November 11, 2005
On Tuesday’s The Radio Factor:
O’REILLY: You know, if I’m the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, “Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you’re not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead.” And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it. We’re going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.
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3:39 pm [ Quote ]
Right on Bill.
3:52 pm [ Quote ]
Thank you bill for giving them what they deserve , before they are washed out to sea when that big wave hits them.
3:59 pm [ Quote ]
Amen, Bill. I wish politicians would be that honest when confronting ignorance. I’d love to see all of the America haters move to the west coast and form their own country. It would be highly entertaining to see how long they’d last on their own without any guns for protection or everyone else’s money for their entitlement programs.
4:10 pm [ Quote ]
Now that is funny – maybe he should check out who actually goes to the Colt tower first. Almost no Californians are there at any given point – in fact, the museum is most often frequented by tourists from the Midwest – the region where Bill’s ratings are the highest.
This is the sort of statements that clearly energizes Bill’s base, but will hurt his ratings in the long run. I don’t see how any American would urge terrorists to strike another American city no matter what their political views are.
4:25 pm [ Quote ]
Watch the left go nuts about this. O’Reilly obviously doesn’t want al-Qaeda to hit San Fran, but I get his point.
Btw, I’m a Conservative Republican here in Seattle.
4:33 pm [ Quote ]
There are a lot of us out here that love our country and detest the socialists out here that have ruined California. If it weren’t for Los Angeles and the bay area (San Francisco included), this would be a conservative state. However, I would like to see a border drawn North to South down the middle of the state and have a West Kalifornia and an East California to be more properly represented. Its always the coastal areas that decide stuff for this state.
4:34 pm [ Quote ]
So, the right thinks that a child’s education should be held as blackmail unless schools agree to keep the military supplied with fresh bodies?
It’s not like they can’t just go down to their local recruitment center if they really want to join the military.
You can’t even legally market cigarettes to kids, but bullets and bombs are ok?
4:37 pm [ Quote ]
Bill vocalizes the frustration that a lot of us Golden Staters have as well with our “fellow citizens” in the people’s republic of Frisco. They are the “vanguard” of the looney left. Its a great city to visit but, as a conservative, you would not want to live there.
4:56 pm [ Quote ]
Once again Bill O’Reilly you are correct in your analysis of the situation. I could not have said it better. You want to vote like an idiot….you should get treated like an idiot.
4:57 pm [ Quote ]
I can understand conservatives’ frustration at the leaders of cities like SF - it is a great city, but Cali has way too high taxes for my taste (or my checkbook for that matter). I still think Bill’s comment was not appropriate. You can say “oh he is just exagarating” (since I certainly hope he didn’t actually invite terrorists to hit the city) but then maybe he should call his show the exageration zone, rather than the No Spin Zone. As far as I’m concerned he is just blowing wind. The only negative effect I see is that such comments are divisive and detrimental to actual debate on the issues involved. There are plenty of good arguments as far as why SF’s resolution is a bad one – he should have addressed those rather than go off on a crazy tangent like this. And by the way the resolution in question is not even a binding one – it only ‘urges’ schools to not allow recruiters, but it ultimately lets the schools decide just as they had before.
5:17 pm [ Quote ]
okay, those saying “Bill encouraged terrorists…” etc…. I don’t think they take their marching orders from O’Reilly or need and excuse to attack anything. It’s not even serious.. you know what, this is all so stupid I just lost interest… I do think though, the
“San Fran handgun Ban” is so stupid. It’s the classic simplemindedness of liberals. Okay, “turn in your guns to the government by February”.... Now, law abiding gun owners will most likely all do this… but what about the criminals? You know those who would rob and kill with those guns… are they going to turn theirs in? No! Everytime you make gun laws and bans you raise the ratio of criminals with guns vs. law abiding citizens with guns… Anti-gun liberals are so stupid, and it’s sad that their minds can’t wrap around this concept.
5:22 pm [ Quote ]
Time to leave the little villages and travel a bit. Your ignorance and stupidity is destroying America. The end of the empire is near . . . thanks to idiiots like you.
5:41 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly just sounds like a big baby whining cause his big military machine isn’t gonna get to recruit those little kiddies out of school and send them off to die.
Boo hoo, get over it you conservative closet freak.
5:50 pm [ Quote ]
wow, the libs jumping on this site get more and more far left and stupid don’t they? Hey, the Vietnam era and/or DU called, they need you back by 6.
5:57 pm [ Quote ]
Hey, 2060 grieving mothers called. They want their kids back.
