One last thought.... What has happened to Christian Values???

I received a rather disturbing piece of e-mail tonight from a friend who has good intentions, but since he passed this email on, he is obviously misguided in the name of Patriotism. May God forgive anyone who harbors and promotes such ill thoughts- even to the ones who would do us the most harm on earth.

The email was forwarded about what is happening in Iraq, and was one woman's thoughts. One might portray it as patriotism; however if you read into it, it is the radical trashing of Christian values disguised in the name of glorifying our Country. I love our country in every way but could never think the thoughts this woman obviously harbors toward anyone who has even done me the worst evil possible.

This post is NOT meant to offend anyone and it is NOT meant to stir up any trouble, so if you are going to be offended by some Christian thoughts, you have the right not to read, just as I have the right to post.

Here is the forward of the email I received (names witheld)PLEASE NOTE- THIS DOES NOT REFLECT MY THOUGHTS IN ANY WAY AND IS NOT MY WRITING!!!:


This is a forward from *****

The lady that wrote this letter is *****. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq.
Read it!

WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?

"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it
or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11,2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, as well as across the Potomac from
our nation's capitol and in addition a field in Pennsylvania?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they? And I'm supposed to care that a copy of
the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't care at all!

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent eople on 9/11.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.

I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana (or Allah's Paradise) care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

I'll care when judges stop ordering my government to release photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, which are sure to set off the Islamic extremists just as Newsweek's lies did a few weeks ago.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.

When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your
heart of hearts that I don't give a d....

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and -- you guessed it -- I DON'T CARE!

Written by ****** and sent bY ******

(Come to think of it I don't care either. If you do not care send this on
to others. OK? GOD BLESS THE USA AND MAY THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS GET WHAT
THEY DESERVE. and it is refreshing to see someone take a patriotic stance
instead of a politically correct one.)

*******END OF FORWARDED EMAIL*******


GOOD LORD, WHAT WAS SOMEONE THINKING??? THEY HAVE SOME VERY GOOD POINTS.... WE MUST FIGHT TERRORISM IN ANY FORM ACROSS THE WORLD..... BUT HOW AS CHRISTIANS (OR OF ANY RELIGION I CAN THINK OF FOR THAT MATTER) PREACH A STANCE "MISTREAT THOSE WHO MISTREAT YOU"??? WE ARE NOT SENDING A MESSAGE OF PATRIOTISM TO ANYONE BY EMAILS LIKE THIS- WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE OF HATRED AND HOWEVER GOOD THEIR INTENTIONS, THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS WAS SORELY MISGUIDED IN SENDING SUCH A MESSAGE THAT WE SHOULD DISRESPECT A RELIGION IN GENERAL, OR BEAR ILL WILL TOWARDS ANYONE, EVEN THOSE THAT DO US WRONG.

Hate me if you must, but even though I fully support our troops around the world as they fight any form of terrorism, and hate what happened to us on September 11, 2001 and is still happening around the world today, I can NOT condone what was displayed in this email by promoting just as much hatred as the terrorists our men and women are fighting in Iraq and the rest of the world.

I can't believe God would condone this author's words, actions and thoughts either. You can disagree with me about harboring ill will towards anyone if you want to; but you'd better think long and hard before you disagree with God.

*off my soap box*