I’ve wanted to comment on the whole Mohammed cartoon issue for about a week. Thankfully I kept quiet because there has been tons of good commentary about the issue all over the blogsphere.

I really appreciate Fr. Marin Fox’s take in his article Those Mohammed Cartoons found at Bonfire of the Vanities. This is the closest to my thinking, especially as regards republishing said cartoons.

The BLOGCORNER Preacher hits the nail on the head in regard to the inconsistencies, hypocrisy, idolatry, and errors found in Islam.

blogs4God has a great article, First the Muslims came for the Cartoonists.

In short, and in my opinion, this is a battle of cultures and civilizations. The Moslems see it as such.

Unfortunately, we in the West have that overwhelming desire to placate them, think the best, until (we hope) they see things our way. As blogs4God says. —Appeasement for a false peace is always a recipe for disaster.—

This is not a management situation where we have to deal with a difficult employee. This is not a child rearing operation, where we have to be patient and guiding. This is the reality of differing perspectives on the value of life, freedom, self determination, etc. etc. These are deep seated cultural values. Just because some in the West have given up on their foundational values does not mean the rest of the world will.

Our culture and our freedoms come from somewhere. They come from a proper understanding of humanity founded in Judeo-Christian scripture. Our civilization and structures are founded on that proper thinking. This is why the word ‘society’ has deep philosophical meanings beyond the dictionary definition.

There is no ‘our God is bigger than your God’ argument. Our God is God. Their prophet is not. Their prophet is, well many things, but not a prophet of God. The prophet deal ended when Jesus Christ, true God and true man offered Himself for the redemption of the whole world. How can you expound any more on God’s Word?

Now, I will take this opportunity to engage is some re-working of Warren Zevon tunes:

Roland the Headless Cartoonist

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a cartoon for hire, fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Arabia to join the bloody fray

Moslems of London

They’re the hairy headed gents who run amuck in Kent,
Lately they’ve been overheard in Mayfair.
You better stay away from them,
They’ll blow your head off, Jim,
The Moslems of London.

Ahhwooooo… Moslems of London, Ahwooooo!
Ahhwooooo… Moslems of London, Ahwooooo! Huh!

Mohammed’s Radio

The Moslems are restless and they’ve got no place to go
Someone’s always trying to tell them
Something they already know
So their anger and resentment flow

But don’t it make you want to blow up people
All night long
Mohammed’s Radio
I heard somebody calling from the Mosque
On the radio, Mohammed’s Radio

You know, Hamas has got their problems too
They will surely take them out on you
In walked the village idiot and his bomb was all aglow
He’d been up all night listening to Mohammed’s Radio

But don’t it make you want to blow up people
All night long
Mohammed’s Radio
I heard somebody calling from the Mosque
On the radio, Mohammed’s Radio

You’ve been up all night listening for his drum
Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come
I heard the General whisper to his aide-de-camp
“Be watchful for Mohammed’s lamp”

But don’t it make you want to blow up people
All night long, Mohammed’s Radio

With my sincerest apologizes to the late, great Warren Zevon.