Asshole.
6:02 pm [ Quote ]
Anyone, for any reason, who encourages terrorist to commit acts of violence on anyone or anything, foreign or domestic, is INEXCUSABLE. This should be met with the same swift and harsh force that you would get saying “bomb” in line at the airport check-in counter.
Aside from that, most people (liberal and conservative) are forgetting the one magical element of this country: its a democracy. The people of SF voted for this ban on guns (which I do not agree with, btw), and it passed. That’s how it works in America. If a city, state or nation votes and makes law that all houses should be pink, then they will be. That’s silly, I know, but that’s democracy.
Thank god it’s not against the law to be stupid. It is against the law to incite violence and terrorism.
6:04 pm [ Quote ]
There is something wrong with Bill OReilly. that is a weird comment, Sf just voted to keep recruiters away from schools.
The bay area is one of the best educated areas in the world, and as Karl Rove said, the more educated people get the more likely they are to be democrats, thus we are more liberal in this area.
6:23 pm [ Quote ]
Does this mean Al Franken can’t say that Scooter Libby and Karl Rove are going to be shot when he goes on national television again?
6:34 pm [ Quote ]
Um.. I think Al Franken was referring to the fact that the treason is punishable by death.
The beauty of this statement by O’Reilly is that he doen’t have a leg to stand on anymore when he attacks people and calls them un-American.
6:35 pm [ Quote ]
Bill was just being snarky, and certainly didn’t mean it, but I still think it was a bad thing to say.
I think the gun ban in SF is nothing but good from a conservative perspective. Unless you live in SF yourself of course, but I don’t. If gun related violence drops noticeably, and no one dies because they were not allowed to have a gun, then the liberals were right.
But that is not what will happen at all. Deaths from gunshots will stay the same or rise slightly, robbery will increase, and burglary as well. Non-corporate convenience stores will be most hard hit (the corporate ones are known to not allow employees to have weapons).
So how can this be good? Because with the smallest amount of casualties possible (only one city), the “law abiders should not have guns” theory will be debunked. It really needs to be debunked.
Of course, the NRA will get it overturned as it is not constitutional. That is too bad. I cannot fault the NRA because they are doing what is right, but I would really like to see this ridiculous idea proven false.
7:13 pm [ Quote ]
Bach
Hey, 2060 grieving mothers called. They want their kids back.
Asshole.
hey Bach, 2060 dead ADULT soldiers who honorably and voluntarily died for their country called and said your an idiot and to stop degrading them by calling them kids, and acting as if they were too stupid to make their own decisions. Stop dishonoring the the lives of these brave soldiers for your own petty political BS.
7:16 pm [ Quote ]
Ian, just to be clear that “a**hole” in my previous post is a direct quote from Bach’s comment…
7:28 pm [ Quote ]
Why is it, people think 12 year old girls are old enough to make decisions about surgical proceedures they can have, without parental involvement. However, 17-18 year old boys and girls should not be offered the choice of defending the freedom the 12 year old girl enjoys.
7:49 pm [ Quote ]
Are they no less than a child to a grieving parent?
I don’t think any of them are actually voluntering to die. Plus, I’m not dishonoring anyone. I would have you know my younger brother served on the front lines in Iraq with the 1st Marine Division. Don’t think I don’t understand the sacrifice that these, in many cases kids, make. That’s why I don’t it should be taken so lightly and wasted away on a lie.
Oh, and it’s “you’re an idiot”, Stupid.
7:50 pm [ Quote ]
carol, bay area is the best educated in the world , that must be where harvard and yale is right.
8:00 pm [ Quote ]
Ian,where do you weigh in on this.Let me guess…Its OK for falafel Bill to say this because he is conservative.I am sure if Al Franken said we should let Al Queda blow up the Midwest because they support the war then I am sure you would write one of your rants…This is not a very responsible thing to say.I say this because there are yokels that take this moron very seriously.He is a divider.Yeah Bill,Blow up all the homos in San Fran.You are so cool.No spin my a**!
8:01 pm [ Quote ]
carol, bay area is the best educated in the world , that must be where harvard and yale is right.
no just stanford and berkley
8:05 pm [ Quote ]
Bach
how about the 26 million baby,s that are slaughtered here in america daily by the democrats murder bill called abortion do their mothers want them back two, or is it just the one,s that is protecting idiots like you so that you can spew your hatred out for america, vietnam vet,
with a real son and man in iraq for the 4th time. Bach bach bach wimmp wimp wimp.
