http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/03/21/a-middle-eastern-petition/ What is seen and what is unseen. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/03/21/a-middle-eastern-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Aaron Ayme Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:27:55 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/03/21/a-middle-eastern-petition/#comment-170 What hypocrisy! Mr. Coats says it perfectly. If religious blasphemy is so distasteful, why are hundreds, probably thousands, being massacred across the world in the name of Allah? Something just doesn’t quite add up. Let’s make the world a more peaceful place by blowing up everyone who does not agree with us. A few thousand years ago Saul, better known as St. Paul, was struck blind by God for 3 days while he was en route to torture and murder countless Christians. (He converted and went on to write much of the bible’s New Testament.) Sound familiar? I certainly believe in religious freedom – a freedom that is practiced peacefully; a freedom that does not infringe itself on the rights and safety of others. I do not wish to sound judgmental, but perhaps God should strike a few Muslims blind . . . What hypocrisy! Mr. Coats says it perfectly. If religious blasphemy is so distasteful, why are hundreds, probably thousands, being massacred across the world in the name of Allah? Something just doesn’t quite add up. Let’s make the world a more peaceful place by blowing up everyone who does not agree with us. A few thousand years ago Saul, better known as St. Paul, was struck blind by God for 3 days while he was en route to torture and murder countless Christians. (He converted and went on to write much of the bible’s New Testament.) Sound familiar? I certainly believe in religious freedom – a freedom that is practiced peacefully; a freedom that does not infringe itself on the rights and safety of others. I do not wish to sound judgmental, but perhaps God should strike a few Muslims blind . . .

]]>