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Abdul Alhazred
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 01/02/2009 : 13:40:28
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No not gay rights this time.
Shame on You, Rick Warren
Christopher Hitchens in Slate
Synopsis: He's buddy buddy with Bashar Assad.
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And a shame, too, that on Inauguration Day we may also have to stand still—out of respect rather than fear, it is true—and listen to a man who is either a half-witted dupe, a hopeless naif, a cynical tourist who does favors for the powerful, a religious nut bag, a cowardly liar, or perhaps some unappetizing combination of all five. I personally think that the all-five answer is the correct one, because you cannot just find yourself in Syria, smirking into the face of the local despot and being treated like a treasured guest. The thing has to be arranged, and these things take time. So what was the motive? Listen again to Warren's driveling broadcast for the folks back home at the megachurch:
In fact, you know Saul of Tarsus—Saul was a Syrian. St. Paul, on the road to Damascus, had his conversion experience, and so Christians have been here the longest, and they get along with the Muslims, and the Muslims get along with them. There's a lot less tension than in other places.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 01/02/2009 : 15:57:41 [Permalink]
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Yeah, the Hitch article was linked in the thread discussing Warren doing the inagural invocation.
Its worth its own thread though. It makes a very good case for why we shouldn't be happy with Warren being close to the president.
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Shame on You, Rick Warren
