PandaPirate Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 So I get this email from my mom and it's bitching about the new muslim stamp. The following is the text of the email. CHRISTMAS STAMP How ironic is this??!! They don't even believe in Christ and they're getting their own Christmas stamp, but don't dream of posting the ten commandments on federal property? USPS New Stamp This one is impossible to believe. Scroll down for the text. If there is only one thing you forward today.....let it be this! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of Pan Am Flight 103! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon ! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military Barracks in Saudi Arabia ! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa ! REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE! REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on 9/11/2001! REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks! Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class Holiday postage stamp. Bull! REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp When purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors. REMEMBER to pass this along to every patriotic AMERICAN you know!!! Uh, okay. Remember the inquisition? Or how about In 1122 Christian crusaders swept over Jerusalem and slaughtered men, women and children, 'until their horses were knee deep in blood. We then went to the church to thank the Lord for his mercy.' In 777 , Charlemagne, a devout Christian, after conquering the Saxon rebels, gave them a choice between baptism and execution. When they refused to convert, he had 4500 of them beheaded in one morning. In the fourth century, Emporor Constantine, the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian, had over 3000 Christians executed because their interpretation of the Bible did not agree with his. That is more than the number of Christians who died at the hands of the Romans during the well known 1st century "Christians to the lions" persecutions. Give me a freakin break. Not all muslims are bad people. There are good people and bad people of every walk of life and of every religion. This makes me sick. I'm tired of whining Christians who complain because people have the audacity to think for themselves. These people really don't have a grip on reality.
ShackledNoMore Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 What really flabbergasts me about this is the divisive hate mongering. This is the material that breeds the mindset that we all need to go out and kill each other. While they propagandize that American xians are holy and chosen by god while the heathens want to destroy them, their muslim counterparts are doing the same thing. I no longer have any die-hard fundies remaining in my circle of friends (or even casual friends) to mail me stuff like this, so it's actually rather shocking and sickening to me. I know I could have guess there were e-mails out there this overt, but I hadn't really been thinking about it.
RIPw4 Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 This actually originated with the re-issuing of the stamp a month after the 9/11 tragedy. The original EID stamp was released before 9/11. "Christians" were outraged because the USPS was releasing this for "the first time" right after 9/11. Must be a conspiracy of the Muslim controlled US government. Whats funny is that every year President in Thief George Dubya Bush gives a proclamation in celebration of this holiday. But do the neo conservative christians call him anti american? Hell no. Just the "liberal" post office and their crazy equal rights ideas.
R. S. Martin Posted November 10, 2007 Posted November 10, 2007 Uh, okay. Remember the inquisition? Or how about In 1122 Christian crusaders swept over Jerusalem and slaughtered men, women and children, 'until their horses were knee deep in blood. We then went to the church to thank the Lord for his mercy.' In 777 , Charlemagne, a devout Christian, after conquering the Saxon rebels, gave them a choice between baptism and execution. When they refused to convert, he had 4500 of them beheaded in one morning. In the fourth century, Emporor Constantine, the first Roman Emperor to become a Christian, had over 3000 Christians executed because their interpretation of the Bible did not agree with his. My suggestion for what it's worth: Hit the reply button and send the above to your parents as edited. Just the facts. Leave out your personal comments. I'll bet they will still find a way to discount, dismiss, and disdain it.
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