Bryan Fischer took to his radio show this past week and told listeners that the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo was God's way of punishing Christians for committing blasphemy. He called Muslims a "pagan, evil, foreign, wicked nation" that God has chosen to use in order to punish Christians.
As Stephen D. Foster Jr. of AddictingInfo.org wrote: "At a time when we desperately need mutual peace among the religions of the world, Fischer is actively portraying Muslims as the villainous instrument God supposedly uses to punish Christians who break commandments...
...Religious satire is protected free speech and always should be. If God is the creator of all things, that means he granted us a sense of humor, meaning an all-powerful deity should be able to take a joke. Apparently, Bryan Fischer was not granted such a gift, as he is incapable of taking a joke. Probably because he is one."
Mr. Foster, I don't know whether to wince or cheer.
Hate is hate, whether it comes from a radicalized Muslim jihadist or a self-styled "Christian" evangelical who chooses to ignore the verses in the Bible that declare "God is Love."
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