tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post2184681129489220099..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Did CAIR Tip Its Hand in Oklahoma?Gary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-80391841832894644452010-11-10T17:44:47.381-08:002010-11-10T17:44:47.381-08:00I second Gary on this point. I've gotten into ...I second Gary on this point. I've gotten into arguments with sincere Roman Catholics who, because they sincerely believe that their church IS the church ordained by Christ and his Apostles, and that the Pope is Christ's Vicar on Earth --his ex cathedra pronouncements infallible -- offer at least the same potential threat of seeking to dominate the secular laws, which Gary fears from some Muslim organizations in the U.S.<br /><br />I have made some quite pointed responses to these aspirations, and there certainly are such aspirations in some portions of Islam. Gary may or may not be accurate in his estimation of the danger, but the assertion doesn't make him a bigoted simpleton.<br /><br />Just because many traditionally Muslim nations were subordinated to some variant of European colonialism, just because Christian missionaries made mostly futile attempts to win Muslims away from their faith, doesn't ipso facto mean that every Muslim movement is leading to the enlightened liberation of mankind.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-6471709487124341242010-11-10T09:31:12.917-08:002010-11-10T09:31:12.917-08:00Anonymous,
No, a bigoted simpleton might favor se...Anonymous,<br /><br />No, a bigoted simpleton might favor seeing Christianity as the law of the land and I don't favor that at all.<br /><br />Even if I were a bigoted simpleton, I still have the courage and conviction to sign my name to everything I write, unlike you.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-83423854604521108952010-11-10T09:23:58.812-08:002010-11-10T09:23:58.812-08:00"Does that mean that CAIR favors a legal syst...<i>"Does that mean that CAIR favors a legal system in the US based on shariah? Looks like that to me."</i><br /><br />That's because you're a bigoted simpleton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-65993328350291759562010-11-09T19:56:46.875-08:002010-11-09T19:56:46.875-08:00Hmmm... CAIR sounds like the Roman Catholic Church...Hmmm... CAIR sounds like the Roman Catholic Church. Of course we can't permit any religion to assume such authority. If there is one good thing which will come out of this controversy, it is that conservative American Christians are suddenly going to be friends of the "separation of church and state" again. Tip off Christine O'Donnell about that, should she be so foolish as to run again. Her concession speech was worthy of a Democrat "Be encouraged, we have won."<br /><br />The judge in New Jersey is, of course, wrong. U.S. law also allowed lawyers for a husband charged with rape to argue "Your honor, she's his wife" until about thirty years ago, but those days are over. No doubt the New Jersey case will be overturned. Individual judges in this country do all kinds of crazy things. That's why we have courts of appeal.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.com