Rev. Richard Cizik of New Evangelical Partnership: "I say, 'Shame on you,'"
John Hagee: in a letter to Jones dated Sept. 7, : "What you propose to do is an absolute violation of to the Bible."
Richard Land, director of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission: "I think it is appalling, disgusting, and brainless."
Pat Robertson: "This guy is looking for attention. He's looking for publicity. " I think it's horrible what this guy is doing."
Hey, the fun's just starting and the bandwagon is immense.
But the show might have a few laggards and "no-shows." Some truly hardcore Muslim-haters are having a hard time making up their minds on how to approach this situation: as of this writing there is no word from Rod Parsley, Franklin Graham, Lou Engle, Tony Perkins, and Ken Copeland to name a few. That arbiter of everything moral (therefore chief Muslim-hater) Bryan Fischer, has chimed-in in his usual backhanded way:
But the response to Rev. Jones' plan proves something we have been saying from the beginning: Islam is a religion of violence, not a religion of peace.
There is irony in that perhaps the best, most heartfelt and genuine contribution to the criticism of Jones and the affair comes from Richard Eubank, leader of the VFW:
"There is nothing to be gained and everything to lose from this selfish act. Our war is against a small number of religious extremists who kill indiscriminately and without remorse. Let's not allow an equally small number of religious extremists in America to widen the war."
While I'm sure Mr. Eubank defines Terry Jones and his "flock" of sheep-like bigots as a "small number" we should perhaps include in that group the hyper-hypocrites who have demonized Islam while extolling the virtues of having freedom of religion.
UPDATE: Pastor Jones has a lot more in common with Fred Phelps than when people first started to compare the two. So stay tuned - there's a lot more to this show!
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