Religious Intolerance
by Chris Bowers, Mon Apr 18, 2005 at 09:37:54 AM EDT
Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, told seminary students that Islamic theology "kills the soul." He said Islam "lies about God" and "presents a false gospel."
He made similar comments about Catholics a year ago on a cable TV program. Mohler said the Roman Catholic Church was "a false church and it teaches a false gospel."
We hear over and over again that Democrats somehow don't respect people of faith. The real difference, I believe, is that Democrats and progressives are pluralists, while the modern conservative movement is opposed to all those who do not fit a narrowly conceived and ill-defined "civilication identity." That Democrats have been labeled the party of religious intolerance when leading Republicans, including Bill Frist and President Bush, associate with the likes of Al Mohler is perhaps the most remarkable flat-earth achievement of the Republican Noise Machine to date.








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