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HOWARD CENTER DECRIES WEBSITE URGING CHURCH ARSON
Dr. Allan Carlson, president of the Howard Center for Family,
Religion and Society, today expressed dismay over a website that
urges enemies of faith to burn down houses of worship.
“It’s a sad commentary on the state of the nation, when an
anti-religion website openly advocates arson as a weapon against
Christians and Jews,” Carlson complained.
The site (www.churcharson.com) says church arson is “one way
people get involved with activism to end abusive practices of
Judeo-Christian religion.” The site, apparently based in McLean,
Virginia, calls Judaism and Christianity “forms of mind control.”
The author also looks forward to the day when “the executions of
diehard Christians and Jews” will commence.
Says Carlson: “This site isn’t just advocating arson, but murder
as well. It’s reminiscent of racist nightriders of the Jim Crow-era
and Nazi storm-troopers burning down synagogues on Kristallnacht.”
“A hardcore of militant atheists is getting desperate,” Carlson
commented. “Clearly, the anti-religion left is losing the public
policy debate. Also, traditional faith is growing, right across the
religious spectrum. This website is an infantile burst of anger
motivated by rage and frustration.”
Carlson charged that it also reflects an anti-religion ethic
promoted by the cultural elite. “With Hollywood depicting Christians
as fools, hypocrites or villains – and the news media telling us
that evangelicals are anti-democratic fanatics – is it any wonder
that a few unstable individuals are taking all of this as a call to
violence?” Carlson asked.
The Howard Center urges Virginia’s attorney general to
investigate bringing criminal charges for incitement against
www.churcharson.com. It asks the Internet provider to close down the
site.
“Religious America will not be intimidated,” Carlson pledged. “We
will continue to call for a return to those values and virtues that
made America great.” |