Quite an interesting development from the local magazine that creates employment for many previously destitute people on our streets.
The Big Issue printed a letter from a reader containing the following sentence
If you want to blame someone for creating Satan, that would be the Jews.
The sentence in the letter could easily be classified within the parameters of hate speech. Following a series of letters criticising the editor for failing to omit the offensive sentence, the Big Issue have responded declaring why they decided to print the letter.
I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to any readers who may have been offended by the letter in question. Our decision to print it was taken so as to illustrate the point made by writer Owen Wolff in his `Bewitched and Bewilderd` article (also in the February 2005 issue) that most of the negative responses to the original article (the December 2004 `What is Wicca?` cover story) came from intolerant and irrational fundamentalist 'Christians' who seem completely unwilling to accept the existence of other faiths. In no way do we condone hate speech, but we do believe in exposing bigotry and intolerance, and encouraging debate around issues of public interest.
I think it is unfair to use one intolerant Christian as an example in order to single out Christians in general as being intolerant of other beliefs. It is common knowledge that people from all religions can be intolerant of others, and so, painting only Christians as intolerant or irrational discriminates against Christians in particular.
I fully support the initiative of the publishers of the Big Issue in starting a magazine which provides previously destitute people with the opportunity to earn a living. Perhaps they should however, refrain from controversy, since the last thing they would want is for offended readers to stop buying their publication. Heck, in printing just one letter they potentially offended Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Muslims in that one sentence read: All non-Christian movements are starting to unite in their belief against a common enemy, namely the Christians").
jews are satan,the anti-christ..! Whats the big mystery,its in the Bible itself if you bother to read it!!! Synagog-of-satan !!! Hello!? Matthew 27:23 through to Matthew 27:26 Hello!?
Posted by: | July 01, 2005 at 10:01
The Jews are the descendants of the devil himself (John 8:44)
Posted by: | August 10, 2005 at 19:24
The jews themselves are the embodyment of evil but they are not of Satan. Satan is their adversary. You see the Jews created the religions of Christianity and Islam in order to keep humanity from progressing spiritually and knowing about the powers of the mind that can be accessed by strengthening your aura and chakras. Satan wants us to know that we dont have to be slaves we can stand up for what is right. The end goal of the jews is a one world order where all spiritual knowledge and power has been removed from the gentiles and all spirital (occult) power is in the hands of the Jews and a select few Gentiles that are totally with their plans. They wish to use the power that we were created to have against us to enslave us.
See www.exposingchristianity.com and www.joyofsatan.com for more information.
Posted by: Dan Brown | August 14, 2008 at 06:43