I wasn’t talking about all of the factors that entered into the decision to attack the U.S. that day; I was talking about the one factor that could lead people to murder innocent civilians (and to kill themselves in the process). Political grievances don’t lead people to do indefensible things like killing innocent civilians by the thousands. Hatred does. Religious intolerance does. Bigotry does.

Do you seriously believe Osama bin Laden could have recruited people to conduct suicide missions without the religious angle? Bin Laden and his generals may have been motivated by “secular” political concerns (at least in part) … but you’ll notice they’re still alive. They’re not the ones strapping on the C4 or piloting planes into buildings. And they’re political objectives don’t provide sufficient motivation for people to sacrifice their own lives; but religion (and religious intolerance) does. So they preach hatred and intolerance in order to give their followers something to die for.

The point being, this jerk Baxley, who’s a religious bigot in his own right, is contributing to an atmosphere of bigotry which leads to the kinds of things that happened on 9/11. You can’t fight bigotry with bigotry. That’s the damn point.

But next time, I’ll be sure to blame Israel.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God” ~ Matthew 5:9

“The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, the wicked does not understand such concern” ~ Proverbs 29:7

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.” ~ Matthew 26:52

hey, no problem. Obama’s not his neighbor. they don’t even live in the same state, for chrissake…give the man a break…he’s a minister, after all…figger he’d have biblical hermeneutics down…

Send this to EVERYONE.

Quickly.

NOW.

the Commandment I memorized (and scribbled many thousands of times, as punishment for my insolence) was: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”

If you parse it carefully enough, it contains a dispensation for falsehoods and untruths which do NOT implicate one’s neighbors.

That is, unless you’re telling lies about your local folks, you can dissemble your ass off about anything else.

Hi Wayne: And the golden rule which is blatantly ignored by the faux christians of “do unto others as they would do unto you”…..or “we are all created equal in the eyes of God”.

Sadly most of the vocal “Christian” leaders changed the golden rule to “Do unto others before they do unto you.” and “I got mine, screw you.”

I just wish these Religions would quit shedding blood in the name of “God” and using “God” as a reason to discriminate against others different from themselves.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. — Mohandas Gandhi

With regard to all this false “Muslim” crap about Senator Barack Obama:

COMMANDMENT #9

‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.’

Shame on you. SHAME.

Pray for forgiveness.

I don’t believe that fundamentalist Christians are as large a voting block as we are being told. I don’t believe that they came out in record numbers to support Bush in 2004. I don’t believe that they are as stupid and narrow-minded as they are made out to be.

These are all stereotypes that hugely politically expedient for the right wing, but when these claims are made, they are always presented with only anecdotal evidence. Were there REPORTS of huge rural turnout in Ohio in 2004? The cameras showed long lines and huge turnout in Democratic areas, yes. But I heard NOTHING about record turn out in other areas. All I know is their votes ’showed up’ on electronic voting machines, but I don’t trust electronic voting enough to consider this authoritative evidence.

Their message is amplified by the corporate media, but amplified from what? Daryll shows up prodigiously, but he’s fictional.

This demographic is surpassingly expedient for the lying theives who control our government. Fundamentalist Christian are portrayed as transcendentally irrational and so are completely immune to reasoned discussion. Their thinking is so appallingly disgusting that no one seeks them out. They live on the rural fringes, so they are expensive to survey and report on. They are fanatically devoted to their leaders, whom they believe implicitly with religious fervor. Who would approach such lunatics voluntarily? In short, they are the perfect justification for any implausible election result.

Our intuition rebells when we hear of them. No one could be ‘that’ stupid. No one could be ‘that’ narrow minded. No one with ‘that’ little brains could have such a powerful following. When normal Americans are faring so badly, how could such numbers of exceptionally stupid people be supported? What percentage of YOUR acquaintance fits their description? 40%??? 30%???

What if our intuition is right? What if they don’t exist. What if they really are a small fringe segment that has been ‘amplified’ by a political party who controls the media and the election systems? How would we know? Who among the current Republican leadership would you think above such a fraud?

It is all just WAY TOO CONVENIENT for them.