Two Responses

Consider the vast difference between these articles:

First, is a story of Churches being (again) burned to the ground in the South. A terrible crime that has been rearing it's head in Alabama for years. Here's a response from one of the local pastors of the church that was burnt to the ground.

The pastor of Ashby Baptist said it his church will be rebuilt. "We're in the process of making plans for this Sunday and beyond," Jim Parker said.

I think we can agree that given the situation, that's a positive "can-do" attitude. No angry rants or anything of the sort.

Second, a story about anger over a an announced episode of Will and Grace that will apparently mock Evangelicals. So how is it being dealt with?

The American Family Association immediately raised objections to the planned episode, saying it "mocks the crucifixion of Christ" and will "further denigrate Christianity" by airing the night before Good Friday.

On its Web site, the Mississippi-based advocacy group called on its supporters to urge network affiliates to refuse to run the episode and to write letters of protest to NBC.

Encouraging like-minded viewers to make calls and committ to not watching the program. Ok, I can buy that even if I wouldn't boycott.

Finally, let's consider a third story. This one about Muslim anger over a series of Dutch comics. And how do the Muslims choose to go about dealing with the situation?

About 4,500 people rallied in the southern city of Basra and burned the Danish flag.

Early Friday, Palestinian militants threw a bomb at a French cultural center in Gaza City, and many Palestinians began boycotting European goods, especially those from Denmark.

"Whoever defames our prophet should be executed," said Ismail Hassan, 37, a tailor who marched through the pouring rain along with hundreds of others in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

"Bin Laden our beloved, Denmark must be blown up," protesters in Ramallah chanted.

An imam at the Omari Mosque in Gaza City told 9,000 worshippers that those behind them should have their heads cut off.

"If they want a war of religions, we are ready," Hassan Sharaf, an imam in Nablus, said in his sermon.

About 10,000 demonstrators, including gunmen from the Islamic militant group Hamas firing in the air, marched through Gaza City to the Palestinian legislature, where they climbed on the roof, waving green Hamas banners and chanting "Down, Down Denmark!"

Even more interesting is the US government's response.

In Washington, the State Department criticized the drawings, calling them "offensive to the beliefs of Muslims."

So, it's acceptable to mock Christian faith with urine-doused upside-down crucifixes but a drawing of the founder of Islam is off-limits. And even more telling is the vast difference in reaction.

But remember that there is nothing more dangerous than a Christian. There is no reason to believe that the majority of Muslims around the world prefer violent means to solving their "problems." It is the Christian Evangelical Nazis who support Hitler-Bush that pose the single greatest threat to our country.