"Lord Gow333, Conservative Fullback!" <lordgow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul M. Cook" <pmBERMUDA_SHORTScook@gte.net> wrote in message
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> > <LongRodSilver> wrote in message
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> >> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:07:01 -0400, "Janet" <boxhill@maine.rr.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Paul M. Cook" <pmBERMUDA_SHORTScook@gte.net> wrote in message
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> >> >>
> >> >> "Janet" <boxhill@maine.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:46f00772$0$15414$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> >> >>> Interesting photos, thanks.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Although I completely oppose the idea of attacking Iran--and
opposed
> > the
> >> >>> invasion of Iraq--I find the choice of musical accompaniment rather
> >> >>> interesting, since the convert-to-Islam version of Cat Stevens came
> > out
> >> >>> in
> >> >>> public support of the fatwa calling for the murder of Salman
Rushdie.
> > Not
> >> >>> the action of a peace activist, hmmm?
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Rushdie is still alive and making public appearances. The Fatwa was
a
> >> >> symbolic gesture. If they were serious, he would not have lasted a
> > day.
> >> >> Britain has a great many Muslims and I'm sure one would have gotten
> >> >> the
> >> >> job
> >> >> done.
> >> >>
> >> >> Paul
> >> >>
> >> >Rushdie lived in hiding for years, protected by the British
government.
> >> >
> >> >The fatwa was evil, and Cat Stevens showed just how vicious he was by
> >> >publicly supporting it.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> But... islime is the religion of piece.. a piece of this country and
> >> a piece of that country..
> >>
> >> submit or die
> >
> > Submit to the love of Christ or suffer the purification of the flames.
> >
> >> convert or die..
> >
> > Convert to Christ and still die. Convert now before we kill you so that
> > you
> > can enter the kingdom of God. But we're still going to kill you
> > regardless.
> > That was once known as Christian compassion. Just as Montezuma.
> >
> > So about as peaceful as Christianity, actually much more so when you
> > consider the millions of people and civilizations wiped out by the
> > Spaniards, the Inquisition (what a show) our own destruction of the
native
> > populations to clear the land for the manifest destiny (aka God's will)
of
> > Christian settlers and of course interfaith warfare just to name a
couple.
> > Hardly a stellar record of peace and compassion. Ever see a protestant
in
> > an Irish pub? No? There's a reason for that.
> >
> > When you look at the scope of just the numbers, well Christianity has
> > been
> > far more reaching, far more destructive and far more dangerous to the
> > world.
> > An undeniable fact but one always forgotten by Christians.
>
> The point, you inbred jackass, is that Christians have moved beyond that
> and, much like you would apparently like to go back in time and annihilate
> all Christians and probably Jesus himself, we would like to stop the
> extemeists of our time. You can sit there pissing and moaning about all
the
> bad things that have ever happened and feel your pathetic guilt about it,
or
> you can support those working to make things better today.
>
> I choose the latter.

Same here. You just can't see it through your emotional tirade.

Paul