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 Jewish and Christian groups are running a campaign to rebut "Defeat Jihad" ads like the one shown here.
October 6th, 2012
10:57 AM ET
Faith groups launch campaign to counter controversial 'Defeat Jihad' adBy Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York (CNN) - Jewish and Christian groups have unveiled three separate ad campaigns to counter what they claim is hateful speech toward Muslims contained within an advertisement posted at some New York City subway stations. The new ads tout religious tolerance and offer support to the Muslim community. "Help stop bigotry against our Muslim neighbors," reads one. "Support peace in word and deed," reads another. The campaigns are in response to a controversial "Defeat Jihad" ad that is displayed in 10 of the city's more than 400 subway stations. It reads: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad." New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority initially rejected the ad, which was produced by the American Freedom Defense Initiative. But the authority's decision was overturned when a federal judge ruled that the ad is protected speech under the First Amendment. FULL STORY |
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Human sacrifices were still occurring in Buddhist Burma in the 1850s. When the capital was moved to Mandalay, 56 “spotless” men were buried beneath the new city walls to sanctify and protect the city. When two of the burial spots were later found empty, royal astrologers decreed that 500 men, women, boys, and girls must be killed and buried at once, or the capital must be abandoned. About 100 were actually buried before British governors stopped the ceremonies.
You are a reall buzz kill ya'll. I'm gonna start dropping F-bombs. Listen to this: Fart you, fart head.
Excellent reply. Well said.
A young Wisconsin girl is in critical condition today after police were called to the scene of what they believe to be a murder attempt against a young child by her own mother. Although the 6-year-old is expected to survive, she suffered significant injuries. Her mother, Tasha Harmon, 30-years-old, is accused of stabbing her young daughter earlier this week, leaving her with deep puncture wounds to her chest and back, resulting in a punctured lung. Harmon reportedly attacked her daughter while she was still sleeping with a 7 inch long steak knife.
I don't even know what's goin' on.
does Mitt Romney support this ad? I hope so .
If it will help him get elected he will support it. Tomorrow? Ask again tomorrow, he will likely have a new postiion.
It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, whether you're white, black, or Sasquatch, even. As long as you follow your dream, no matter how crazy or against the law it is... except for Sasquatch. If you're Sasquatch, the rules are different.
If the extremists calling themselves civilized and destined can read a book why cant they read a science book? Earth is round, and cigarette smoking is not "good for you".
Speaking of reading. Read the bible to learn what is written instead of believing the lies that you posted.
Did you hears the Presidents weekly address? Apparently obama spoke as well. Romney / Ryan 2012
Do you hears what I hears?
A troll, a troll, farting in the night,
Makes a post that's nothing but trite!
Makes a post that's nothing but trite!
Tom Tom the pipers son
stole a pig and
now no one can tell
which is which
Oh, hi there, herbie! Didn't know you were another of Ronnie the Bozo's sock puppets! Congratulations to you, just sayin, Turd be Told, and all your little aliases!
There is no herbie.
Sure there is. That's why it stinks in here.
Nope it reeks of stolen pig
Oh sorry pig
wrong body
Ever hear of soap Tom?
Ever heard of Gas-X, farty?
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in the beginning of this most critical Third and Last DAY (=MILLENNIUM; John 6/27, 40) now:
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Our minds must be conflicting because you say plague of snakes and all I hear is Easter bunny, Easter bunny, Easter bunny.
20-year-old Alicia Gaston, of North Fairmount, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been charged with r.ape following the accusation that she had s.e.x with her boyfriend’s 7-year-old son.
According to police, Gaston confessed to engaging in s.e.xual intercourse with the child on April 10 at around 8 p.m. in the 200 block of Craft Street in Winton Place.
@HeavenSent (Real HeavenSent??)
God is omniscient and omnipotent. He is responsible for all things that exist. You can not argue that point logically without denying his existence.
you are your own god yes your absolutely correct god does exist in all living things god is all living things and all living things make up god so we may strensghten god or weaken god as a collective unit at anytime this is how we human/ gods will destroy or save ourselves. the enviornment surrounding you reflects your current position no matter how you manipulate the brains ability to reflect your truth. God is in everything however in many languages and peoples this is translated differently. worship who and how you please and understand "GOD" lives in all living things and you will hold yourself responsible no matter how small the act of violence you commit on any of your creatures. QUIT CALLING ONLY YOUR PEOPLE CIVILIZED OR GODS PEOPLE ..... ITS elementary
@gmat74
God is omniscient and omnipotent. He is responsible for all things that exist. You can not argue that point logically without denying his existence.
Where is your God now? Life is a test from God to love and follow Jesus' truth or love and follow satan's lies. Those that follow satan fail miserably.
