Categories: politics, religion
Tags: racist, dutchman, religious, hatred, hypocrites, christian voice, nutters
Date: 12 February 2009 21:13:36
Is someone a racist because they criticise Islam? Is it wrong to point out the hypocrisy of religion?
You may have heard of the controversy surrounding Geert Wilders leader of Holland's Freedom Party, a right wing party somewhat similar to our own British National Party - Sieg Hiel!!!! He has made a 17 minute film about Islam being a religion that preaches hate and death to all non believers. It merges images of Islamic terrorist attacks and excerpts from the Koran calling for death to infidels etc.
He has gained the infamy of being invited to show his film to the House of Lords - a bunch of upper class snobs, government toadies and failed politicians - only to be banned from entering the UK by our government for being a peddlar of hatred. They kept quiet about the fact that he was admitted to the country in December. To make things better we discover that the Dutch government are making representations for him to allowed in.
So we now have a government claiming to protect us from religious intolerance and racial hatred, while a neighbouring government is lobbying for the said citizen to be admitted to our country to air his views.
I was listening to the 5Live phone in on the drive to work, as I'd been to see a customer, and listened to the usual nutters and idiots claiming one rule for one and one for another. Then a Muslim guy came on and said that the film and the man should be shown. Why? because it would give Muslims the opportunity to discuss the true message of their religion with non Muslims.
Isn't this a marked change from the usual Christians who'd ring up and insist that we should ban whatever it is they disagree with - Life of Brian, The Last Temptation of Christ, Jerry Springer The Opera or Evolution. Instead they should use the opportunity to discuss what it is that we find offensive and how Christianity is really relevant/not like that.
Surely this would be a far more constructive method than trying to impose censorship, sound like a bunch of loons or turn people off. Maybe if groups like Christian Voice engaged rather than ranted and shouted the world would be a better place and Christianity seen to be a greater necessity to modern life.
Then again you can't help the self righteous.