May 02, 2005

Notes and Asides: Laura Bush Beheading Edition

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Cranky Neocon Jr.

Happy Blogoversary to Eric at Vince aut Morire.

Phin is now on mu.nu? Man, they'll let just about anybody in these days......

Confederate Yankee catches the DU nutjobs photoshopping Laura Bush in a very Zarqawi pose.

That's not Jenna Bush's pet beaver you're seeing. Nothing to see there. Move along. Seriously, this one has been debunked. Not that I follow this sort of thing.......But, come on, Wonkette and I linked to this eons ago. Cause, you know, we follow the important stories..

Hey, Dean, what he said. Also, when asking what 'Christians believe' about, say, gay marriage, it's probably a lot wiser to ask a Methodist lay person than, say, an Episcopelian Bishop. The same rule applies to Islam. One can't ask a liberal to defend the mainstream.

Further, what people in the mainstream believe is often quite different than the theology of the mainstream. For instance, ask your average Methodist to explain the Trinity.

That Muslims are trying to distance themselves from the mainstream idea that it's ok to kill the infidel is heartening. But to claim that the mainstream of Islam never believed in such a doctrine is disengenious, at best.

Posted by: Rusty at 12:57 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Thanks Rusty! Oh blogfather!

Posted by: Eric at May 02, 2005 05:39 PM (lK7Sh)

2 Look at it this way; they can't do anything but improve upon the class of people they let in after letting me in.

Posted by: phin at May 02, 2005 05:48 PM (DGPlf)

3 Vox populi? Rusty, I see where you're coming from, I'm not sure I agree with asking the average person to explain his or her views on theological issues to get at what a religion actually teaches. The answer will certainly give you what they believe, but not necessarily a religion's dogma. From what I've read, a substantial percentage of Catholics, due to poor exegesis, don't understand transubstantiation and affirm the "symbolic" concept, but that doesn't alter what the Church has taught unceasingly for 2,000 years.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 02, 2005 05:55 PM (yIkFW)

4 Bullshit, Rusty, Bullshit. My response to you is the same as what I left in James' comments. In fact, I'll go further than calling "bullshit." I call "chickenshit." I provided you with links to a muslim blogger who is a scholar on his own faith, a member of the blogosphere, and has comments. Yet instead of going to his blog and arguing with him, you choose to argue with me. So I call "chickenshit." Why aren't you arguing with him? What, you're afraid the big bad muslim will hurt you?

Posted by: Dean Esmay at May 02, 2005 05:58 PM (w3ZBg)

5 Thank you very much Rusty. Cranky Jr. is home tonight.

Posted by: Gordon at May 02, 2005 06:19 PM (dEFhD)

6 Dean needs a sedative. Rusty, I agree with your conclusions about what Islam teaches, but not with your means of assessing them.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 02, 2005 07:07 PM (yIkFW)

7 Dean, put down the keyboard and take a nice long walk outside. Seriously.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 03, 2005 12:34 AM (AIaDY)

8 My former roommate "Pete the killer" was a murderer, rapist, drug smuggler and misogynist. He was a scholar of "Soldier of Fortune" and "High Times" magazines but claimed his true motivation was theological. Having said that, does anyone know if this: http://www.houstonjusticenotwar.org/ http://www.knowjusticeknowpeace.net/ Is this?: "Former U.S. Rep. Pete McCloskey, in Houston Sunday for a conference on Palestinian issues, said he and other Republican elders are looking for a candidate to oppose U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land." (From Houston Chronicle)

Posted by: Darwinism Gone Wild "NOW" on DVD!!! at May 03, 2005 04:45 AM (fp34u)

9 Laura likes it doggy style with Jeff Gannon annd W likes to watch his wife getting long-stroked. Desperate Housewife indeed.

Posted by: greg at May 03, 2005 01:54 PM (/+dAV)

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