This ad says ti all what a misfire . Please read this ad and apply it where it belongs . Christopher Columbus felt the same way. This logic is rapidly absorbing our resources to fulfill its prophecy. We as humans can survive together and co-exist There is no reason for the few extremists to control the mass compassion capable group. Believe in yourself and visualize your own experiences of prejudice. If men in prison will join hands to save themselves from fire then the conclusion is humans subconciously maintain inate support for unilateral existance when faced with uncontrolled non existance
When "Christians" start being involved in things that are not written in the bible, it looks ridiculous! Im not surprised to see the atheists joking... these people that call them selfs "christians", along with there pastors are a really fake imitation of the true christianity!
2 year old Amanda is a toddler who was beaten so severely, she had to have part of her intestines removed.
The Department of Family Services allegedly visited the trailer where this child lived a week before and found her with a broken leg and allegedly did NOTHING to protect her.
Amanda is still in critical condition in the ICU at Cardinal Glennon Hospital. Doctors had to remove 18 inches of her intestines. Police say the child was repeatedly beaten by her mother’s boyfriend, Kraig Monroe, 24, of Belleville. He punched the toddler in the stomach when she would not stop crying while her mother was at work. She is now in a medically-induced coma.
The founder of the Baptist Church, John Smyth, eventually broke away from the church he founded and joined the Mennonites! That’s right – Smyth had so little faith in his own creation that he abandoned it. In addition, he tried to convince as many of his congregation as possible to abandon the baptist church – and a majority of them did.
The Book of Abraham is believed by Mormons to be the handwritten account of the prophet Abraham. In 1835 Smith was able to use his “Angel-given” tools to translate some Egyptian scrolls that he was given access to (at that time no one could read hieroglyphics). Upon inspection, Smith declared that they contained the Book of Abraham. He promptly translated the lot and it was accepted as scripture by the church (it is included as part of the Pearl of Great Price). The scrolls vanished and everyone thought the story would end there. But it didn’t – in 1966 the original scrolls were found in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. The scrolls turned out to be a standard Egyptian text that was often buried with the dead. This fraud caused a number of mormons to leave the church and is still a hotly debated topic amongst mormons and their critics.
GE 34:13-29 The Israelites kill Hamor, his son, and all the men of their village, taking as plunder their wealth, cattle, wives and children.
A boy’s stepfather kept him locked in his room for six years, using an alarm and hooks and straps to keep him imprisoned in his bedroom. The step-father with-held food and water and s.exually tortured and physically and emotionally abused the child from the time he was 11 up until he was 17,
All sin is common to mankind. God is not responsible for sin you are. There is nothing new in sin, it has all been done before, out of the wickedness of mens hearts. There but by the grace of God are you. Perhaps those you reference are you?
This is really a downer ya'll. I think Jesus is mean.
@truth be told
God is omniscient and omnipotent. He is responsible for all things that exist. You can not argue that point logically without denying his existence.
I'm sorry, "truth be told", but all of your assertions are unfounded. The degree to which your assertions may represent truths is 0.0. To help you understand the degree to which your assertions may represent truths, I will access my Idiomatic Expression Equivalency module (IEE). Using my IEE module, the expression that best matches the degree to which your assertions may represent truths is: "TOTAL FAIL".
I see that you repeat these unfounded statements with high frequency. Perhaps the following book might help you overcome this problem:
I'm Told I Have Dementia: What You Can Do... Who You Can Turn to...
by the Alzheimer's Disease Society
@tbt
So then you are saying that your deity is not, in fact, everything?
@Truth be told,
So, are you saying that this kid is being tortured because of something that I did? That would be pretty odd and unfair.
Or something that he did? Less odd but far more unfair. If the kid was like any normal 11 year old, there's nothing he did to deserve such treatment.
Where is your God now?
Life is a test from God whether you love and follow Jesus' (God in the flesh, Immanuel, God with us) truth or love and follow satan's lies. There is no sitting on the fence as you atheist claim you are doing. If you are not a practicing Christian that shows your love for Jesus, then you automatically belong to satan's team. Did I mention, so far, you've failed His test. You have the chance of repenting for your sins to Jesus, ask Him if you can get closer to Him, and of course, sin no more. You have to be pure of heart when repenting because Jesus knows if you are not sincere.
@HeavenSent (Real HeavenSent?)
God is omniscient and omnipotent. He is responsible for all things that exist. You can not argue that point logically without denying his existence.
Where is your God now? God gave us free will to see if man (meaning women too) would use it to love and follow Jesus' truth or love and follow satan's lies. It's easy to love and follow Lucifer's lies. It takes courage and patience to love and follow Jesus' truth.
