deed. I fear the good pastor may not be able to say the same. Go preach to the ingnorant. They're down closer to your intellectual level.

Beautifully put, cake_crumb! And well-lived, examined, and honorable life. Meeting people like you make me believe that this country will endure.

With respect and best wishes, TopQuark.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I actually agree with your basic point, but for the record, Judaism does not posit that only Jews can go to heaven. So can a righteous gentile. In contrast, my understanding of Chrisianity is that non-Christians can't go to heaven. That explains why converting people is an important aspect of Christianity but not of Judaism.

[A. Pole]

That they just call themselves good Moslems, and that Wahabbism is just "back to basics Islam."

Yeah, and those Muslims who do not accept this Wahabbi ""back to basics" version are not true Muslims. By that logic, of cource the only "good Moslems" are the Wahabbites.

That is why Iran supports Nothern Aliance against Wahabi supported Taleban.

[codeword]

Read Matthew 11:25-30

It says a kingdom divided against itself will not stand. So what has that got to do with my question, namely, are Christian ethics meant for everyone or just for some people? If Jesus was speaking the word of God, surely he was preaching a universal ethic--an ethic that everyone is to practice toward anyone. That is the point of the parable of the good Samaritan.

[Cleburne]

Must a righteous gentile abide by Jewish teachings, or does he need only believe in one God?