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As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously? Do you want me to say, “It was a great plan, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet?

I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it. But I didn’t do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened?

Nickelback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?

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09/12/11

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As a species we’re fundamentally insane, put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

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11/2/10

AWESOME.

10/28/10

SEBASTIAN: Religion, Rallies, and Reclaiming America

I don’t usually write about politics here, but I just watched a little under an hour of Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally on C-SPAN and felt compelled to post something.

The rally’s desire to reclaim and rebuild America was less than subtle. The message was repeated by speakers, signs, and shirts. Further, the reconstruction of America was focused on God— specifically, Christianity. I continued to watch and see if any other religions would be included— or at least mentioned— by speakers or songs (there were many songs), but I heard and saw nothing. Maybe the rally featured non-Christian speakers and songs earlier in the day. Is it possible? Yes, it is possible. Is it likely?

What is the role of non-Christians in this new America?

As a Roman Catholic, I’m confident (or at least hopeful) that I will be included on Glenn Beck’s Ark. As the son of two people who moved from India to America for citizenship and opportunity, I know there are many, many people who love and appreciate America— and they do so outside Christianity. They are neighbors. They are distant relatives. They are Americans.

America is for non-Christians, too. When I say non-Christians, I mean people of other religions and people of no religion. They have just as much right to be here as anyone. Belief in America does not require a belief in the Christian God.

One speaker prayed to Jesus and asked for a return of prayer to public schools. If you can support the wish of a Christian boy to pray before class, will you be just as supportive of prayer from his Jewish classmate? Or the Muslim girl? The Hindu boy? The Buddhist girl? Boys and girls of all other religions? Of no religion? Can you support them with the same passion with which you support your own faith?

When Beck associates patriotism, freedom, liberty, and an intimate understanding of the intentions of the Founding Fathers with Christianity, he also associates (however indirectly) anti-America with non-Christianity. It may not be Beck’s desire to split America into us and them, but that is the effect of classifying Americans. When you divide America, you create others, and when you have others, they are isolated and become potential targets of misguided fear in the name of patriotism.

So, I ask again, what is the role of non-Christians in Glenn Beck’s rebuilt America? Remember, this is also their country. Beck’s pleas to work together and put aside differences in the name of America have little ground if he must first divide the country into Christians and non-Christians.

09/1/10

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And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every non-Christian from the United States of America, whose Christianity would we teach in the schools? Would we go with James Dobson’s, or Al Sharpton’s? Which passages of Scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is ok and that eating shellfish is abomination? How about Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount - a passage that is so radical that it’s doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application? So before we get carried away, let’s read our bibles. Folks haven’t been reading their bibles.

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04/23/10

workspaces:

“I don’t believe in heaven and hell. I don’t know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won’t allow this life — the only thing I know to exist — to be wasted.”

George Clooney

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04/23/10

kiss-my-tulips:

God Almighty………… thank GOD!

Ahaha I can’t even pronounce mine.

02/21/10

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