I just felt like ranting a little....

This started out as a Facebook status message I was typing but appearing status messages can't be more than 420 characters now, (when did they make that rule) so now I'm putting it here and expanding it some:

     I had a discussion with my grandmother yesterday about the proposed mosque to be built near ground zero (I read somewhere that the proposed spot where they want to built the mosque is actually a few blocks away from Ground Zero and not as close as the Teabaggers make it sound).  My grandmother said she agrees which the people protesting it. She said a mosque shouldn't be built near grand zero because the terrorists were Muslims. To which I replied, "Yes the terrorists were Muslim, however we can't then say all Muslims are bad. There have been many many Christians who killed people and did horrible things. Does that mean we shouldn't built any Christian churches anywhere near where a Christian did something horrible?" She said, "But this is different" and then changed the subject. But is it really different? I am not trying to attack Christians, I am just trying to make a point.  Thousands of murders were/are Christian but Americans never have said all Christians must be evil and bad.  No because Christians doesn't think they should all be blamed for what some Christians have done, then why should we blame all Muslims for what a few of them did.  Again I am not trying to attack Christians (or any religion) just making a point.  

What Jesus Really Looked Like

       This is actually kind of interesting.  According to some researchers the image on the left is what Jesus probably actually looked like and not the image on the left which is how most in vision him looking.  Jesus would probably look Middle Easterners, because he was Born IN THE MIDDLE EAST.  Show this to the all the Christians who go around hating Middle Easterners, their precious savior looked just like one.  You can read about the image research here: Which image looks more like Jesus?.
      On a similar note me and one of my friends from college were once discussing what would happen if the story of the birth of Jesus happened in modern times. As in if a women named Mary got pregnant but she and her boyfriend/husband, Joseph, had never had sex and then she tried to tell him it was a virgin birth and God had but the baby in her stomach. Joseph would never buy that story in this day and age. He would call here a cheating whore and never talk to her again. Or something like that.

I read this article on cnn.com an d just had to rant a little...

-BEFORE YOU READ THIS READ CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE I"M TALKING ABOUT-

Many of the commenters on this article are idiots.  The Facebook group wasn't about attacking anyone it WAS ABOUT FREE SPEECH.  AND YES THAT IS FREE SPEECH..  We must have freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom of religion includes believing what you want. But it doesn't mean if someone else religion said you are not allowed to do something than you can't do it.  This isn't about being disrespectful it is about having the right to draw a picture.  We are non-Muslim therefore our religion doesn't say we can't draw Mohammad, therefore using our right to our freedom of speech if we'd like to draw him we have the RIGHT to.  If you are offended by this no where does it say that you have to look at it.  However, if you are offended by this you DO not have the right to take someone else's constitutional right away because you don't like it, and you ESPECIALLY don't have the right to threaten to kill someone for expressing this right.  Granted this only true in the U.S of A.  Someone in the comments, who was angry about the group, suggested a group be created called "Draw Jesus taking it in the @$$ Day".  Well I say do it.  That would be free speech too.  So go for it.  I'll join that group too,  it doesn't matter.  I wouldn't join it just to be an ass, no I'd join it because I am a HUGE supporter of Free Speech and freedom of religion.  We need to protect these rights.  Many people these days are trying to take away our first amendment rights, not just the Muslims some Christians have similar arguments, we need to fight back.  There is a reason all the freedom's I have mentioned are in the first amendment to the Constitution, because our founding fathers knew it was very important and they knew they needed to make sure all people in there new country would have these rights.  If you don't like the fact our founding father's gave us these right than LEAVE THE COUNTRY, we'd be better off without you anyway.