Habib, unfortunately there are a lot of Jerry Vines out there and that
include some of those Southern Baptists especially the current president.
These are the same people pressuring Bush into not meeting Arafat and not
even acknowledging him at the UN. Whenever Colin Powell says something
positive only to be followed by "distancing statements" by W, think about
the Southern Baptist and their Christian conservative allies.
Daddy Sang
> [Original Message]
> From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 6/13/2002 5:55:55 PM
> Subject: TOLERANCE - coach response to your article
>
>
> -
>
> VOICES OF TOLERANCE: CHRISTIANS AND JEWS CONDEMN ANTI-MUSLIM SMEARS
>
> The following messages were received by CAIR in response to
> anti-Muslim
> rhetoric by leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
>
> COMMENTS "IRRESPONSIBLE" AND "IGNORANT"
>
> Please know that Jerry Vines does not speak for all Baptists. Many of
> us --
> and I am a Baptist minister -- believe Vines' comments to be
> insensitive,
> irresponsible, and simply ignorant. Please accept my highest regard
> for
> the efforts of peace-loving, peace-sustaining people everywhere."
>
> SBC HAS "SLANTED" VIEWS
>
> The leaders of the SBC are fundamentalists and thus have a very
> slanted
> view of Christianity, just as do fundamentalists of Islam or Judaism,
> etc.
> Their views are far from the revealed teachings of Christ and must be
>
> discounted as such. Please know that most Christians do not hold the
> views
> of the SBC leaders.
>
> "APPALLED" BY COMMENTS
>
> "I just wanted to say that as a Christian I am appalled by the
> comments
> made by Rev. Vines. On the evolutionary scale he is no better than
> Adolf
> Hitler, with all of the problems in the world to preach intolerance
> of
> another's religion is just plain stupid. It can only lead to hate
> crimes.
> Then to be supported by his colleagues shows just how truly ignorant
> and
> afraid some people are of Islam and Muslims."
>
> "EXTREMELY STUPID REMARKS"
>
> I would just like to send a note to convey my regret in hearing of
> the
> extremely stupid remarks directed at Muslims by the new head of the
> southern Baptist convention. Whenever things such as this occur it
> pains me
> to think of some of the knuckleheads who can attain positions of
> power. I
> hope to, in small measure admittedly, counteract some of the bad
> feelings
> and sentiments which have been thrown at the Muslim community since
> Sept
> 11th by expressing support.
>
> ADL: BAPTIST LEADER'S REMARKS OFFENSIVE, DEMEANING AND DAMAGING
>
> NEW YORK, June 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League today
>
> deplored a speech by the Rev. Jerry Vines, former president of the
> Southern
> Baptist Convention at the group's national meeting in St Louis, in
> which he
> denigrated Islam and blamed many of America's problems on religious
> pluralism.
>
> Responding to the speech, Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director
> issued
> the following statement:
>
> "Recent statements attributed to Rev. Jerry Vines, the former
> president of
> the Southern Baptist Convention, calling Mohammed 'a demon-possessed
>
> pedophile' and asserting that 'Islam is not just as good as
> Christianity'
> are offensive, demeaning, and damaging to the American ideals of
> religious
> diversity and intergroup civility. They strike a troubling note of
> discord
> at a time when Americans of all faiths are striving for unity based
> on
> shared values and mutual respect.
>
> "Unfortunately, such deplorable, divisive rhetoric is not surprising
> coming
> from the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has a
> track
> record of denigrating and delegitimizing other religions. In 1996, at
> their
> annual meeting, the Convention adopted a resolution to direct their
> 'energies and resources' to the conversion of Jews. The group has
> published
> proselytizing guides, including one in 1999 targeting Jews on their
> High
> Holy Days.
>
> "We call on the current leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention
> to
> publicly reject Rev. Vines' remarks about Islam."
>
>
>
>
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