Casual Observer

I've been coming to this site since 2002 I think. There have been many folks that have come and gone, so it's impossible for me to give you a conclusion of any value.

Honestly, I am not someone you'd know. I haven't posted here in the past under any name.

I knew about it because I read it.

I honestly don't know.

I'm not Swerski.

I knew you'd say that.

Thank you my dear lady. Look, sorry for roiling the GC. I didn't know I'd get under folks' skin like I did. However, I have to get back to work now, but will try to check the Board when I can. - Cas

What would not being an asshat entail?

That's because you haven't looked. There are plenty of magic books. I'd suggest "Magic for Beginners" by Doug Henning. He's the guy that always wore those rainbow suspenders.

Don't know about body fat, but I'm not fat, nor am I Bert or Immensa.

Can't a Board Mod convince you that I am not he?

Thank God for people like you who are so far above the debate that you can see things as they really are.

Do you know of any, or are you asking for suggestions?

No, what I meant was that a court-appointed psychologist/psychiatrist evaluated the guy and found him to be insane. I believe he was found to be schizophrenic. Maybe you are discounting that psych's opinion and finding. That misimpression led to the comparison with the Muslim you then make. I can't agree with the comparison. I might agree that both are "crazy" in an everyday non-clinical use of the word, but absent some true mental illness that is driving one to kill others, the Muslim is acting according to his understanding of what God wants him to do according to his religion.

I don't doubt the gang component of your comment, but it is done in the name of Islam, particularly, that one view is the correct view of Islam and the other is blasphemous and its adherents need to be wiped out.

He is also insane.

If the Muslim does the heinous act while shouting "Allahu Akbar" while doing it, then I think it's justifiable to make a logical leap and connect the act with his religion.

I'm sorry. Did I take your usual seat at the bar?

Not even close.

Oh, I didn't get the nuance inherent in your original post. Good job pointing out that absurdity. Christendom needs people like you who aren't afraid to take a stand and are willing to endure the criticism that comes from pointing out the hypocrisy within it. That post was deleted. I'm Casual Observer.

No one should question the President's commitment to his Christian beliefs. Especially after he condemned the attacks on Coptic Christians by Muslims in Egypt at Christmas time and threatened to send in the military to protect his Christian brothers and sisters from their less tolerant Muslim brethren.

Are you really calling someone else a bigot after your JC was a h0m0 comment? What happened to that comment anyway? In any event, do you have the balls to make a similar comment about Mohammed, or have you evaluated Islam much more favorably than Christianity or another religion?

What about this article would lead you to the conclusion that this "issue" is important to all the R's?