In Shakespeare's famous play, "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark", there is a famous scene in which Hamlet sets up a play (within the play) for his mother, queen Gertrude, and his uncle Claudius, whom she has married. Hamlet suspects that she and Claudius have been involved in the death of his father, the king. Hamlet has the actors in the play re-create what he thinks is the most likely scenario in the king's death. Hamlet hopes to discern by their reactions the degree of their guilt. Queen Gertrude utters the famous quote, "the lady doth protest too much, methinks", when she observes the fictitious queen in the play being overly loyal and loving to her husband. Thus, the quote has gone down in western idiom to describe someone who insists so vehemently that something is true that we suspect it is not.
Islam continues to protest to the world that it is a religion of peace. It's adherents and apologists routinely object most vociferously that the west is guilty of "Islamophobia" and bigotry whenever anyone is the least critical of the actions and words of some who hold to this religion.
The most dastardly acts of terrorism ever committed in the United States have been perpetrated in the name of Islam and yet we are not allowed to "profile" suspected terrorists by country or ethnic background. That would be bigoted and discriminatory.
Cartoonists who caricatured the prophet Muhammad and filmmakers who documented the abusive treatment of women under Islamic law are placed under a Fatwa, or a death sentence.
Now, a small, reclusive and eccentric church in Gainesville, Florida has burned a copy of the Koran - and all hell has broken loose. Riots in the streets of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Storms of protest, targeted killings of westerners. Even the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has called for the arrest of those responsible and is amazed that this will not take place.
The "religion" of Islam is more and more showing it's true identity. And it is not pretty.
It's true that what this pastor in Florida did was unwise. It was an intentionally provocative act and he knew, because of all the publicity that had surrounded his first plan to burn the Koran last year, that this would ignite a firestorm of protest around the world. He poured gasoline on that fire by having a video of the burning streamed via YouTube.
The act was not Christian in any sense of the word, and I am ashamed that this man would, by his actions, associate all believing Christians everywhere with this kind of behavior. He has endangered the lives of many.
But here is the difference between Islam and Christianity: When a Crucifix was placed in a jar of urine and called a work of art; put on display at an art museum, it was considered edgy and hip. Yes, Christians protested, but were any death threats made? Was a $2.4 million bounty placed on the head of the "artist" who created this piece of trash as is the case with the Florida pastor? Other so-called works of art have featured elephant dung placed on pictures of the Virgin Mary, and figures of Christ in homoerotic poses. No worldwide violent firestorms of protest erupted from Christians.
Christians don't do this. Islam does.
It's not cool to say this in a world in which it's politically correct to label Christianity as an oppressive religion, responsible for most of the world's evils (slavery, capitalism, genocide, subjugation of indigenous peoples, etc.), but Christians are being horribly persecuted all over the world, particularly in Africa and Asia. They are being arrested, tortured, killed and hounded because of their faith.
Do we hear about this on the news? No, but we do hear about how we daily hurt the sensitive feelings of Muslims the world over by our so-called bigoted acts of blasphemy.
Why are people afraid of offending Muslims but no one seems to be afraid of offending Christians? Is it perhaps because, deep down, the world knows that Christianity is the true "religion of peace"?
Islam continues to protest to the world that it is a religion of peace. It's adherents and apologists routinely object most vociferously that the west is guilty of "Islamophobia" and bigotry whenever anyone is the least critical of the actions and words of some who hold to this religion.
The most dastardly acts of terrorism ever committed in the United States have been perpetrated in the name of Islam and yet we are not allowed to "profile" suspected terrorists by country or ethnic background. That would be bigoted and discriminatory.
Cartoonists who caricatured the prophet Muhammad and filmmakers who documented the abusive treatment of women under Islamic law are placed under a Fatwa, or a death sentence.
Now, a small, reclusive and eccentric church in Gainesville, Florida has burned a copy of the Koran - and all hell has broken loose. Riots in the streets of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Storms of protest, targeted killings of westerners. Even the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has called for the arrest of those responsible and is amazed that this will not take place.
The "religion" of Islam is more and more showing it's true identity. And it is not pretty.
It's true that what this pastor in Florida did was unwise. It was an intentionally provocative act and he knew, because of all the publicity that had surrounded his first plan to burn the Koran last year, that this would ignite a firestorm of protest around the world. He poured gasoline on that fire by having a video of the burning streamed via YouTube.
The act was not Christian in any sense of the word, and I am ashamed that this man would, by his actions, associate all believing Christians everywhere with this kind of behavior. He has endangered the lives of many.
But here is the difference between Islam and Christianity: When a Crucifix was placed in a jar of urine and called a work of art; put on display at an art museum, it was considered edgy and hip. Yes, Christians protested, but were any death threats made? Was a $2.4 million bounty placed on the head of the "artist" who created this piece of trash as is the case with the Florida pastor? Other so-called works of art have featured elephant dung placed on pictures of the Virgin Mary, and figures of Christ in homoerotic poses. No worldwide violent firestorms of protest erupted from Christians.
Christians don't do this. Islam does.
It's not cool to say this in a world in which it's politically correct to label Christianity as an oppressive religion, responsible for most of the world's evils (slavery, capitalism, genocide, subjugation of indigenous peoples, etc.), but Christians are being horribly persecuted all over the world, particularly in Africa and Asia. They are being arrested, tortured, killed and hounded because of their faith.
Do we hear about this on the news? No, but we do hear about how we daily hurt the sensitive feelings of Muslims the world over by our so-called bigoted acts of blasphemy.
Why are people afraid of offending Muslims but no one seems to be afraid of offending Christians? Is it perhaps because, deep down, the world knows that Christianity is the true "religion of peace"?
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