The extremes of Christianity and Muslim religion

We have a serious problem in our world of 7+ billion folks who are very different from one another and are generally intollerant of anyone not of their culture nor beliefs.

One of the primary problems, obviously, is religion which controlls the minds of a majority of peoples with supernatural beliefs and expectations. Unfortunately many become zealots for their own beliefs and therefore militant. Below is an example of the clash between extremists on both sides which end in the deaths of innocent people who were actually unaware of their peril until too late.

What I'm referring to is the Mazar-e-Sharif UN attack and massacre by radical Muslims as published in the Wall Street Journal (4/4).

"Thousands of worshippers, flogged into a rage by sermons denouncing a burning of the Quran by a fringe preacher in the United States, spilled out of the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif and marched about a mile to the UN compound and attacked UN workers inside, easily overwhelming the 60 or so Afghan police who tried to protect the site. One safe room at the UN compound proved ineffective in sheltering those inside. The attack developed so quickly that U.S. forces were unable to mobilize in time to intervene." http://tinyurl.com/3oyr2y8

So what spark initiated this rampage?

"It was the Quran-burning, held March 20 at the Dove World Outreach Center by church leader Terry Jones in Gainesville, Fla., was "hateful, extremely disrespectful and enormously intolerant," Gen. Petraeus said.

Now Jones is an American and living in an American sub-culture of Free Speech/Religion advocates who wantonly does what he wants in a Constitutional America without regard to the rest of the world. He is certainly not alone, but the rest of us Americans have to live with the shame he has placed upon us.

There were innocent human lives sacrificed because of this jerk who should somehow be forced to face trial and imprisionment - not by an American "Constitutional" court, but by an international court of crimes against humanity.

It is sad that so many of us use the Constitutional Bill of Rights to enable violations against our fellow citizens and others in the world.

For example, the 1st Amendment says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof......." The problem with this amendment is the phrase, "...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....." because we see what certain religious zealots can behave over and above the wishes, desires or welfare of the American people or, indeed, the people of the world!

Terry Jones is fully within his American rights, but is in reality an international criminal! Our only hope is that one of our Muslim-Americans might decide to "jehad (right word?)" our despised Reverend Jones. I certainly wouldn't weep a tear over that bastard or the congregation who encourages him!

http://tinyurl.com/3oyr2y8