The Lies of Oprah

FrontPage Magazine ^ | Jamie Glazov

[kaylar]

I was just about to ask that...the book of proverbs sanctions beating children (or at least 'sons') but I don't recall anything about beating women, and the only thing about beating slaves as I recall is confusing : OTOH , if your slave dies after being beaten by you, unless the death is instantanteous, you're in no danger of prosecution because "he is your property". OTOH, if your slave loses a tooth or an eye due to a beating, he is to be freed "for the sake of the tooth or the eye." Sirach sanctions slave beating, but not all of us have Sirach in our Bible. So where he gets the idea wifebeating is recommended in the OT or NT, I do not know.

[VRWCmember]

Jamie can't have it both ways: the Bible also mentions beating women and slaves.

Please provide references for the Biblical passages that condone beating women.

[MoJo2001]

UGH! I watched that Oprah episode and was disgusted by it. The most appalling segment was the one she did with the Queen Of Jordan (who happens to be a Palestinian). When asked about honor killings in her country, the Queen stated "we are trying to make people in our country MORE AWARE THAT THIS IS WRONG".

When the Queen was asked about "right wing fundamentalist" who see her as a threat to Islam, she stated that in HER country she would respect their right to have their opinion, but she wasn't going to change.

When the Queen was asked to explain the fundamentalist problem, she stated "these isn't indicative of Islam itself. It's no different than right wingers who kill people at abortion clinics." (Excuse me, but has anyone noticed how these Islamics will always bring that up to make a point about Christians?)

The problem with Oprah's show was there were no Christians allowed at the show. It was merely set up for MUSLIMS. Well, perhaps if the MUSLIMS in this country would like for us to understand..how about a REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS POPULATION IN AMERICA?? Would that be too much to ask??

Also, can someone ask this question to Muslims if they EVER get a question to ask this: Would Christians BE TOLERATED in their countries the way we have to TOLERATE MUSLIMS in ours?? Perhaps, they won't answer that because anyone that is oppressive to women is also oppressive to many other freedoms we enjoy here!! GOD BLESS JAMIE!