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Christians, Jews

Sami al Arian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:20:31 +0000

“God cursed those who are the sons of Israel, through David and Jesus, the son of Mary. Those people, God made monkeys and pigs.”

“Ding-dong the witch is dead!”

Cathleen Falsani — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:47:30 +0000

“In fact, my very first thought upon hearing of the Rev. Falwell’s passing was: Good. And I didn’t mean ‘good’ in a oh-good-he’s-gone-home-to-be-with-the-Lord kind of way. I meant ‘good’ as in ‘Ding-dong, the witch is dead.’”

Catholicism isn’t a loving religion

Madonna — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:01:40 +0000

â€œCatholicism is a very masochistic religion . . . there are some very beautiful rituals in Catholicism, but there is a certain darkness within it. It’s not a very loving religion. It’s not very flexible. It doesn’t make room for human error.â€

Christianity is for losers

Ted Turner — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:03:55 +0000

â€œChristianity is a religion for losers.â€

Many white evangelicals are unworldly.

Hendrick Hertzberg — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:15:09 +0000

“Many of these formerly nonvoting white evangelicals are remaining true to their unworldliness. In voting for [Bush] they have voted against their own material (and, some might imagine, spiritual) well-being.”

Disparaging Christians.

Garry Wills — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:08:00 +0000

“Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation?”

Many Christians are poor and ignorant.

Michael Weisskopf — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:32:24 +0000

“[Followers of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson are] largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command.”

Christian conservatives are vengeful.

Maureen Dowd — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:29:57 +0000

“[Christian conservatives are like] a vengeful mob — revved up by rectitude — running around with torches and hatchets after heathens and pagans and infidels.”

Christians harbor paranoia and hate.

Timothy Shortell — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:33:09 +0000

“American Christians like to think that religious violence is a problem only for other faiths. In the heart of every Christian, though, is a tiny voice preaching self-righteousness, paranoia and hatred. Christians claim that theirs is a faith based on love, but they’ll just as soon kill you.”

Christians and Jews are monkeys and pigs.

Sami al Arian — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:15:04 +0000

“God cursed those who are the sons of Israel, through David and Jesus, the son of Mary. . . . Those people, God made monkeys and pigs. . . .”