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Current Events » in reply to Please feel free to ignore that source oh most Knowledgeable one.

For one thing, I know where the spellchecker is.

Also the HTML preview button.

As to the sermon the URL to which appeared in your post, I think he has about as much authority to speak for his religion as Pat Robertson has to speak for Christianity. Some people think that a TV camera confers authority. I don't share this belief.

Did you know that Martin Luther called the Jews slothful lying thieves? He didn't suggest outright murder, unless they had the nerve to practice their religion. And I quote:

First, that their synagogues be burned down, and that all who are able toss sulphur and pitch; it would be good if someone could also throw in some hellfire...

Second, that all their books-- their prayer books, their Talmudic writings, also the entire Bible-- be taken from them, not leaving them one leaf, and that these be preserved for those who may be converted...

Third, that they be forbidden on pain of death to praise God, to give thanks, to pray, and to teach publicly among us and in our country...

Fourth, that they be forbidden to utter the name of God within our hearing. For we cannot with a good conscience listen to this or tolerate it...


Can we extend this thought to embrace all Lutherans? Why no, of course not. That would be as inaccurate as it is unjust.

But we can extend the preaching of a Muslim clergyman who hates the Jews to embrace all Islam and all Muslims -- for this is what you're doing, your remarks elsewhere to the contrary -- because... why? Because they are not like us?

re: "oh most Knowledgeable one" [sic]: Thank you for the compliment, but I must decline the honor. The ability to retrieve and evaluate more information than you hardly qualifies me for a title, let alone a superlative.

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