John McCain's spiritual adviser says: Destroy Islam

[Poiuyt]

Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam with the aim of destroying it.

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The leader of a 12,000-member congregation, Parsley has written several books outlining his fundamentalist religious outlook, including the 2005 Silent No More. In this work, Parsley decries the "spiritual desperation" of the United States, and he blasts away at the usual suspects: activist judges, civil libertarians who advocate the separation of church and state, the homosexual "culture" ("homosexuals are anything but happy and carefree"), the "abortion industry," and the crass and profane entertainment industry. And Parsley targets another profound threat to the United States: the religion of Islam.

In a chapter titled "Islam: The Deception of Allah," Parsley warns there is a "war between Islam and Christian civilization." He continues:

I cannot tell you how important it is that we understand the true nature of Islam, that we see it for what it really is. In fact, I will tell you this: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore.

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http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html

Hoo boy!

[Firespirit]

1. This guy is McPain's spiritual adviser?

Lord and Lady.

He's one of the Dominionists. If anyone doesn't know what that is, then they need to read http://www.religioustolerance.org/reconstr.htm">this primer. Scary stuff.

[PDJane]

2. Lord and Lady is right.

I don't get this genocide thing. A religion that advocates genocide seems to me to be totally beyond the pale of civilized behaviour.

[tanyev]

3. Rod Parsley ain't just crazy, he's a money grubber, too.

This past August, I reported that Pastor Rod was raising cash for holy war -- I mean, relief work -- in Sudan by offering an actual 27-inch sword, in exchange for a gift of $54 or more. Now, Pastor Rod's got a whole new sword to sell. And this one's ten inches longer, with a blade of steel and a "gold-colored metal" handle inscribed with the cross. It's the "SWORD OF THE KING," promises Pastor Rod.

Just like the one Christ didn’t carry? Even better. This "beautifully crafted" blade, writes Rod, is a "replica" of King Arthur's. As in Excaliber, the magic sword Merlin told him to pull out of a stone. Sound like kid's stuff? No way. Who's going to tell a man packing 37 awesome inches of hard steel that he's lost in a fairy tale?

There's more. Don't worry about where to sheath your blade -- in a special email solicitation, Pastor Rod writes that it comes with a "beautiful... mount." And the best part of all? You get the whole package -- magic sword, mount, delusions of potency -- for only $41 dollars and ten cents, in honor of Isaiah 41:10 ("...yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."). That's almost thirteen dollars less for ten more powerful inches of Christian manhood. And don't forget the gold-colored metal.

http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_002357.php

[BadgerKid]

4. Sad...so much fear and hate is out there. n/t