Is anyone else shocked and frightened by the direction our country has taken? Liberals speak of our wonderful religious freedom, using it to defend the freedom of Muslims to worship as they wish. I, too, support this freedom for everyone, be they Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, or any other religion. Why then, does this freedom seem to come to a screeching halt for Christians? In speaking of terrorism, we are almost afraid to mention the religious background of those who attacked us, and yet, Timothy McVeigh is held up an example of Christianity taken to extremes. Muslims especially are protected from anyone speaking ill of their religion, but Christians are expected to deal with it quietly and not respond.
I certainly do not advocate any kind of religious discrimination. I have several friends who are Muslim, and I have no concerns about them blowing up a building or trying to destroy America. Just as there are bad people who are Muslim, there are bad people who are Christian. But there should not be two standards for these religions.
Furthermore, we are constantly bombarded by people telling us that just because a few Muslims go to extremes does not mean that all Muslims agree with them. We are told we are being insensitive and intolerant, while the same people speak of Pat Robertson as arepresentative of all Christians. I, for one, think Pat Robertson does more damage than good to the Christian community. But my view is smothered by others who think they know more about what is in my heart than I do. Apparently, if I believe in Jesus Christ, I must also believe that natural disasters are a form of God's wrath.
One more thing I don't understand. With all these cries for the words "under God" to be removed from the pledge of allegiance, one cannot help but focus on the source. Does anyone else find it interesting that these cries come almost exclusively from atheists? I mean, how can they possibly be offended when they have no beliefs to offend? If a friend of mine tells me he is having a party,and he isinviting Bob, and I don't know Bob (or even believe that Bob exists), can I be offended? Of course not. Why not? Because I have no opinion of Bob, and I don't think he exists. Sure, he can be invited, but as far as I'm concerned, he doesn't exist, so he won't show up. No harm, no foul. Why, then, are atheists so highly offended. Can't they just sit quietly by and snicker at all the ignorant fools who they feel are so far beneath them? Or perhaps, they somehow feel threatened by a few words or a prayer, and if so, that is another matter entirely.
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Nothing new here, except the hypocrisy that the Left (in this case, predominantly interchangeable with the World) espouses of freedom and tolerance.
I do not agree with the notion based on a few vague examples thrown out that Jews, Muslims, and Christians are on the same wavelength, even in their extremism. Jews bombing Palestinians are consistently doing so in self-defense, just as we would take care of Canada in a mighty hurry if they came down to New England and started randomly attacking civilians and strapping on bombs while in our local malls. "Christians" who bomb abortion clinics can not possibly be followers of Christ and murder - they are extreme anti-abortionists, NOT extreme Christians. Muslim extremists, on the other hand, are estimated to number about 2 million across the globe, and they are whipped into frenzied hatred both by clerical and secular/state leaders into truly believing that they are carrying out the will of Allah, as outlined in their "holy" book.
BY THE WAY, that does not mean I think the majority of Muslims are fanatical killers. Hardly, and that would be silly. However, considerably more across the globe ARE extremists, as opposed to the aforementioned groups. And, their bottom line is to kill as many French, British, Germans, Americans, Canadians, Israelis, Italians, etc. etc. etc. as possible. In other words, their targeted extreme is unlimited to anyone who does not share their viewpoint, OR who does but gets in the way.
That's much different than the situation in the U.S. Some atheists might face social ostracism in their local community but I don't see any large-scale re-education camps where atheists are imprisoned on a massive scale. In fact, preaching atheism seems to gain many people extra points in several lucrative and influential industries, including the law, Hollywood and academia.
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