Whoa now. A church in Florida is not mincing words on a sign posted on its grounds, "Islam is of the Devil". The church's pastor, Terry Jones, has no qualms about the sign, saying he plans on adding other signs to include messages on abortion and gay marriage.
Jones believes this is a message of awareness and an opportunity to talk and re-think, not a message of hate. I'm not Christian (or Muslim), but I found this statement even more offensive: "To be a Christian, you would have to agree with that sign."
No way, say members of the community, who are protesting outside the church. The church is within its legal limits, but how about some ethical limits? I'd love to see the section of the Bible that advises Christians in hate-mongering.
Add to Del.icio.us
Add to Technorati
Add to Digg
Add to Newsvine
Add to Facebook
Add to StumbleUpon
Subscribe
Relgion and wars
both rome church and Islam have killed christains or people unfairly. When the time is right jesus will judge Islam for their deeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKeinh1nFI&feature=related
@ Your Name
"Your quotes make my case that the dogma of religious text can be found to promote prejudice in any religioun; it's up to the followers to distinguish dogma from a true spiritual path. "
Yeah... unfortunately for us, Muslim jihadists disagree with you. Do you then feel these jihadists are blindly following dogma and have strayed from the the true spiritual path? If the majority of true Muslims agree with your interpretation, why have they not spoken out against the jihadists?
Perhaps because another strategy is to pretend that Islam is a religion of love, infiltrate non-Muslim countries under the guise of peace, demand religious equality and the tolerance of Sharia, with the eventual political takeover of the infiltrated country.
I was thinking if an etire country was a christain nation. They need to protect them self from an agresive country. In the eary church there was milatary men. I am sure there is teachings about that. That is something I should look into.
I don't really agree with that sign. While some of the things that Islm is responsible for may be " Of the Devil ", Islam certainly isn't.
And I don't like the statement " to be a Christian, you would have to agree with that sign ". That sentiment is one that I find in " religious " e - mails I get that imply that I should forward them to EVERYBODY on my address book or else I'm not a " Good Christian ", & I'm probably going to Hell with everyone else who is Liberal, Catholic, Jewish, Pro - Abortion, Gay, Lesbian, Democrat, or anything that they're NOT if I DON'T forward them.
ANYWHO.....
This church sounds like it's trying to be like Westboro Baptist Church, the home of Frred Phelps & his merry band of Gay - haters, who has now gone totally OVER THE EDGE. I don't think that they're there yet, but they might want to be.
"The church's pastor, Terry Jones, has no qualms about the sign"
Sadly, Christianists today have no qualms whatsoever about promulgating hate or bearing false witness against their neighbors. Mr. Jones is no exception, but rather a sad example of not following Christ's message.
Post a Comment
By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.