What do you expect from Fox Saudi News?
That’s O.K....It will be all over the internet then on Al Jezzzzeeeraaa!......Ha! Ha!
What exactly is the difference between news and stuff that happens?
So this is what the tightening of sharia law feels like ...
Funny...that’s how CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC et al cover the burning of BIBLES. NOT AT ALL!!!
Let me see if I get this straight.
A news source has been reporting on news. Now they decide they wont report on that news. That makes so much news that another news source reports the news that a news source that was reporting the news will now not report the news.
I wonder if Fox News will have comments on the Baltimore Suns’s news that Fox News is not reporting new news on old news?
Maybe they’re right, and maybe they’re wrong.
But the last thing in the world I would call it is a “bold move.” If you approve, it’s prudent. If you disapprove, it’s cowardly. But it’s not bold.
Could this be related to the fact that the Saudis own a piece of Fox?
Good for them! If the MSM hadn't chosen to make a story out of a non-story then Saturday would have been nothing more than a private bar-b-q hosted by a nut bag preacher and his equally nut bag 50 followers............
For what its worth, I'm attending a PIG ROAST hosted by my niece and her husband in rememberance of 9/11.....this will be the second annual event which will include at least 50 people........
Maybe I should call up all the local news stations and inform them of this anti-Islam party.........What the heck, we're entitled to our 15 minutes of fame aren't we?
Good for Fox News. This should never have been a story. Some RATS made this into something that it should never have been. Orchestrated lunacy.
I’m really torn on this issue. On the one hand, we have a Pastor who, from all appearances, has a problem with who he associates with. Hanging around with Phelps’ bunch isn’t the way to get your message across, even if the message is true.
And that’s where the other side of this coin comes into play, because what he’s saying is right. Islam is a false religion and as any serious student of the Bible will know, we’re not called to tolerate false religions but to actively ridicule them and point out their shortcomings.
In fact, it has been long a tradition (and in the Old Testament a command) to mock and condemn false gods and false practices. Would you condemn the Christ as he drove the money-lenders from the Temple? Do you forget the exhortation in Deuteronomy to “Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in fire?” Would you condemn Elijah for mocking the prophets of Baal? Do you condemn the Psalmist who opines about the uselessness of worshipping idols? Do you condemn Paul for his condemnation of idolatry? Do you condemn the Early Fathers who uniformly wrote polemics against the worship of other faiths? You condemn Justin Martyr? Saint Augustine?
Those of you who believe the Christian church’s role is not to condemn false teaching, this time in the form of Islam, have you really thought through your positions? Fully?
Is is wrong for mainstream Christian churches to condemn the antics of Phelps and his ilk (which they have done), or should we accept his teaching of hate as well? What is the difference between the hate that Phelps preaches and the hate that Islam teaches?
The tension between the Church Militant and the Church Penitent has always been present in the Christian tradition. In the early Church, many congregations would not allow members of the military to become members and believed that a Roman soldier who converted to Christianity had to lay down his arms. In contrast, others saw them as part of an Army of God that came to full realization with the conversion of Emperor Constantine.
Whether or not it is appropriate to be aggressive is a function of a particular culture. But the bottom line is that it has never been Christianity’s “role” to accept that anti-christian faiths are valid and to refrain from criticizing them. It may be tactically wrong for this congregation to burn copies of the Koran as an act of protest, but this should not be confused with the “role” of Christianity in opposing false teachings. It is *not* wrong to condemn the execution of apostates in Islam, the resurgent acceptance of slavery in Islam (including calls for the capture and enslavement of Jewish women), the false teachings about the Christ in Islam, etc.
Will the actions of this Preacher cause more harm than good? On the temporal level, yes it will. But what will this act do on the spiritual level? I believe, even though this Pastor may be a political plant on the temporal level, he’s a clarion call on the Spiritual level that the time is short and the End of Days is finally upon us.
Those that hear the call will realize not only what time it is, but who our enemy is and what needs to be done. This, I believe, is truly the purpose behind this event, even if the Pastor doesn’t realize it.
After all, man may intend it for evil, but God can still turn it to work for the good of those who love and serve Him.
Fair, Balanced and...
wait...
Afraid?!?!
If it’s news, good, bad, or indifferent, a “news” organization should have to cover it.
I’m pretty sure other news organizations will cover it, and I’ll be watching the “news” from wherever it happens and from whoever covers it.