[Shermy]

Well, he makes more sense than his Prime Minister.

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[Robert DeLong]

This is pure utter nonsense with no supporting evidence of his claims, however, I would like Tanker Bob's website. Sounds kewl.

[Charlie OK]

Man, those darn Christians and Jesus Freaks! Everybody knows they're the whole reason why we're about to go to war with these Middle Eastern "freedom fighters". If they would just sit back and let the terrorists blow us up then maybe there would be less turmoil in the world...</Heavy Sarcasm>

"Kumbaya my non-denominational higher being, Kumbaya..."

[LibWhacker]

http://31337.pl/

[Cogadh na Sith]

What is interesting about Tanker Bob's home page is its combination of conservative Christianity and American civil religion -- the Lordship of Jesus and the motherhood of the Statue of Liberty.

Yeah, it's weird like all that 'Endowed by their Creator stuff in the Constitution'....

It is the reason why -- along with legitimate security concerns and the need to ensure a stable oil supply -- no matter what happens with the UN inspection teams, the United States and, albeit somewhat unwillingly, Canada will be at war.

Yeah, never mind those legitimate security concerns and the need to ensure a stable oil supply...

I guess I just don't understand this article at all.

[DWSUWF]

"...the United States and, albeit somewhat unwillingly, Canada will be at war..."

Don't get your panties in a wad, Mark...

Given their unfortunate tendency to draw friendly fire down on themselves the Canuckistan Self Defense Forces will be stationed in a rear area.

And they won't leave home until after this year's FDNHHJS (Friendly Diversity Nurturing Happy Holiday Joy Season) is over.

I'll be home for Fidunhij... You can count on me...

[BlueLancer]

Then what would he think of this ...

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children
to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead
because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth,
shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines
because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters
crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with
"If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you",
and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obesience.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology
will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea
.. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

[Tacis]

Stuff like this would usually make me mad because of its stupidity but, after all, he is a Canadian and is superior in every regard.

[Charlie OK]

Instead of posting these moronic hit-and-run pieces then hiding out, why don't you intelligently spell out why you hate America and Christians. People here are actually willing to have a discussion with people with opposing viewpoints as long as they know what they're talking about and aren't just trying to pick a fight.

Tossing out a grenade then running doesn't exactly help your cause much. It just makes more people hate you. I guess you learned your technique from the Palestinian school of debate, huh?

[Tribune7]

He is also a devotee of George Bush Jr.

Who is George Bush Jr.?

[joebuck]

"Although extremely active in the United States, religion usually has not been a dominant force in political decision making."

Oh Really?!! How about this, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equall, that they are endowded by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Recognise that? It's from the Declaration of Independence, perhaps the most signifigant example of "political decision making" in the history of the world. Looks to me like that Creator mentioned was a pretty dominant force.

[Uncle Miltie]

The author projects our priorities as:

#1) Re-election of Bush
#2) Religious war
#3 or 4) National Security
#3 or 4) Oil

Yeah, right. Canahoodians been sniffin too much white stuff.

[mil-vet]

Thanks for the post - intersting and sad!

Mark Parent has missed the entire point! Another foreigner with US-envy, no doubt!

Tanker Bob, of course, has nothing to do with whther the US is going to war with Iraq! Irag has EVERYTHING to do with whether the US is going to "...put a boot in [their] a$$, that's the American way" (Thanks to Toby Keith for those words).

After all, the Israeli intel service provided unequivocal proof that Iraq had bankrolled both WTC attacks immediately after 9/11! The WOT has nothing to do with religion (there are even those who maintain that islam is a philosophy, not a religion), it has to do with a bunch of islamics who want to kill everyone not islamic, as they are directed by the koran! If the WOT means take out Iraq, c'est la vie!

As for that outstanding cartoon by the 17 y-o highschool student of "mommy liberty" (do a google search on "mommy liberty"), Mark Parent again has no clue! Maybe liberal canada wants to become another state tied forever to the pathetic loser image France has created with their surrenders and "compromises" over the centuries??

[PAR35]

So this is what passes for Baptist theology in Canada:

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/WFNS/e_press3.html
Mark Parent, Spirit Scapes (Northstone Publishing) $19.95

Alternative medicine, the new physics, Gaia, near-death experiences, the New Age, fundamentalism, revivalism, feminist and liberation theology -- everywhere we turn, new ways of thinking about the divine, about the Earth and the cosmos and our place in it, are surfacing like bubbles from some subterranean spring. Clearly, North Americans have embarked on a spiritual quest. This book provides an overview and analysis of nine of the most significant spiritual movements of our time, and shows their potential to influence both contemporary religion and society.

A keen observor of religious issues, Mark Parent has published numerous articles in several religious periodicals and, in 1993, a book entitled Enigmatic Answers. Mark is minister at Pereaux United Baptist Church and teaches in the Department of Continuing Education at Mount Allison University. Haligonian by birth, adopted into Port Williams, Mark Parent moved to Bolivia, South America at an early age and spent his formative years in Oruro and La Paz. Mark and wife Catherine have three children, Jeremy, Meaghan, and Kaitlyn.

[general_re]

Interview with "Tanker Bob"...