IP: A Quiz

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Answers will follow in a day or so djf

> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:44:55 -0800
> To: farber () central cis upenn edu
> From: Earle D Jones <earle.jones () home com>
>
> Dave:  Don't know whether you've seen this or not.
>
> With regard to Jock Gill's recent piece:
>
> "There is an eerie parallel between the methods used by so-called Islamic 
> fundamentalists to justify their holy war against non-Muslims and the 
> tactics used by our own domestic right wing extremists to try to make 
> their agenda seem patriotic."
>
> I found a quiz recently that asks you to try to identify the speaker for a 
> set of quotations.  The speaker in each case, is either Pat Robertson, 
> Jerry Falwell, or Osama bin Laden.
>
> Here is the quiz.  (I will forward the answers in a separate email)
>
> Regards,
>
> earle
> *
>
> Who said it - Falwell, Robertson, or Bin Laden?
>
> Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Osama bin Laden have a lot in common. 
> Take the quiz and see if you can identify statements by each of these 
> "leaders."
>
> 1.      In today's wars, there are no morals, and it is clear that mankind 
> has descended to the lowest degrees of decadence and oppression.
>
> 2.      America is polluting the whole world.
>
> 3.      The government is committed to supporting God's religion, the 
> country remains a strong bulwark for religion, and the people are among 
> the most protective of God's religion, and the keenest to fulfill His laws.
>
> 4.      One-world opinion is taking the side of the Palestinians, not the 
> side of Israel.
>
> 5.      There will never be world peace until God's house and God's people 
> are given their rightful place of leadership at the top of the world.
>
> 6.      The government does not cease to cry over matters affecting 
> religion, without making any serious effort to serve the interests of the 
> religious community.
>
> 7.      We are on the brink of our destruction, and if we do not awaken 
> now, it will be too late. We have been victimized by traitorous behavior 
> on the part of our leaders.
>
> 8.      The media strives to keep the people occupied with minor matters, 
> and to stir their emotions and desires until corruption becomes widespread 
> among believers.
>
> 9.      There is no way that a United Nations, treaties, or any other 
> human instrument can bring about peace. Such things mean nothing when one 
> nation desires the land and resources of another.
>
> 10.     We have allowed rampant secularism.... We have insulted God at the 
> highest levels of government.
>
> 11.     One particular report described the gaps and the shortcoming in 
> the philosophy of the government, the situation of the law within the 
> country and the arbitrary declaration of what is lawful and unlawful 
> regardless of divine law as instituted by God.
>
> 12.     Priorities of spiritual work are lost while blasphemy and 
> polytheism continue its grip and control. We should be alert to these 
> atrocious plans carried out by the government.
>
> 13.     America is in imminent peril... rotting from within.
>
> 14.     The American people have put themselves at the mercy of a disloyal 
> government, and this is most evident in Clinton's administration. The 
> American government is leading the country towards hell.
>
> 15.     The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought 
> to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation.
>
> 16.     If America is not suffering the irrevocable judgment of God, she 
> is dangerously close.
>
> 17.     Americans have committed unprecedented stupidity. We anticipate a 
> black future for America.
>
> 18.     If the judges appointed by man will not deal with those who take 
> innocent human life, then God is going to enter in and bring justice. And 
> when that happens many of the innocent will suffer along with the guilty.
>
> 19.     All these crimes and sins committed by Americans are a clear 
> declaration of war on God.
>
> 20.     A condition like this will bring about the destruction of your 
> nation. It'll bring about terrorist bombs; it'll bring earthquakes, 
> tornadoes and possibly a meteor.
>
> ***
>
>
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