Politics and religion.

[lizbud]

I really don't get the idea of carring a cross to remind people of the
911 terriost attack. Seems like mixing religion with a hateful
attack inspired and carried out for political reasons.

http://www.justnews.com/news/2486399...tml?source=mia

[CatsMeow]

i really don't get the idea of carring a cross to remind people of the
911 terriost attack. Seems like mixing religion with a hateful
attack inspired and carried out for political reasons.

http://www.justnews.com/news/2486399...tml?source=mia

exactly

[phesina]

I really don't get the idea of carring a cross to remind people of the
911 terriost attack. Seems like mixing religion with a hateful
attack inspired and carried out for political reasons.

http://www.justnews.com/news/2486399...tml?source=mia

Aside from which.. Christians were hardly the only victims in the 9/22 attacks.

[CatsMeow]

Aside from which.. Christians were hardly the only victims in the 9/22 attacks.

You're kidding. So we, in this family, are Christians. And they were the victims..... oh my. I had no idea

[Lady's Human]

People of many, many races, creeds and religions died in the 9/11 attacks. There were Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and more killed in the attack.

Christians were not the only victims.

[blue]

Has there been a post about the Koran Burning Minister?

[Karen]

No, but this is one incidence when I think the 24-hour news cycle has made this one guy's stupidity much more of an issue than it ever needed to be. He's one guy in a church in Florida. Let him do whatever he wants, but if the news media hadn't decided it was so interesting/newsworthy/controversial, no one outside of his own community need have ever learned of it. Now it is internationally covered, which is just pathetic.

Does he have the right to do it? Yes. But I think he might be better served in his understanding of Islam and indeed his own religion if he read one, instead of burning it. But that wouldn't make him famous, now would it?

[pomtzu]

No, but this is one incidence when I think the 24-hour news cycle has made this one guy's stupidity much more of an issue than it ever needed to be. He's one guy in a church in Florida. Let him do whatever he wants, but if the news media hadn't decided it was so interesting/newsworthy/controversial, no one outside of his own community need have ever learned of it. Now it is internationally covered, which is just pathetic.

Does he have the right to do it? Yes. But I think he might be better served in his understanding of Islam and indeed his own religion if he read one, instead of burning it. But that wouldn't make him famous, now would it?

I've seen several reports on t.v. regarding this, yet not one of anyone supporting him. Everyone from the Pope to the Holy Rollers is against him. In one interview with him, he was asked if anything would change his mind about it. He said if God sent him a message and told him not to do it, then he wouldn't, but he didn't expect to hear any such message. Now isn't that a surprise??? I think he'd better be looking over his shoulder, and fearing for his own safety, for quite some time to come, whether he does it or not!

[lizbud]

No, but this is one incidence when I think the 24-hour news cycle has made this one guy's stupidity much more of an issue than it ever needed to be. He's one guy in a church in Florida. Let him do whatever he wants, but if the news media hadn't decided it was so interesting/newsworthy/controversial, no one outside of his own community need have ever learned of it. Now it is internationally covered, which is just pathetic.

Does he have the right to do it? Yes. But I think he might be better served in his understanding of Islam and indeed his own religion if he read one, instead of burning it. But that wouldn't make him famous, now would it?

I think that about sums it all up nicely. The Media made this into a International event & they will probably stand by and report the burning
event for public consumption too. Hey, "they are just reporting the news".

Right.