8:22 pm [ Quote ]
I don’t just mean the schools, I mean the citizens, and Rove DID say that.
8:23 pm [ Quote ]
Yayyyy, Oriely the idiot!
8:37 pm [ Quote ]
Bill O’Reilly Takes the Lead from Al Franken in the Nutcase 500
For awhile now, Bill O’Reilly and Al Franken have been running neck-and-neck in the Nutcase 500, but earlier this week O’Reilly took a slight lead through some bizarre comments on his radio show. Discussing a ridiculous ballot mreasure in San Francis…
9:46 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly Is Dead On!
O’Reilly nails it in his scathing take on San Fran’s simpering liberalness
10:23 pm [ Quote ]
Why go Air Guard? Just write a letter to your ROTC Colonel and thank him for saving your tail from the draft like Bill Clinton did Dec. 3, 1969. Oh yes and like Bill don’t forget to put in the part about “loathing the military”.
wealthy SF- don’t gag on your silver spoon. God bless our troops!
10:47 pm [ Quote ]
I don’t believe that the president has any power to make that decision. The constitution gives bubget power to Congress.
11:59 pm [ Quote ]
I ranted and raved for a minute before, but the window locked up and I had to close out, so I’m not going to try to remember it all… anyway basically I was telling wealthy SF to STFU. Aren’t the libs supposed to be all about “compassion” and caring for those less fortunate. (of course I know that is their pandering gambe and no realistic person actually belives that, but never the less, that is what they expect everyone to believe)... And while your comments don’t affect me personally wealthy SF, you’re the biggest POS. Not everyone has the same opportunities. For many people joining the military can be a great opportunity… money for college among other things. Others make it their career. Others do a few years for the experience. But all do it for their country. So shove your Google and JP Morgan up your a$$. I’m sure they’ll be their to protect you.
as for Bach, I thank your brother.. but you are way off base using the deaths of soldiers for your petty political BS. You don’t speak for anyone but yourself and maybe your family…
3:41 am [ Quote ]
First of all I wnat to start by saying that while I agree with Bill at a purely visceral level, it was an ignorant comment… Even though you Cali libs suck almost too much to describe in the English vocabulary (German has a much more scatological thesaurus, which is what is needed to describe these people), we here in the “real” America will still protect your overprivileged lily-white asses. However, that said, Bach and Carol, are as usual, full of shite. If you guys didn’t want to have military recruiting on school campuses, maybe you should vote to defederalize the schools. Ha! A liberal voting to defederalize! Any more laughin like this and I’ll need a colostomy bag. As for the 2060 mothers, and the “kiddies taken right from school…” Bach, you hidebound idiot (or “asshole” as you so eloquently put it) America’s men in uniform are smarter, better-trained, better-conditioned, and probably better-looking than you. They all CHOSE to go fight, and they are great guys who I respect deeply for that. To suggest that men of such bravery and leadership were or are not competent to make a decision is completely puerile. Though Carol irritates me, I have to say it….
YOU SUCK BACH
!
I mean, completely.
I don’t care if it gets me kicked off.
I’m gonna say that one more time…
BACH’S HEAD IS IN HIS ASS
!
4:49 am [ Quote ]
carolm,
Being “better educated” doesn’t have anything to do with intelligence or common sense. I’ve seen some of the best educated people in the world do and believe some of the stupidest things (like voting for democrats or still thinking evolution is “science”). Education does not make you smart.
I know that you think you’re smarter than the rest of us since you’re usually pretty condescending to Ian.
7:09 am [ Quote ]
O’Reilly O’ the Top
I have always had a dream that Fox News would replace that blowhard Bill O’Reilly with my favorite Fox Fan – John Gibson. Maybe now is the time. O’Reilly seems to be hallucinating that he is now an advisor to President George W. Bush, as…
9:31 am [ Quote ]
What a wanker. Bill, go play with your falafal.
11:43 am [ Quote ]
Bach: Read, listen, grow up, become a conservative. Best wihes.
rabair, Brantoc: Right on!!
1:08 pm [ Quote ]
I am from the area, and this is heating up here. Demands for OReilly’s firing are going on, from a SF sup and others. You know nob hill is a gift to the city for the firefighters of the 06 quake (it looks like a big fire hose) so the fire fighters are offended.
Who is “unhinged”.... Bill went way too far.
1:56 pm [ Quote ]
[...] On Bill O’Reilly’s radio show, he made the following quote (thanks to Political Teen: “If Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we’re not going to do anything about it” (AUDIO)): [...]
