Controversial pastor wants to build Christian center to rival 'Ground Zero Mosque'

[sharkey360]

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The crusade against a proposed mosque near Ground Zero turned Biblical Sunday as a fire-and-brimstone Florida preacher declared that those behind it will "burn in hell."

"All these people will die and burn in hell," Bill Keller told a crowd of 40 people gathered to hear his sermon at the New York Marriott Downtown overlooking Ground Zero.

"Islam is not and has never been a religion of peace," he said. "How could you build bridges with people who ask their Muslim brothers to fly a plane into the twin towers and killed thousands of innocent people?"

It's inflammatory rhetoric like Keller's that has supporters of the mosque most worried: They say it is wrong to tarnish the entire Muslim religion because of the actions of a few.

Many opposed to the Park51 project have also dismissed the Muslim-bashing preacher, fearing they'll be lumped in with his bigoted and racist views.

Keller says he is raising funds to create a 9/11 Christian center near what he calls the "victory mosque." Sparing few others the rod, he also leveled equal condemnation toward Hindus, pro-choice supporters and even Mormons - including Fox News' Glenn Beck.

Meanwhile, a group of Republican leaders - including scandal-scarred former Congressman Vito Fossella - joined in the fight at a 9/11 memorial in Staten Island yesterday. Standing with Fossella was Long Island Rep. Pete King and Carl Paladino, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor.

"No matter what stage the project is in at the time I enter office on Jan. 1, I will stop it," Paladino vowed. "They will move it some place else."

Source - http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/20...ill_keller.jpg

[tingkagol]

I actually happened to read a bit about this, followed by a commentary from someone in Fox (i think. and I forgot his name, he became subject of Glenn Beck's corny jokes too) --- explaining that there actually isn't a ground zero mosque. That the 'ground zero mosque' they are talking about is actually located a couple of blocks away from ground zero, and was also actually already a makeshift place of worship for muslims before the twin towers were even built (?). Not really sure about the specifics....

On the other hand, that Bill Keller guy is nothing more than another dumb bigot - nothing to get worried over, unless of course people actually listen to him / take him seriously. But whichever happens, and if it blows over, the laws of the US will not allow religious oppression to happen.

[sharkey360]

I actually happened to read a bit about this, followed by a commentary from someone in Fox (i think. and I forgot his name, he became subject of Glenn Beck's corny jokes too) --- explaining that there actually isn't a ground zero mosque. That the 'ground zero mosque' they are talking about is actually located a couple of blocks away from ground zero, and was also actually already a makeshift place of worship for muslims before the twin towers were even built (?). Not really sure about the specifics....

On the other hand, that Bill Keller guy is nothing more than another dumb bigot - nothing to get worried over, unless of course people actually listen to him / take him seriously. But whichever happens, and if it blows over, the laws of the US will not allow religious oppression to happen.

Being extreme is just undesirable.

[slimzky]

2 words

false prophet

[haroldking]

cge tan awon nato kinsa ang una maka luwas... o tinood bah malangit cla..hahha

[Rajzh_niX]

sometimes religon makes a tear in our society creating war after war.....in this case, this guy is stereotyping Moslems as terrorists....just because the majority of terrorists are Moslems...

[cheska]

What happened in 9/11 is not about religion.. those suicide pilots/ bombers are just misleaded by their so-called leader... I am not a muslim but I agree that not all Muslims are bad... tHose are just the misguided few....

[cebulifer]

yeah. not all muslims are terrorists!

Even Islam have several versions. Morag Catholic and Protestant ba. Bahala sila. America is a free country. if he wants to build a victory mosque... let him. He can rant and rave against the ground zero mosque also.

[abortretryfail]

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"Islam is not and has never been a religion of peace," he said. "How could you build bridges with people who ask their Muslim brothers to fly a plane into the twin towers and killed thousands of innocent people?"...

I wonder if he's heard of the Inquisition and the Holy Crusade?
both bloody events in history all in the name of Christianity...

Crusades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other campaigns in Spain and Eastern Europe continued into the 15th century. The Crusades were fought mainly by Roman Catholic forces (taking place after the East-West Schism and mostly before the Protestant Reformation) against Muslims who had occupied the near east since the time of the Rashidun Caliphate, although campaigns were also waged against pagan Slavs, pagan Balts, Jews, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Mongols, Cathars, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemies of the various popes. Orthodox Christians also took part in fighting against Islamic forces in some Crusades. Crusaders took vows and were granted penance for past sins, often called an indulgence"

makes you wonder why the muslims are so mad at us

[sharkey360]

I wonder what the prayerful locals think about this pastor.