Who gives a crap about the olympics???? yeah,,,they are to promote peace amongst the peoples of the world..... it's the job of that entity to promote it and 'make it even'....because THAT is what it is all about...base human nature at best......the NASCAR pumpkin heads are mad at the price of gas/oil....yet continue to purchase tickets/shirts bumper stickers/jackets etc(all at exorbitant prices) to support 'their driver's' million dollar life style, then complain to the government about gas prices......KISS MY A@@............we get what we deserve.......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Correct Shadow. When you say "true terrorists" are about the body count I agree. This is why the right should stop condemning a whole people, all of the Muslim world, based on a marginal amount of folks who are terrorists--out of the country and in.
Sorry Ben--we need a new health care system that will cover everyone in this country.
I agree about demonizing a whole people because of a few schmucks.....as for the healthcare---it's an oxymoron.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Gee....obama spends a gazillion taxpayer's dollars to fly him an his wife to demark begging them to hold the olympics in chicago. And nadda! Didn't get it!
Now....obama does absolutely NOTHING and gets the nobel peace prize.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Feeling toward Jews? You guys are so far off the beam. Right here locally AGudat Achim Synagogue and the Islamic center of the Capital District have dinners together at both religious houses. Two weeks ago we were just at the Mosque. There is a very strong bond between the two. The College of Saint Rose has for more that 20 years had an ongong dialogue with Jews Muslim and Christians. I am chairing a committee that has both rabbis and Imams on it to continue a discussion on Palestine/Israel. You guys are speaking to people who are right wing. You are dead wrong. And you are wrong again--their G-d is your G-d if you are a Christian. Chrisitanity is one of the Abrahamic traditions as is Judaism and Islam. It doesn't matter if you believe in the Trinity either. Three personas in one G-d. You still are monotheistic. Muslims know more about Mary than most Christians. Of course they think Ishmael not Isaac. Read the text and the commentary and you will see the problem. Ask a rabbi why Ishmael was sent away. Sorry this work is my avocation. I have done several programs on the binding of Isaac with all three faith traditions are present and participating. It is a popular subject for Jews and Muslims to discuss. I have never seen any of you sitting at that table. Sorry--you are talking to a very small minority. No conversion for me--I committed several years ago as an Associate to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Thank you. Then you probably know that the CSJ's host my women's interfaith scripture study which includes MANY traditional Muslim women. Many of the CSJ'. Apparently you know nothing about the charism of the order. Your CSJ needs to do some one on one with you. Did you know that the CSJ's are helping to resettle Iraqi refugees here in the Capital District? Did you know that the CSJ's continue to invite Muslim Jewish dialogue at the PH. Seems to me you don't know anything about the order or what they do or you would NEVER have made such a remark. However, I am forwarding it to head of the order. The onlyh disgrace here is you and your right wsing hate-filled outlook on life.
Feeling toward Jews? You guys are so far off the beam.
You conveniently forgot to comment on the Muslim culture's feelings toward women.
Americans need to embrace the progressive Muslim values. If America could incorporate some of the wonderful teachings of Muhammad, it would be a step in the direction of a more perfect America.
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Marshall, an internationally recognized authority on religious rights, said Christians were in peril in a long belt of Muslim nations stretching from the eastern parts of Indonesia all the way to West Africa.
In some cases this was due to government policies; in others religious fanatics are menacing Christians, embarrassing national governments, he added.
In an interview with United Press International, Marshall drew a grim picture, country by country:
Indonesia: In the eastern islands of this largest Muslim nation in the world, white-uniformed militiamen of Laskar Jihad are forcibly converting Christians to Islam. Marshall said this caused considerable embarrassment to the government, which did not condone such actions. This campaign has so far cost the lives of 5,000 to 6,000 people, the British-born scholar related. "There are links between Laskar Jihad and top terrorist Osama bin Laden," he said.
Bangladesh: Small radical groups supporting Osama bin Laden have bombed or burned down churches.
Pakistan: Christians depend on the protection of the government as several Muslim leaders have issued fatwas (religious decrees) to kill two Pakistani Christians for every Afghan Muslim who dies in the Anglo-American air raids. There have also been attacks on Christians along the Afghan border, Marshall told UPI.
Egypt: The government discriminates against Christianity by financing the construction of mosques, while denying permits for the reconstruction of Christian sanctuaries, according to Marshall.
