tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post3481251161572700189..comments2023-04-04T09:08:04.554-05:00Comments on musings from the pastor's study: WHO SAID THAT?fr. david tokarzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14323039126889157726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-31899258988143871122010-09-18T11:29:28.740-05:002010-09-18T11:29:28.740-05:00We live in The United States of Hypocrisy.
"...We live in The United States of Hypocrisy.<br /><br />"Give me your tired, your poor,<br />Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />I lift my lamp beside the golden door!...<br />unless, of course, you're a different color than me, from a different place than my ancestors, or practice a different religion than me. If this doesn't apply to you, welcome."<br /><br />Leaders say,” We’re all about individual freedoms... All men are created equal... Blah blah blah... This message was paid for the committee to elect (enter any name from any party here)" Then they want to listen to a certain groups calls, read a certain groups emails, check a certain groups immigration status, or put a disproportional amount of a certain group on the no fly list.<br /><br />Judges will also make public spectacles of themselves to put the Ten Commandments in a courtroom. What would the reaction be if a judge wanted to post the Five Pillars of Islam in a courtroom? What would be the percentage of support vs. uproar?<br /><br />Some very vocal "patriotic Americans" will put themselves in front of every camera that will hit record and vilify the Muslims for wanting to build a mosque near the former site of The World Trade Center. In the same breath, they will condemn the Muslims for a lack of gratitude when we freed them from their oppressive regimes. They believe Islam is a religion of hate. Why?<br /><br />"How can they still hate us after the hundreds of Ground Zeroes we built next to their mosques? The nerve of them."Michael Pigottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-52087157862808412482010-09-17T16:15:38.221-05:002010-09-17T16:15:38.221-05:00I'm not saying they are (all) terrorists, and ...I'm not saying they are (all) terrorists, and I'm not saying that some (American Muslims) are not (terrorist)sympathizers. Why don't they speak up more, when atrocities are committed in the name of Islam? Then perhaps simpletons like myself might begin to think that there are some that don't believe in violence in the name of allah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-82436149602865688142010-09-17T11:53:48.027-05:002010-09-17T11:53:48.027-05:00Unless you are implying that Americans who are Mus...Unless you are implying that Americans who are Muslim are also terrorists/jihadists, anonymous, I fail to see your critique of my analogy. Anti-American feeling in the USA was largely brought by English who were convinced that Catholics were indeed terrorists (the Gunpowder Plot of 1605). In any event, the language is the issue--we say about Muslims what was said about Catholics (rightly or wrongly, in either case).fr. david tokarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323039126889157726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-79850126091576509842010-09-17T10:22:40.486-05:002010-09-17T10:22:40.486-05:00The difference being is that Catholics, or other (...The difference being is that Catholics, or other (foreigners??) weren't killing innocent people by the thousands, and beheading leaders of other religions, nor was there a call for something similar to a call to a jihad against other religions/peoples. (I am referring to a period after the Native American genocide) I'm not saying we should fear people simply because they look different, or their religion is different, but we must be vigilant, and stay tuned to those that do want to harm us, whether it's a small minority, or not. It is not a matter of IF, but WHEN, we will be attacked again. I don't see this being the same as a xenophobe, or the like, just rationalism based on past actions, and not so far in the past. I truly do not see the comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418166821095736040.post-28472760486111904072010-09-16T21:11:39.605-05:002010-09-16T21:11:39.605-05:00What I find really interesting is that we are doin...What I find really interesting is that we are doing exactly what was done after the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in 1941. We interred all the Japanese in camps (ostensibly for their own protection) due to the fears of the populace. The parallels are striking and scary to say the least. Will we ever learn from history? Oh sorry, silly me, postmoderns don't need history.Rev. Randy Jonesnoreply@blogger.com