3:14 pm [ Quote ]
Let’s all miss the point
How to make stupidity stew: Step 1: San Francisco supports a wacky proposition to make military access to public schools more difficult. This is a perfect example of the left wing playbook. Every student is free to decide what
3:47 pm [ Quote ]
Did anyone get the significance of Nissan announcing its decision to move to Tennessee the day AFTER the vote in California? Kiss another 1300 jobs good bye Cali. Perhaps Warren Beatty can pick up the slack, you know put his money where his mouth is and replace the jobs from his movie wages.
The folks are tired, ain’t they Bill.
3:55 pm [ Quote ]
Hehe, probably because the posts say stuff like this?
Are you aware that none of these companies reside in San Fran County? Even if they did (they don’t), do you honestly believe that the US economy is driven by search engines and small computer companies?
Back to topic, O’Reilly should apologize for going over the top as he certainly didn’t mean it. If he does not at least clarify his point, he will look as foolish as these non-apologizers:
Sheehan – Calling Iraq terrorists “freedom fighters”
Roberts – Explaining that God had a hand in Katrina
Ted Kennedy – For not apologizing for murdering that girl, and everything else he’s said since then.
Dean – Saying Republicans don’t do any work, and are just a bunch of white christians, and that Bush is not allowed to play hide the salami (the last one is a joke, but he did say it
Michael Moore – (BUFFER OVERRUN!)
So unless O’Reilly wants people to put him in the same category with these people, he’d better apologize.
5:40 pm [ Quote ]
I don’t think he needs to apologize. He didn’t advocate terror attacks, he just was saying: If you don’t let the Army, etc .. then you shouldn’t get the protection of them if God forbid you get attacked. I think that is fair.
6:07 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly is wrong. San Francisco is a major American city and a substantial contributor to the long term wealth of the United States. Denying military protection to San Francisco would be foolish. Joking about it, as he did, is not reponsible.
San Franciscans cannot stand by while our city is trashed. This blog is presently linked to Drudge Report. This blog must allow a debate.
Ian has deleted several posts that have been refuted O’Reilly’s claims and the claims of others on this board.
San Francisco is the capital of the American economic system, the system which our troops are fighting to protect. As I look out my window now, I can see an aircraft carrier in San Francisco bay. This city supports its troops but not this ill-conceived war.
We would rather provide our high school seniors with economic opportunities rather than one way tickets to Iraq. That is how we are expressing our democratic will within this Republic.
6:11 pm [ Quote ]
Furthermore, to O’Reilly’s federal funds assertion, San Francisco is a net payer of federal funds. We are the third wealthiest city in the country meaning we pay more taxes than just about anywhere else (San Jose is number 1). Our taxes pay for the federal funds used in schools in Kansas. And our taxes pay for the military.
6:21 pm [ Quote ]
Why We Love Bill O’Reilly
He says it like it is, and takes the heat.
“You know, if I’m the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium and I say, ‘Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote agai…
6:29 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly does not ‘say it like it is.’
He was completely wrong. He was not responsible in his role as a major network broadcaster. He ought to apologize.
6:29 pm [ Quote ]
The left didn’t give a damn about soldiers during the 1980’s and 1990’s when over 18,000 of them were killed during field training exercises. Where were your protests then? Oh I forgot that it didn’t advance any of your political agenda.
6:40 pm [ Quote ]
This thread is about the safety of San Francisco and the right of local governments to assert themselves. We shall not be dictated to by bureaucrats in Washington.
This is not about right and left. It is about state’s rights, local control and safety.
The people of San Francisco just hosted fleet week one month ago. We like our soldiers and sailors.
But we do not want to sacrifice our poorest children who are targeted by military recruiters in high schools. We would rather provide our all of our high school seniors with economic opportunities rather than one way tickets to Iraq. That is how we are expressing our democratic will within this Republic.
O’Reilly seems to think that if your Democratic will is not aligned with his, then you should be the victim of terrorism.
Could that be right?
6:42 pm [ Quote ]
I don’t know. Your statement is certainly accurate Ian. And O’Reilly in no way offended me. But in these days of such ridiculous political correctness, you get harrassed if you don’t call a thief an “often-borrowing American”.
And I might even think that it’s time to take a stand and stop letting pc’ness remove honesty from statements, and replace it with feel-good lies – like the using phrase “undocumented worker” to describe someone who broke in to our country and stole a job from an American, while at the same time creating a barrier to capitalistically raising wages beyond minimum wage. But in this particular case, it could be spun by the media pretty easily, and conservatives could be made to look mean or self-centered.
