Florida church posts sign saying Islam is of the Devil. Refuses to take it down. Community protests

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They are being protested by people in the community.

"One North Central Florida neighborhood is in an uproar over a sign that's posted along the street. They say it's a sign of hate."

Crowd gathers in protest in front of church



That is great to see them protesting that sign. The pastor sounds so full of hate and won't take the sign down.

Ybor City Stogie has a video up from CNN

The pastor is going to put out signs on abortion and same-sex marriage.

I found this post at a blog. The women who posted it approves of the sign, but it was good to see some of the others calling her posts dangerous.

Talk Gainesville Moms

Here is one of the comments criticizing the poster.



More from the comments.



A relief to see these. Another:



Good for those commenters.

Publicity is worth controversy if the dollar intake gets ratcheted up.

My daughter has a friend who is Muslim (we are Jewish). She was over for dinner on Saturday & told us that a lot of the kids at school called her a terrorist & teased her and her brother. She is Moroccan and does not wear a headscarf. I asked her if she had told anyone in the school administration &she said there was no point because the kids don't listen anyway. A few weeks ago, my daughter & I were at her orientation @tulane university. They had a program for the parents on religious life @ Tulane. So the Rabbis spoke, and a priest spoke and a Christian club kid spoke &a Presbyterian minister spoke. Afterward, I was outside with one of the other parents speaking to the minister. He asked me if my daughter would join their group. & I said no, we're Jewish. Then he said "I have great respect for the Jewish people. Our Lord was a Jew. I can't say the same for Islam. Allah is not the same God I worship. I could not believe that he would think it was ok to say something like that to a total stranger in a setting like that. Now I'm wondering if I should say something to the school, because I hope they would not find that acceptable.

It seemed like just about every response was condemning the sign and the church. And this is from presumably suburban homemaker types in the deep south.

like comments such as those. I attend a large state university in the western end of the Bible Belt--our president is a former Democratic senator. That comment wouldn't fly.

A year or so ago they were even looking into having a sorority on campus for Muslim women.

If it feels heavy on your heart...I would hope that Tulane would have an open mind to your opinion. I am forever sick about these hateful opinions. I often wonder how many Muslims these people have actually met or broken bread with...it is true...ignorance breeds hatefulness.

I have Palestinian Christian friends who have their Bibles written in Arabic. I know what "Allah" looks like in Arabic, and it was there in the verses that use the name "God" in English.

Jesus spoke Aramaic, and in that language, "God" is "Allaha". Something for these ministers to think about.

It shows such a lack of education, basic education, on their part.

is full of terrorists) is unscathed, and the church is still standing, and the only assault on the church is some public outcry ...

and yet, should a Muslim place of worship put up a sign saying "Christianity is EVIL", you would probably see some vandalism or burnings, and some of the local police might not put a full effort into looking into it ...

to me, that's similar to the idea that the "right to life" party is all about the death penalty, bombing people to hell, guns, etc., while the "culture of death" (their words) are the ones protesting with no kills ...

elijah mohammed and others have said a lot worse in regards to christianity than "christianity is EVIL". i have yet to see all the terrorist attacks on him, or farrakhan for that matter, or any of their churches' properties.

You let one person object to a publicly funded nativity scene and you would think Christians were being rounded up and put into Glenn Beck's FEMA camps. Every year.

what they are saying about Islam, is actually what they themselves are. They can not admit it, but that is exactly what is happening.

And this is really ignorant of them too, considering that all three of the major monotheistic religions, stem from the same source.

What ever happened to "judge not unless ye be judged." So if some one puts up a sign that says Xtianity is evil, then they better not bitch.

and kudos to those who prayed for those preaching hate to be enlightened.

I guess I'll scratch myself off that list. Or heck, maybe I'll show up.

I hope she doesn't get too much flack
from her neighbors!

and have captions under each of them that say "Now! Who's the Devil?"

that GOD orders them to do this offensive shit!

Does that sick pastor want a F(***(G holy war on his congregation from a few of the most militant nuts who 'practice' Islam the way he 'practices' Christianity???? I don't want our country turning into India where both sides assault each other, and I've seen numerous reports over the years of many Christians dying from Islamic fundamentalists who say the Christians have no right to be in THEIR country.

Does that pastor not have a clue what the hell he's starting??? Oh, wait, maybe he's one of them that think he's supposed to take part in drawing Jesus out, like the pastor is some chosen one to start the end times... (oh they're out there, don't laugh!)

God help us - and good on those community leaders for speaking up NOW!

That congregation needs to revolt against its pastor and tell him to cut it out before violence starts up.

because of hatred they have found common ground that will bring them peace and understanding.

Is there really any other kind?

...and not be "bashing" them for it. :sarcasm:

No doubt, freedom of speech as well.

And they're fearful. And they most likely are full of want.

Roosevelt would puke.

saying "Christianity if of the Stupid".

See if you don't get a riot. For every Jimmy Carter who makes Christianity look good, you get this kind of inverted asshole who ruins it.

Actually the sign that should go up would say:

Those who blow kill as a part of terrorism do not follow Islam.
Those who hate do not follow Christianity.

Osama Bin Laden isn't a Muslim. The irreverend Terry Jones is not a Christian. Both are posers.

and then have the nerve to act like they're being persecuted.

If you really want to see some Christian hate, sign up at the Team Sarah website and read some of the stuff they post on their forum. :puke:

Now I did not expect recommends on this. But for the very life of me, why would someone want to unrecommend it?

Doesn't make sense.

yet again we learn how fundamentalists are all about their loving god. /end snark:hide:

Morans.

under freedom of speech!!

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