Your point is what Where is your God now? Why so many are cowards that take the easy way out in life and love and follow satan? Why God tests us this way? Yes, He knew what man (meaning woman would do). He gave us a blueprint how to live in this life. It's called the Bible. God is long suffering. Meaning, He wishes that no one would perish. Never the less, most will.
Where is your God now?
For all the evil that was conducted upon innocents throughout the world and throughout time.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 12:19
Amen.
Part of the issue here is the special importance we place on faith and belief. If it were minimized, perhaps all could go about the business of living in their lives in their, for the most part, preferred way.
Here's a ad:
I don't care what faith you believe in,
as long as you don't care what faith I don't believe in.
Now there's an idea! There is hope- I hope!
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
Useless quotation from a collection of writings based on hearsay, not eye witnesses, and assembled by a committee, no less, of medieval power players at a time when it was heresy to believe that the earth revolved around the sun and plague was caused by god punishing the wicked. No delusion there!
Jesus, nightlight for the soul?
There's an app for that:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight./id285281827?mt=8
@Phil
John says in later letters that He lived with Jesus and physically touched Him. Hard to shake hands with hearsay.
tbt: the man wrote lots of fictional material. His letters are a good example. Asserting an insane person's personal ramblings as proof that his other fictional works are valid is inordinately ignorant.
The talking turd does it again: "hard to shake hands with hearsay." What a load of manure. The words of the bible you're quoting are nothing BUT hearsay, you brainless twit.
God is Truth
To all the atheists that babble on this blog.
Jesus wept.
John 11:35
Amen.
Prayer changes things
Believers indoctrinate their children before they can think for themselves because they believe they can't be moral without their particular religion. But which religion is the true religion, and therefore the moral one? It is erroneous to think that one can't be moral without a belief in supernatural operator.
There is absolutely no evidence that prayer accomplishes anything other than good feelings in the brain and group delusion. If you think I'm wrong, then meet the challenge of proof that is posed by demonstrating something that would provide incontrovertible proof of the power of prayer-a challenge that you can find on the web. Assemble a mass of prayerful individuals and pray for a deserving veteran with a missing limb to have it restored. If you can do that then there will be no arguing that God answers prayer. Saying that you prayed and God answered your prayer because you passed your math exam is not proof-it is delusion. Good luck!
If there is a god, he is indifferent to our existence. The proof of that is the number of horrible things that happen to children-hundreds and thousands die every day from genocide and starvation in spite of prayer. Why do thousands of miscarriages happen? What positive outcomes and lessons learned results from this barbarism?
Where's your evidence???? I know, you don't need evidence because you have faith-how quaint, and devoid of reason. And what a convient way to control
In these last days God has revealed Himself to us in the person of His Son Jesus Christ
@tbt
These 'last days' sure have been a long time in coming. Seems everyday is a last day for something.
Hi Prayerbot.
God does not measure time like you do, God has forever. The next agenda on God's calendar is the return of Christ and the long delayed judgement on this world.
@tbt
And you happen to know how a deity measures time?How wonderful for you.
@dumboles
How amazing that you are able to miss Truth so completely and so consistently.
I'm sorry, "Atheism is not healthy for children and other living things", but your assertions regarding atheism and prayer are unfounded. The degree to which your assertions may represent truths is 0.0. To help you understand the degree to which your assertions may represent truths, I will access my Idiomatic Expression Equivalency module (IEE). Using my IEE module, the expression that best matches the degree to which your assertions may represent truths is: "TOTAL FAIL".
I see that you repeat these unfounded statements with high frequency. Perhaps the following book might help you overcome this problem:
I'm Told I Have Dementia: What You Can Do... Who You Can Turn to...
by the Alzheimer's Disease Society
.....
@tbt
And what is the truth? That you have no idea what you are talking about and just make it up as you go along? I understand that all too well, friend.
religion is 2000+ years of last days. TBT, does your hand get chaffed using your "atheism is not healthy" sock puppet and then immediately answering it as TBT?
ALERT THE MEDIA, MY FRIENDS!! "Truth be told" knows the next thing on god's agenda!! How could I have been so wrong???? Unless he's guilty of ther sin of pride that is surely part of his belief!
"Faith: the permission believers give each other to be certain of things about which it is not possible to be certain."
Truth be told is nothing more than a talking turd.
God is Truth.
Phil, I'm sorry that someone dropped you on your head.
And what's wrong with wanting to defeat jihad?
What's wrong with trying to defeat Zionism?
Jihad can also mean, "The spiritual struggle within oneself against sin." Is that something you want to 'defeat'?
Moby,
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Romans 12:19
Amen.
So the NY Transportation Authority has to put up any ad that falls under the category of "free speech?" That seems pretty fvcked up to me.
It all depends on your perspective. If your perspective is fvcked up to begin with, well, then hey...