McCain Pastor: Islam Is a 'Conspiracy of Spiritual Evil'

Source: ABC News


McCain Called Pastor 'One of the Truly Great Leaders in America'

Despite his call for the U.S. to win the "hearts and minds of the Islamic world," Sen. John McCain recruited the support of an evangelical minister who describes Islam as "anti-Christ" and Mohammed as "the mouthpiece of a conspiracy of spiritual evil."

McCain sought the support of Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, Ohio at a critical time in his campaign in February, when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was continuing to draw substantial support from the Christian right.

At a campaign appearance in Cincinnati, McCain introduced Parsley as "one of the truly great leaders in America, a moral compass, a spiritual guide."

Campaign aides positioned Parsley right behind McCain for photographers, apparently unconcerned about Parsley's well-established denunciations of the Islamic faith in a book "Silent No More" and on DVDs of sermons about Islam.

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Parsley's views and his connection to the McCain campaign are now beginning to show up on Arab Web sites and newspapers.

Al Moheet, a regional Arabic Web site operating in Egypt, carries the story with a picture of McCain and the headline: "McCain's Spiritual Adviser Calls for the Destruction of Islam."

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Preacher endorsements are off-limits for the press. Unless you have a Muslim-sounding middle name.

They are ripe for the youtube pickings.

to them, this is NOT an outrage...

How's that one playing in Peoria?

Those folks eat that shit right up...

No shortage of them, is there?

And is his name really 'Parsley'?

Hagee and Parsley, whom McCain seeks to exploit in order to corrale their mindless fundamental votes, are two of about a half-dozen or so right-wing hate preachers that get regular airing over our cable systems. It is amazing that they are called "Christian" when their message is anything but that. Unfortunately, too, their high visibility gives Christianity a bad name to any young, thoughtful near-adult who sees through the dripping bile. They never hear nor see, through the filter of our major media, the other side: Liberation Theology, the Berrigan brothers, etc. Not a clue about the progressive work done by many faceless practitioners rightly called followers of Christ.

I cannot help but think of the musical theme from the original Omen movie playing in the background as he was saying this.