[jasondef]

A couple of points I think need to be made here.

It is my observation that if the Christian leadership had their way here in America, they wouldn't be much better than the Taliban! The Christian Right is constantly trying to tell Americans what to read, what to say, what to teach, what music to listen to, what to think, what sexual preference you should have, how you should dress,etc, etc, etc, the list goes on. Not only do they I hear them tell these things over and over again every time I try to turn around, they also try to make it the law as much as they can. They'd have a strict dress code (women covered head to toe etc) a banned book list, what disciplines of science the schools can teach, and so forth. The fact that it is not this way is because we have a constitution that decrees a separation of church and state, and freeedom of religion.

The U.S. is not a wealthy, rich, powerful nation because it is mostly Christian. The majority of the countries in the world are third world countries, and so many of those are predominantly Christian.

It is not the the Muslim religion that is trying to kill this Afghan christian, rather it is the government of Afghanistan that is trying to kill this man. I know lots of Muslim people where I live here in Seattle, and they are not preaching to kill this man or kill Christians because their religion tells them to do so. Do not confuse the intolerant government of Afghanistan with the Muslim religion.

I don't agree with Afghanistan's policy, nor do I agree with Taliban, Al-Quada, or any other of the multitude of extremists that have sprung up in the name of Islam. These are groups that have hi-jacked a peaceful religion and twisted it to their own purposes. You'll find that the masses of people all over the world, regardless of religion, from the peasantry of Afghanistan and the Middle-East to the middle class Christians in America, are basically the same everywhere. They just want a peaceful life with family and friends, and get sick and tired of their "leaders" butting into their lives by starting wars and killing loved ones.