That’s why I said he should ‘clarify’ if he doesn’t apologize, explaining that he does not want that building destroyed, but that if SF is not willing to support the troops, then the troops should not be obliged to support SF.
Two things conservatives have on their sides are:
-We don’t support our crazy Robertson/Duke wing like the liberals do support their crazy Schumer/Kennedy/Dean/Moore/Soros wing. They have to come up with some dubious reasoning as to why they support these people. We can just be honest and say we don’t.
We can use logic and reason to explain our position, and never need to resort to curseladen ad hominem attacks when our position is proven faulty (because it can’t be if we use logic and reason before having a position).We have to jealously guard those advantages, because liberals have THREE powerful advantages, that continuously undermine us.
-The media supports them.
-The media supports them.
-The media supports them.
For at least another decade, the media playing field will not be even. And as much as we ridicule them for their inaccuracies, lies/mistakes, errors by omission, and general bias, the media has an extremely powerful effect on American politics. A large portion of America still trusts the MSM.
Until the media issue is resolved, I’m not willing to risk either of our two advantages. As my previous post made clear, liberals can say what they want no matter how horrible and still get away with it (another example is that black republican in your Maryland getting “Uncle Tom’d” by the evercaring liberals). We can’t.
That’s why I’m still for O’Reilly apologizing or clarifying his statement.
Sorry that this post rambled. If someone would only create a “Federalist Society” for the media, my comments would not have to be so long
:hint:
6:56 pm [ Quote ]
O’Reilly is such a tool. Between his terrorist threats, and his bs comments on why we shouldnt shop at places because how dare they not say “Merry Christmas”, its amazing how many stupid people think this man is worth their time and effort.
7:00 pm [ Quote ]
rabair, you make a very strong statement arguing that liberals who claim to be “compassionate” are frauds – maybe you should go tell this to the thousands of americans who have dedicated their lives to public service for the less fortunate both at home and abroad in some of the poorest countries of the world.
Lokk, Bill obviously did not “advocate” a terrorist strike on SF - but his choice of words was very very unfortunate and imprecise – meaning, his statement could be interpreted in so many ways that of course many people will be offended. Such statements are very divisive as can be seen even from this discussion – we’re already at the point where many liberals and conservatives refer to the other said as “the Enemny” in the very serious sense of the word. How much further will this go on?
8:00 pm [ Quote ]
I think the wackos you want to stay away from are the ones who think that we came from primordial ooze.
8:06 pm [ Quote ]
Do all the people up in arms about what Bill O’Reilly said have the same indignation about what was being said about the government setting bombs off to destroy the levees? I didn’t see a big uproar about that demanding apologies from those kooks. How about Howard Dean and all the asinine things he’s had to say about Christians? I don’t see any of you liberals jumping to our defense.
Look, the socialist kooks that are in S.F. are anti-American. They proclaim it proudly every day. I worked there for 2 years and had to hold my nose at some of the most outrageous displays of anti-Americanism that have ever been seen on the planet. There are actually people there who advocate the destruction of the country to rid the world of us. All of you lefties that have no idea what goes on in S.F. shut up. S.F. is a moral and political cesspool.
8:32 pm [ Quote ]
mlgsac: I have said this to you before, but once again I must say:
AMEN!
9:44 pm [ Quote ]
An Example of Why I Don’t Like Bill O’Reilly
California Conservative has a post up entitled “Why We Love Bill O’Reilly” which quotes something O’Reilly said on his radio show this week about San Fransisco and a vote in the city to keep military recruiters out of public sc…
10:34 pm [ Quote ]
Paraphrasing Bill O’Reilly
Californian Conservative emphatically denies that the O’Reilly is “suggesting or recommending that anyone ‘blow up’ Coit Tower.” Oh, really? What if I make the quote a little more personal and use those same words with O’Reilly as the subject, wi…
4:45 am [ Quote ]
its true, the world is only 6000+ years old. Those silly fools and their evolution. Scientists are just lying to us about million year old fossils and evolution. Probably because they’re liberal.
9:29 am [ Quote ]
mnoa815: It is obvious you are wholly unqualified to address the topic of evolution versus intelligent design, as you are biased towards one possible explanation of the origin of life and totally closed minded to any other possible scientific view. But, it is impossible to claim to be truly interested in science and at the same time exclude any and all data which opposes your prejudices.
