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02/11/2007

YouTubin' it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s63rzfy8FFs

Oh my gawsh. Who let that woman near a video camera? If she didn't have an American accent, I'd think what she was saying was a joke. Also, I like the argument at the end.

Although she says "I don't think the more religious a Christian you are, the more intolerant you are, that's preposterous" the entire interview seems to support that very claim. In her own words in other places, she believes the term "shvaggot" [combination of the German word  for black, shvartze, and english slang faggot, meaning gay. However, it allgedly means  "wimp, wuss" according to Ann Coulter here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnVMMpcP2gA] should be allowed, amongst other dregotaroy terms for various groups of American society.

 

In this particular interview, she states she believes everyone in America should be Christian; throw away Buddhism, et. al. The person interviewing her is actually Jewish, to whom she states should be perfected by converting to Christianity. Whilst I realise this is Christian belief, the fact that it is part of that belief doesn't make it any less intolerant or extreme, much like the islamic concept of Jihad isn't any less violent just because it's a religious belief. Indeed, most religious beliefs are inherently violent, it just so happens when society disagrees, that belief is kept under wraps, such as the Christian concept of Holy War, which is hardly touted about now as it was during the middle ages. 

 

 Check out this funny politically incorrect response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_2a7Lrl80

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Ann Coulter strikes again: Apparantly, the widows of husbands who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are just "cashing in" and should "take their money and shut up." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSG7BqK-JIY

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I don't think she's being intolerant and extreme with regards to Jews, though she could have worded what she said better and some of her opinions (for example, heaven being like a republican convention, or something) are a little strange. All she said was what she claimed to believe; her statement about Jews was a perfectly fair remark, and not a reasonable excuse for the man to start sulking!

And there is no Biblical concept of Holy War; true, there may be misinterpretations which lead to it, but as far as I have seen it is not something you can get if you read the Bible properly.

Posted by: Nossie | 03/11/2007

ha, obviously you have not read much of the OT. And before you say the NT replaces it, that may be true from your perspective, but don't forget the NT quotes a lot from the OT and is pretty much based on it.

Her statement about Jews is as fair a remark as a Jew saying Jesus was nothing special, and being a Jewish heretic and nothing more, he was killed in an appropriate manner.

Posted by: dj | 04/11/2007

I have read more of the OT than you seem to think. I am aware that the Jews were told to kick the heathen out of Canaan, but even if you think commands to do that are justification for a Christian holy war, you must take into account the fact that Israel only accounts for a comparatively small land area.

And thank you for the illustration...it is now clear to me exactly why you would consider her comments offensive!

Posted by: Nossie | 04/11/2007

so... christians think jews are rubbish and jews think christians put their faith in a con man. what's wrong with saying either?!

Posted by: cat | 05/11/2007

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