tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post8485980945210742726..comments2023-12-09T12:13:00.212-08:00Comments on AOL Journals 1st Old Hickory's Weblog: Politicized memorial for Terri SchiavoBruce Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05022449143502020665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-62491202378914433392005-04-06T18:31:00.000-07:002005-04-06T18:31:00.000-07:00The American Taliban, continued:The Priest should ...The American Taliban, continued:<br><br>The Priest should never have taken part in such a memorial service. I am shocked actually. I attended a Mass at Georgetown University shortly after 9/11. There were people there who had lost a family member to the terrorist attacks -- the feeling in the Chapel was deeply mournful and people wept throughout the Mass. During the Offertory, as the congregation offered prayers of petition, there were prayers for the sick, and for the recently deceased, and specifically for those who died on 9/11. After each, the congregation responded to the prayer by asking God to hear our prayer.<br><br>Then the Priest stepped forward and after explaining that this was what he was called to do as a Christian, he expressed a prayer for those who had committed the attacks. A woman next to me who had sobbed throughout the Mass muttered to her family that this was going to be hard. The congregation -- many of us anyway -- responded as we were supposed to do. It was very hard, and though I had my own reservations, I knew he was right to call on us to do it.<br><br>The Schindlers were not well served by this priest, and though they are entitled to make such a serious mistake in their season of grief, there is no excuse for a man of God to commit such an offensive and evil act. <br><br>NeilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-17662520127722926192005-04-06T23:32:00.000-07:002005-04-06T23:32:00.000-07:00And why am I not surprised??That Happy Chica,Marci...And why am I not surprised??<br><br>That Happy Chica,<br>Marcia EllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-45354368590202023972005-04-08T11:30:00.000-07:002005-04-08T11:30:00.000-07:00This place is getting pretty scary! We are losing ...This place is getting pretty scary! We are losing the separation between church & state which is vital to our real freedom. I fear it's going to just get worse. And we make fun of "terrorists" blowing themselves up for Allah, but think nothing of killing others in the name of God. Bizarre!! richAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147000415127454560.post-8963015955749333972005-04-10T15:56:00.000-07:002005-04-10T15:56:00.000-07:00I do think that it's valuable to view the prob...I do think that it's valuable to view the problem of international jihadism from the point of view of "religious fundamentalism" and not simply "Islamic extremism." <br><br>All fundamentalisms are certainly not equal. The Southern Baptists are the same as Christian Reconstructionists. Islamic fundamentalists and Christian fundamentalists and Hindu fundamentalists are coming from very different places and working with different religious viewpoints.<br><br>But radical extremist Christian fundamentalists are very much a potential terrorist threat, as well. And understanding fundamentalism and how the violent extremist version emerge is a lot more helpful than picturing The Enemy as Evil itself. - BruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com