Randolfo
I would too, I will not bow down to false gods. Tiassa, if you were elected to the Wash. State Senate, & some preacher started to pray or bless you, what would you do? Would you walk out, yell, what?
As the article noted--attendance is generally spotty for the daily prayer. I would abstain from all prayer sessions. As I have noted, I think this voluntary prayer session is a concern toward church/state considerations, and this episode a perfect example of why. Other than that, I find it quite disrespectful to hold these sessions and then walk out simply because it's not your team praying.
How do the two relate in this example? Baby Bush doesn't understand many things, if you read the 1st Amendment, it says; freedom of ( for, from) religion. Bad Bush!! Go to your room!!!
They're both examples of why government and religion should remain separate.
But what would wiccans want to do? Adopt babies? Plant trees? Clean the inner cities? What?
I would only exclude wiccans & atheists from working in Christian religious organizations, like the Salvation Army or Catholic Charities.
Depends on the Wiccan, I suppose. We'll see what comes about, in the end. But, as noted in the correction of that specific point, it was a Republican senator who expected the faith-based initiative to discriminate against certain religions.
Nonetheless, of course religious organizations have the right to discriminate. That's part of the point of being in the religion.
Why would that be fair? He could still be anti-muslim, just not showing it out in public? Trent Lott would still be Senate Majority leader if he kept his mouth shut.
It's a poor excuse nonetheless, but it's neutral. It's a far cry from rhetorically alienating part of the American population from being American.
Yeh right! Anyone who disagrees with islam is ignorant! Tiassa, try debating that imam, see how ignorant he considers you. BTW, if this was a muslim country, you would be in deep toast if the local imams or thought police came after you.
Typical ethnocentric horsepucky. It has nothing to do with the fact that, as the story plays out in the news, Imam Joban gets the good sound bite.
I agree, but not for your reasons, I don't want to have someone bless me or pray for me, that worships false gods or ideas, (thanks anyway, Tiassa)
Do you pray for the sinners? The infidels? Do you pray that God will give them guidance?
Which is it? Hypocrisy or a lack of compassion?
Actually, the early christians & even Jesus wouldn't know the 'Jesus' of Mohammud. No one likes to be told by others, that what they really believe, is not the real religion of what they believe, but a false one corrupted by evil men. Muslims say that Jesus was a muslim, & taught islam & prayed to allah! Try making christains believe that! It would be like christians telling you that "real Wiccans" are devil-worshippers, while you may be a forest frolicker!
Not quite, but it was a nice try at an analogy. See, Islam is a continuation of Abramism, and is thus related to Christianity through that vein, whether or not you like it. Christians asserting devil worship of Wiccans have no philosophical link to what they slander.
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Muslims say that Jesus was a muslim, & taught islam & prayed to allah! Try making christains believe that!
What you're failing to understand is that it's
Christians that have a problem with the idea that it's the same God. Islam is to Christianity what Christianity is to Judaism. (I never know what to think of the Latter-Day Saints, and we've got a local brouhaha that might actually crush the Book of Mormon.)
Why shouldn't he speak his mind or vote with his feet? (if McM were anti-war & walked out on Rummy, would you applaud him?) Can't politicians speak there mind? Even if wrong?
Seems I missed one. Whoops. Sorry. Um ... yes, they can. Even if they're wrong. And if they're wrong, it reflects on their qualifications to their offices.
And again, there are perfectly acceptable reasons to not attend. To make a point of walking out and to make "patriotism" your reason is absolutely disrespectful. You'll notice nobody gives a rat's behind about the people who weren't there to begin with.
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Tiassa
