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July 20, 2004

Bigots Invading the Book Stores

by Red Wolf

United States: Nicholas Kristof wonders what it says about America when racist propaganda is on the best-seller lists.

If the latest in the Left Behind series of evangelical thrillers is to be believed, Jesus will return to Earth, gather non-Christians to his left and toss them into everlasting fire:
Jesus merely raised one hand a few inches and a yawning chasm opened in the earth, stretching far and wide enough to swallow all of them. They tumbled in, howling and screeching, but their wailing was soon quashed and all was silent when the earth closed itself again.
These are the best-selling novels for adults in the United States, and they have sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. The latest is Glorious Appearing, which has Jesus returning to Earth to wipe all non-Christians from the planet. It's disconcerting to find ethnic cleansing celebrated as the height of piety.
If a Muslim were to write an Islamic version of Glorious Appearing and publish it in Saudi Arabia, jubilantly describing a massacre of millions of non-Muslims by God, we would have a fit. We have quite properly linked the fundamentalist religious tracts of Islam with the intolerance they nurture, and it's time to remove the motes from our own eyes.
In Glorious Appearing, Jesus merely speaks and the bodies of the enemy are ripped open. Christians have to drive carefully to avoid hitting splayed and filleted bodies of men and women and horses.

Sounds like perfect bedtime reading for those who thought Passion of the Christ was based on reality.

Jesus and Jihad - New York Times, 17th July 2004.

Posted in Love Thy Neighbour at 09:02. Last modified on July 14 2009 at 16:45.
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user-pic 1: Posted by The New American Revolutionist
July 20, 2004 2:05 PM | Reply

Some of us in the states excercise our right to bear arms. Jesus beware! We will not go into the abyss without a fight!

user-pic 2: Posted by Feòrag
July 20, 2004 7:29 PM | Reply

Isn't Jesus undead? It certainly looks that way, in which case, you need to start work on a mechanism for the rapid fire of wooden stakes. I figure showing him a cross will work too - I'd imagine he'd not want to be reminded of it.

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