9034565
As quoted in a Cal Thomas column, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said:
“Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for
him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends His Son to die for you.”
Has the US Attorney General finally buckled from the pressure since 9/11? W should relieve this man of his position immediately. Besides being historically inaccurate, this is not the best thing to say when we are trying to calm Islamic fears. Last I knew we were trying to convince the Muslim world that the fight is against the terrorists and not against their religion. Does Ashcroft have a hidden agenda to re-launch a crusade against Islam? Does he have any idea how this is going to play in the Islamic world?
The American education system is fairly poor when it comes to history before the War of Independence. One should hope that someone in the position of Mr Ashcroft is not such a dunce historically. How many millions of men, women and even children died under the banner of the Cross? How many wars have been fought in the last 2000 years of history in the name of Jesus? Those of us with an eye past the American borders can see an on-going conflict entire based on different opinions of what it means to be a Christian. Northern Ireland clearly puts paid to this incredibly daft statement by Ashcroft.
Comments are off for this post9033752
It seems blogging is really getting big. First of all there are a whole raft of books coming out on the subject.Then National Review gets into the act with NRO: The Corner, “borrowing” its look from Libertarian Samizdata. Now we hear that Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish blog was shut down by a D.O.S. (Denial of Service Attack) yesterday. He has taken as a compliment, as well he should. So be careful out there kiddies, make sure not to annoy the wrong types or you may suffer at D.O.S. as well.
Comments are off for this post