Saudi-Arabia: In the last two months, 15 Christian expatriates have been jailed for worshiping in private homes, and three have been tortured, according to the religious rights organization International Christian Concern. An information officer at the Saudi embassy in Washington, who declined to give his name, denied this Tuesday: "As far as we know this is not true. We are not aware of any in jail at this time," he said.
No religion other than Islam is allowed in the kingdom, and there is no church. When asked about this, Abdullah M. Khouj, rector of the Islamic Center in Washington, replied, "This is a matter to be negotiated between governments."
Sudan: Some 2 million people, chiefly Christians, have been killed in a civil war fought by the radical Islamic regime in the north of the country against non-Arab population in the south, according to several sources including Marshall and Diane Knippers' Institute on Religion and Democracy. For several years now, international religious rights organizations have reported that Christians are being raped, tortured to death and crucified.
Somalia: Anybody found out to be a Christian will quickly be beheaded by Muslim vigilantes, Marshall said. Nigeria: In 12 states, versions of Shari'a law, the Islamic penal code, have been imposed - in violation of the constitution of that African federal republic. After the imposition of Islamic law, riots ensued killing 5,000 in the city of Kaduna alone, said Marshall. Other reports put the death toll at around 1,000.
In other Muslim countries, such as Algeria, Islamic radicals opposed to the government are killing other Muslims, primarily women and children although they have also murdered priests, nuns and even a bishop, Marshall explained. Others, such as the once-tolerant, formerly republican African nation of Mauritania are now taking tougher measures against Christians, Marshall continued. "If you arrive with a Bible, they'll take it off you. And it's illegal to preach Christianity to the locals."
Becoming a Christian in many Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran or Afghanistan can mean that one loses one's job, one's ability to be educated, one's family, and even one's life, Wendy Norvell of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board told UPI.
Added Robert Reccord, president of the SBC's North American Mission board, "We look forward to the day when Christians living in Islamic countries will have the same religious freedoms that Muslims currently enjoy in the United States and Canada.”
Girls can legally be forced into marriage at the age of 13. Men have the right to divorce their wives whenever they wish, and are granted custody of any children over the age of 7. Men can ban their wives from working outside the home, and can engage in polygamy.
Thank you. Then you probably know that the CSJ's host my women's interfaith scripture study which includes MANY traditional Muslim women. Many of the CSJ'. Apparently you know nothing about the charism of the order. Your CSJ needs to do some one on one with you. Did you know that the CSJ's are helping to resettle Iraqi refugees here in the Capital District? Did you know that the CSJ's continue to invite Muslim Jewish dialogue at the PH. Seems to me you don't know anything about the order or what they do or you would NEVER have made such a remark. However, I am forwarding it to head of the order. The onlyh disgrace here is you and your right wsing hate-filled outlook on life.
Please - be sure to tell Marcia Blair that I said hello.
Forwarding it to the head of the order ... lol - you're a wacky, funny, strange person.
I was taught by CSJ, an aunt in CSJ for 66 years and as I said, current direct relative of a CSJ. Did I see you at the party last weekend? Doubtful.
Becoming a Christian in many Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran or Afghanistan can mean that one loses one's job, one's ability to be educated, one's family, and even one's life, Wendy Norvell of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board told UPI.
Do your homework cal!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Unless you were at a party with me in DC last weekend it is doubtful. Marcia Blair is someone I have met through some of the sisters from St. Rose--Ann Tranelli/Marion Honors etc. I believe. Ann does the cooking for the Ziti fundraiser. I seem to remember Marcia Blair and some others involved in some creation project or farming event they were involved in. Can't remember if Marcia or Ann were making pesto from what they grew. I go to the PH for our Associate meetings and next weekend for our large gathering. My connection is that I was taught by them at The College of Saint Rose. Many sisters were at my event on Tuesday evening as was Susan Szczerbacki.
If you spend so much time out there, then you must be very familiar with what I do. Why don't you become an associate?
Unless you were at a party with me in DC last weekend it is doubtful. Marcia Blair is someone I have met through some of the sisters from St. Rose--Ann Tranelli/Marion Honors etc. I believe. Ann does the cooking for the Ziti fundraiser. I seem to remember Marcia Blair and some others involved in some creation project or farming event they were involved in. Can't remember if Marcia or Ann were making pesto from what they grew. I go to the PH for our Associate meetings and next weekend for our large gathering. My connection is that I was taught by them at The College of Saint Rose. Many sisters were at my event on Tuesday evening as was Susan Szczerbacki.
If you spend so much time out there, then you must be very familiar with what I do. Why don't you become an associate?
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