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2014-11-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

In A First, Washington National Cathedral To Host Friday Muslim Prayer Service

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Some observations:

The the article makes no mention of any non-muslim service held at any Mosque. This 'exchange program' seems to be one sided.

What specifically are they funding when they talk about 'Christian religious freedom in Pakistain?'
Does the 'freedom' they talk about include anything that goes beyond Dhimmitude?

"About 100 people will be at the service, which will be spoken and chanted without music, Campbell said."

Coincidentally the absence of music will make this palatable to the most extreme islamofascistic Sunnis.

“This is the place where we bury our presidents, where we bury our national heroes,” she said.

Yes, something is dead and being buried.

Suppose there's a Russian, Chinese, Iranian etc government expert on the US who's tasked to write up a psychological profile of the US. Something that might help his leaders anticipate the US's reaction to a crisis, a challenge a stand-off.

What conclusion will this person draw from this little news item and many others like it?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-11-12 01:02|| 2014-11-12 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Well if the Park Service pulls the church pews, do you think they will put them back? Or will this become a mosque that can occasionally be used for other services?
And will it be the right muslims?

Posted by Skidmark 2014-11-12 01:44|| 2014-11-12 01:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder what they would think about having a Christian service ar their big ass rock?

Posted by chris 2014-11-12 03:19|| 2014-11-12 03:19|| Front Page Top

#4 This may be an opportunity to off-load my cache of Kalashnikov prayer rugs. I have a couple of silk ones which are very presidential. Ms. Besoeker will be so pleased.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-12 03:50|| 2014-11-12 03:50|| Front Page Top

Think of the tax dollars saved. This redesign might have cost billions.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-11-12 04:00|| 2014-11-12 04:00|| Front Page Top

#6 The camel is fully in the tent.

Posted by Injun Ulomoque8628 2014-11-12 05:48|| 2014-11-12 05:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Feets gotta be washed, the facilities are gonna be a mess. I have attended a fair number of Episcopal churches and none of them (as far as I know) have proper nose cleaning apparatus, so it could get ugly.

Posted by Shipman 2014-11-12 06:32|| 2014-11-12 06:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Another example of why I left the Episcopal Church. Maybe the Arch Druid of Canterbury will show up to shout a few alan snackbars.

Posted by Mugsy Glink 2014-11-12 06:33|| 2014-11-12 06:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, in Turkey they have the Hagia Sophia mosque. Used to be one of the biggest churches in Christendom. Maybe someday the National Cathedral will become the National Mosque.

It will serve those dhimmis right.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-11-12 08:08|| 2014-11-12 08:08|| Front Page Top

#10 and this gesture will be reciprocated in the Washington National Mosque when?.....

Posted by anon1 2014-11-12 08:31|| 2014-11-12 08:31|| Front Page Top

#11 And the second this happens the mooselimbs will consider it a mosque and declare it the 54,556,342 most holy place in Islam and declare jihads to recover it since the filthy infidels are desecrating it.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-11-12 09:16|| 2014-11-12 09:16|| Front Page Top

#12 The Washington National Cathedral's ambiguous standing is an ongoing offense to the establishment clause. Someone should use this incident to completely remove any congressional or government sanction to the building, its use, and the Episcopal Conference in general.

And I say this as someone who isn't normally a church/state separation fanatic, but the WNC just offends my sense of propriety. It's a neo-Federalist stack of High Church horseshit.

Posted by Mitch H. 2014-11-12 09:44|| 2014-11-12 09:44|| Front Page Top

#13 ^^^^^^ yeah, well, that two.

Posted by Shipman 2014-11-12 11:28|| 2014-11-12 11:28|| Front Page Top

#14 It's a neo-Federalist stack of High Church horseshit.

It looks just like a European Catholic church, so yes. Chock full of traditional craftsmanship, and the acoustics are amazing. When I was in high school our baroque orchestra played Mozart there, and the building echoed it perfectly. They had to wait longer than usual between movements just to the let the building finish its part.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-12 11:34|| 2014-11-12 11:34|| Front Page Top

#15 Good points, Elmerert Hupens2660.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-12 11:37|| 2014-11-12 11:37|| Front Page Top

#16 The USA has offically surrendered. They should sign the paperwork between prayers.

Posted by airandee 2014-11-12 12:15|| 2014-11-12 12:15|| Front Page Top

#17 The National Cathedral suffered some pretty serious damage in the August 2100 Virginia earthquake (which also damaged the Washington Monument).

Maybe this is a fund-raiser for repairs? Or they took the quake as a sign from allen?

Posted by Bobby 2014-11-12 13:34|| 2014-11-12 13:34|| Front Page Top

#18 Do not touch that un-clean thing.

Posted by newc 2014-11-12 14:11|| 2014-11-12 14:11|| Front Page Top

#19 The Greeks had many gods, and now so do the heathen in DC. See, they are now praying to the barbaric false god allah, they symbol of the religion of death.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-12 17:25|| 2014-11-12 17:25|| Front Page Top

#20 The Cathedral will need a 8 hour reconsecration ceremony before it can be used for Christian services after this unclean act.

Posted by 3dc 2014-11-12 18:53|| 2014-11-12 18:53|| Front Page Top

#21 BTW will next service the Dems propose for the Cathedral be a Black Mass or Santeria ritual?

Posted by 3dc 2014-11-12 18:55|| 2014-11-12 18:55|| Front Page Top

#22 One more thing, Cathedrals were once "Christian Sanctuaries". In the Christian faith, praying to anything or anyone other than the Trinity was considered idolatry. So this place now is really no longer a Cathedral by definition.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-12 18:59|| 2014-11-12 18:59|| Front Page Top

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