First let's talk about separation of church and state. Kids don't pray at school anymore (where they probably REALLY need to be praying) but no one felt like "In God We Trust" should be removed from the money. Yet religion becomes political when it's convenient! One big religion topic that is political is President Obama's religious affiliation. Polls say half of the country thinks he's Muslim. *Insert "what the fuck" face here.* First of all, does it matter? Secondly, that's a personal issue. Maybe he's Muslim, maybe he's Christian. Let him be what he is.
The next issue is the mosque that is proposed near ground zero. Yes, 9/11 was horrible. No, we shouldn't forget. But we also should not blame an entire religion for what some radicals did. If we did that, then think about slavery and the holocaust... in that case Christians would all take the blame for what a few of their own did. Not right. One bad apple may spoil the bunch, but we aren't apples! We are human beings. My problem is that a lot of people don't even realize that this mosque is already near ground zero. It's been there for almost 30 years. They are in a different building now but in the same general area. Did anyone protest their continued existence in their location? Probably not. I bet if you polled every racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, Latino hating, Muslim hating jackass in the country, they are mostly Christian. Probably a few atheists but I doubt it. So you are supposed to be "Christ-like" and show people his love so that they can give their life to you, but if you are an example of Christianity, a lot of people would probably just rather go to hell!
And last but not least, the icing on the cake that made the shit hit the fan. "Reverend" Terry Jones of Gainesville, FL planned to burn 20 copies of the Qur'an in honor of 9/11, and I guess to protest the mosque being near ground zero. Are you kidding me? Is this a bad movie? (And to tie in to the hypocrisy theme, you know there'd be trouble if Muslims in another country were burning the Holy Bible!) Lots of countries already hate us. There are terrorists just itching for a reason to blow us up. Are the right for wanting to do so? Not really. But they are radicals, you cannot reason with them. So while we still have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, while we are about to remember the 9th anniversary of our worst terrorist attack, you want to bring negative attention to us? I read somewhere that this is the one guy who was able to unite President Obama, President Clinton, Sarah Palin, and a couple of other people. They all think this is a BAD idea, and that this guy is basically pointing a giant neon sign at our country that says "blow this up." Earlier today I saw an article that he'd decided not to do it. Best news I'd heard all day. But all good things must come to an end. Now he's claiming that he only said he wouldn't do it because he assumed that there was a deal between him and those wanting to build the mosque in NY. He doesn't burn the Qurans, they build their mosque elsewhere. *insert another "what the fuck" face here* So now that he realized that there was no deal, he's rethinking his decision to "cease fire." (Click here to read the article on CNN.com) At this point, I am about ready to head to Walmart to get some duct tape, rope, and twillight movies on DVD, then drive to FL, tape this guy up, and force him to watch that shit until Sunday evening. Maybe then we can avoid any more terrorist attacks that were planned as a retaliation to his foolishness. If he does go on with this foolish idea of is, all I have to say is Jesus be a bomb shelter, because we will need one.
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