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BREAKING: Tape shows Rick Warren praising Israel-hating terror state Syria as a "moderate country" t
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... he saw Christians and Jews in a near-routine existence, enjoying some privileges even Muslims don't receive within a governmental structure that formally allows for faith in Christ and adherence to the Torah. Warren then denied, repeatedly, that he had said anything of the kind. His staff removed the YouTube video that proved he said it. But then an audio turned up showing that this is exactly what Warren said. Here's the transcript, and you can listen to it yourself here: Read more: http://www.americablog.com/2008/12/rick-warren-praised-...
Rick Warren: Syria Treats Jews Really Well
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... John Aravosis has discovered some interesting quotes from Warren from 2006, talking about how he'd visited Syria and found it to be a place of moderation and religious tolerance -- including tolerance towards Jews, who in reality are barred from government jobs and who are singled out for special identification and discrimination in other ways. ...
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When John Aravosis and Debbie Schlussel are both after you, you know it's a bad day.
Aravosis, a gay rights activist leader liberal blogger focused on gay rights, links Schlussel, who has attacked virtually everyone online (myself included) for being soft on Islamic extremism, for her find of Rick Warren's ... unconventional...views on Syrian-Jewish relations.
Here's Warren, on a visit to Syria:
Syria's a place that has Muslims and Christians living together for 1,400 years. So it's a lot more peaceful, honestly, than a lot of other places because ...