It is human arrogance and folly to examine the incredibly complex, perfect nature of all life and to then assert that it is all the result of random mutations over time. Any design, but certainly perfect and complex design, demands the pre-existence of a Designer. The real reason that Darwin and so many scientists today, though certainly not all, are so intent on pushing Darwinian Evolution is this: Liberals must insist there is no God so they may feel free to pursue their perverse lifestyle choices; or, they must obey God and accept His Divine Authority, and given a choice they will do everything they can to assuage their guilt by denying that God exists.
9:50 am [ Quote ]
Have you even studied the evidence? Do you know about things like the second law of thermodynamics? Have you studied biochemistry? Or have you only repeated the mantra taught to you by the indoctrination centers some call public school?
I would suggest you pick up a copy of “Darwin’s black box” by Michael Behe. He is neither a young earth proponent nor an anti-evolutionist. He’s a biochemist and has published some very interesting scientific evidence about cells and their makeup. It makes for interesting and enlightening reading.
3:35 pm [ Quote ]
I just wanna thank you for that quote because I thought it was rumors that people like you actually exist and actually think that way.
3:58 pm [ Quote ]
mnoa815: So, what is your point?
While no such charge is absolute against the liberals or completely excludes conservatives,the Truth is the Truth! It is primarily the left that is on the march in the courts to remove all traces of Divine Authority from our country, to cause all mention of Him in the Public Square to cease and to even make Scriptuire itself into hate speech! It is the left that demands we tolerate the murder of innocent human beings in the womb, that we murder the old and infirmed or anyone socially unacceptable, and who demand we approve of homsexual conduct – a lifestyle choice, homosexual marriage, legalization of drugs and a host of other things which the world and God’s Word has condemned since man was created.
If you don’t like the Truth I cannot help it, it is the Truth because it is the Truth!
4:42 pm [ Quote ]
for those who don’t understand what umnumzana is talking about with the Bible becoming “hate speech”, it is something the left is trying to actually do. I believe it succeeded in Canada, or at least part of Canada, because some gays made an issue out of the fact that the Bible condemns their lifestyle. I don’t have an article at hand, and this was probably about a year ago now… perhaps umnumzana has one… It’s so ridiculous.
7:21 pm [ Quote ]
Bill OReilly is Right!
Bill OReilly is absolutely correct. San Francisco should not expect our military to come to their aid in any crisis. The city has effectively told our military to take a hike so we as a country should do the same. Let them defend themselves if that …
2:41 pm [ Quote ]
trilamb: Ian has a policy of our sticking to the point. I try to follow his lead, but on occasion it is very difficult, because I feel a need to defend the Truth solely for the sake of the Truth. You said, “Michael Behe is an idiot. Read a few more books. Intelligent Design is for morons.” FIRST, calling someone an idiot because you disagree with them is childish and hardly contributes to civil, reasonable debate. NEXT, why don’t you take your own advice and read the many books available, by reputable scientists that support Intelligent Design before you start calling people names and attacking them for holding opposite views? It is hardly scientific to have a closed mind, and insist that things conform to your narrow prejudices.
Having been to China many times, I can tell you that they are not ruled by a single religion or any religion at all, they are an atheist, communist state, and they torture and kill people of faith.
You said, “Go start your own Christian state. You can kill people for dancing, or being gay, or go back to hanging blacks and having slaves; it will be fantastic for you.” For your information, it was Christians who fought against slavery in our country, many of them risking their fortunes and their lives to fight against this injustice and the morally repugnant state of slavery. Yes, there were many Christian people fighting for slavery, most of them were genuine Christians, who were simply in the wrong on this issue; being victims of a time when slavery was being accepted as a normal state of affairs, which it had been since the dawn of time.
Let us go to your name, I suspect you may be a homosexual, offended by anyone holding a negative view of your lifestyle choice. I can understand that and sympathize with your feelings! But, that lifestyle choice is clearly condemned in Scripture and anyone saying they are Christians must hate all sin. Sadly, some Christians who rightly believe homosexuality is a sin are also frail, finite human beings, who get caught up in their emotions and are not always able to separate their God commanded hatred of sin from His Commandment that we love everyone, even sinners as we all once were.
Lastly, the reason you hate Intelligent Design and hold so passionately to Darwinian Evolution is that you have rejected the existence of a Divine Creator, because if you truly admitted His existence and Authority over all things, you would have to obey Him and turn from your sins. So, it is a matter of using evolution as a tool to deny God’s existence so you can avoid feelings of guilt over your sins. I know, because every Christian including yours truly must come to that same hour of decision, we must go one way or another. Thus far, you have chosen the way of science and a denial of Almighty God the Creator.