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Because terror works. It's a fallen messed up world. The Muslims will follow or copy the same activist action as the homosexual. With all the fear mongering of the gays for around four decades we have been set up for all this illogical behavior. I mean really, bacon on the ground? Hate crime? nuts. Just wait until these officers experience the hate from Muslims. What about that guy driving around a chik-f-lay giving the finger. We shake our heads but if someone did that to a gay bar or a Mosque, forget about it. Hate hate hate. Lockem up.

How can you compare slaughtering live animals inside a temple to putting bacon on the ground at a public park? How can you compare it to burning books? No one here thinks the bacon incident was a good move, but it's not a crime. Shall we be like Europe and refuse to draw cartoons about them? There is a reason Islam is known as The Religion of Perpetual Outrage. Their reaction to any situation is never in proportion to the offense. How about we go with this quote: "People who scream bloody murder about bacon on the ground will soon turn to stabbing people named Van Gogh."

Yes, it was tacky and juvenile, but I cannot believe it's being "investigated" as a hate crime. The police don't have time to prosecute incidents like the Norfolk reporter beating because they're too busy going all Sherlock Holmes to crack the case of the ill-placed bacon.

I believe more in the power of the Holy Spirit than in any particular version/translation of scripture. It has been mentioned before, so I will add my agreement to the idea/statement. If you want to know what scripture meant when it was written, study the culture of the day and the original language. Doing so will allow one to see what the initial intent of the message was. One can then seek guidance from God as to how to apply it to our lives today. I stay as far away from the battle over "the correct translation" as I can. I spent much time studying the different ways scripture was translated and have come to the agreement that God will teach us through the Holy Spirit what He wants us to know, no matter which translation we use. If we are using one that He does not approve of, He will move the person onto one He wants them to use. As to where the money goes when we purchase from a particular company, this is out of our hands. When I read about those who worry about this, I often wonder if they investigate every single purchase they make to ensure that no portion of their money would go to any ungodly purpose? If this is the case, and they do, their house must be sparse and their cupboards empty. To be honest, our time would be better spent leading the lost to Christ. God will use what we bring for His end.

I'm betting CAIR has their snouts in this up to their eyeballs...........

by George Whitten, Editor of Worthy Devotions1 Peter 5:8-10 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.The Jewish leaders of His time rejected Yeshua (Jesus) when He first came. He didn't meet their expectations. They were expecting a Messiah who would bring relief from the Romans, restore the Kingdom of David, and usher in an era of tranquility throughout the world. It is probable that their intense jealousy of Yeshua blinded them to the numerous passages in the Tenach (OT) which describe Messiah as a suffering servant, since they were certainly aware of those passages.The Scriptures present two pictures of Messiah, leaving bible interpreters with a dilemma to explain. Zechariah 9:9 portrays him riding a donkey into Jerusalem, lowly and humble; Daniel 7:13 refers to the Messiah as coming on the clouds of heaven. Some of the rabbis concluded there must be two Messiahs – Mashiach ben Yosef – the Suffering Servant, and Mashiach ben David – the conquering king, bringing judgment to the wicked, restoring the Temple and the Kingdom to Israel. The truth is, one Messiah, two advents.When Yeshua (Jesus) failed to fulfill the Jewish expectation of restoring the Kingdom of David, he was dismissed as Messiah. Their own lack of humility, their jealously and self centered pride caused them to miss what should have been obvious from the scriptures, that Messiah had to come first to identify with us, and then through suffering and death, break the power of sin, before he could restore the Davidic Kingdom.Is it possible for our expectations to be likewise colored or even contaminated by sin? We ought not to avoid the question. If our hearts are set in a self centered expectation of victory that fails to apprehend the suffering to which WE too are called, we can make the same mistake the rabbis made, and end up rejecting the true Messiah. While it's true that our ultimate victory is assured, we can never forget that the journey to that victory is a narrow path fraught with all the dangers of real warfare, with deadly enemies.Check your expectations…what are they based upon? Are there selfish or carnal motives in your expectations of God? If Yeshua said following him would be a narrow path with a cross on your back, then don't presume your victories until they have passed through the purifying fires of suffering. This is simply true fellowship with Him, and leads to the greatest glorious joys and triumphs. If you have any thoughts or comments, click here!

carm seems to put it nicely http://carm.org/what-molinism