I don't usually bother to read, much less reply to mass forwarded emails but this one was too good to pass up. I have reproduced both the original email and my reply below.
Email:
NewYork mein Americans ne "KABA" k Design ka wine bar banaya hai,jis ka Naam "Apeal Kaba"hai.(Translation: The Americans have designed a replica of the Kaba in New York, which serves as a wine bar)Daily Express 17-10-06 Kindly spread this scrap 2 inform every Muslim, i reguest u 2 condemn this SHAMEFULL ACT Strongly thru all means & Media.Like internet,on Tv & on News Paper..... plzzz send 2 all Muslim
My reply:
In the interest of sanity,avoiding unnecessary moral outrage and hysteria; I should point out that the Daily Express not a reputable Newspaper, furthermore a site specific Google search for the Daily Express' yields absolutely no results.
Google this
kaba site:www.express.co.uk
Apeal Kaba site:www.express.co.uk
islam+wine site:www.express.co.uk
You will find nothing of worth.
I am using my valuable time, and intruding in your private space for a very important reason...to warn against falling prey to hysteria and hype. The world is not out to get us. Relax. I am beginning to think that we, as a civilization, suffer from paranoia. There is no dark secret room,filled with cigar smoking, blood sucking, conniving Jews conspiring to control the 'Muslim World'. The cigar smoking Jews have better things to do.
So please, take a deep breath and relax. The world may not be a very friendly place right now, but its not as bad 'out there' as it is our collective heads.
P.S Distrust anyone that types out “plzzz” instead of “please”. Unless they happen to be younger than 12. In which case you should just smile and pat them on their heads.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
American Mullah: Ted Haggard the Hypocrite
The first I heard of this American Mullah was an interview in Richard Dawkins' documentary "Root of All Evil".
In the documentary Pastor Ted, as he is known to his 14,000 strong mega-church congregation, supported the myth of “intelligent design” and suggested that “Islamicization” was the greatest issue facing Europe.
Forget Europe staking a claim as a counter-power to the United States, forget further political and military integration; the greatest problem for White Christan Europe, according to this American Mullah, is how Muslim women chose to dress and how Muslims chose to worship.
One must protect cultural fabric after all. Right?
Well as it turns out Pastor Ted is, in his own words, a “Liar and Deceiver”(1).
The Islamophobic man of God, until recently, refused to even debate alternative sexual lifestyles, stating that "we don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it's written in the Bible." (2)
Pastor Ted takes the bible literally, and what the Bible says about homosexuality is quite shaking.
Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
So by Pastor Ted’s moral code, gays should be put to death. But big deal, he is entitled to his view. Right? While your blogger cannot disagree that Pastor Ted has a right to his view, he must point out that Pastor Ted boasts to have weekly access to President Bush. A phone call every Tuesday in fact.
But even that really no big deal, Bush needs all the political support he can get and there are many indications that Bush hardly takes the religious right all that seriously; even calls them “the crazies” when they are not around. He’s not about to introduce the death penalty for sodomy anytime soon.
The big deal here is, Mike Jones, a Denver based male-prostitute has accused Pastor Ted of having a decade long relationship with him. If that’s not bad enough, Jones claims to have sold Haggard a weekly supply of the illicit drug “Crystal Meth”. (3) One of the most dangerous and addictive drugs known to man, “Crystal Meth” is known to heighten sexual pleasure, especially among
gay men.
Pastor Ted is a hypocrite,that much is obvious to everyone. What is not necessarily obvious to everyone is what causes people like Catholic Priests, Aussie Imams (see my post), and American Mullahs to have such deeply hypocritical views on sexuality.
Sources
(1)http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-haggard6nov06,0,7806096.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(2)http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/04/groups_gay_marriage_issue_not_congresss/
(3)http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/05/haggard.allegations/index.htm
In the documentary Pastor Ted, as he is known to his 14,000 strong mega-church congregation, supported the myth of “intelligent design” and suggested that “Islamicization” was the greatest issue facing Europe.
Forget Europe staking a claim as a counter-power to the United States, forget further political and military integration; the greatest problem for White Christan Europe, according to this American Mullah, is how Muslim women chose to dress and how Muslims chose to worship.
One must protect cultural fabric after all. Right?
Well as it turns out Pastor Ted is, in his own words, a “Liar and Deceiver”(1).
The Islamophobic man of God, until recently, refused to even debate alternative sexual lifestyles, stating that "we don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it's written in the Bible." (2)
Pastor Ted takes the bible literally, and what the Bible says about homosexuality is quite shaking.
Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them"
So by Pastor Ted’s moral code, gays should be put to death. But big deal, he is entitled to his view. Right? While your blogger cannot disagree that Pastor Ted has a right to his view, he must point out that Pastor Ted boasts to have weekly access to President Bush. A phone call every Tuesday in fact.
But even that really no big deal, Bush needs all the political support he can get and there are many indications that Bush hardly takes the religious right all that seriously; even calls them “the crazies” when they are not around. He’s not about to introduce the death penalty for sodomy anytime soon.
The big deal here is, Mike Jones, a Denver based male-prostitute has accused Pastor Ted of having a decade long relationship with him. If that’s not bad enough, Jones claims to have sold Haggard a weekly supply of the illicit drug “Crystal Meth”. (3) One of the most dangerous and addictive drugs known to man, “Crystal Meth” is known to heighten sexual pleasure, especially among
gay men.
Pastor Ted is a hypocrite,that much is obvious to everyone. What is not necessarily obvious to everyone is what causes people like Catholic Priests, Aussie Imams (see my post), and American Mullahs to have such deeply hypocritical views on sexuality.
Sources
(1)http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-haggard6nov06,0,7806096.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(2)http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/04/groups_gay_marriage_issue_not_congresss/
(3)http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/05/haggard.allegations/index.htm
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