Why else would there where those sacks? must be hidding something...

Wmd's.

I got an idea...

Supersoakers filled with pigs blood. No "weapons", just millions of gallons of pigs blood sprayed all over the Muslim world. :evil:

A relative of mine, Gen. Pershing, was rumored to have done something akin to this to stop the insurgency in Palestine, I believe. From what I understand, he ordered bullets to be dipped in pig's blood and then had his men shoot a line of insurgents. Supposedly, this stopped any further attacks as the enemy was afraid that they would not get into Paradise with the taint of pig's blood upon them. I really doubt today's Martyr would be so easily swayed- they all ate BLT's and drank like fishes prior to the Sept. 11th attacks. (There must be some sort of Martyr upgrade being offered now).

Assuming you're talking about John Pershing, he was never stationed in the Middle East. The story your thinking of is about him putting down a Muslim insurgency in the Phillipines during our occupation of that country following the Spanish American War.

It is generally considered apocryphal though for a couple reasons. There is not evidence that the events happened. Also, Muslims do not believe that they will be barred from heaven for having having been touched by a pig or pig's blood. So the tactic wouldn't work even if tried.

There was an email glurge thing with this story back shortly after 9/11 so I'm sure there are details at Snopes.

Sorry, but just to reiterate, aren't the KKK burning gay churches in the name of the Christian God ?

This is a great piece of logic and it would work, look what it's done for the US.

Yes there are. Every movement has gross extremes, as has been mentioned. What the test is is what the mainstream does. You don't see partying on the campi of Christian Universities when there is a burning cross placed on the lawn of a home of an African American.

ROTFLMAO :D

Well, Paul was an Apostle, so his entire purpose in life was the establishment of the Christian church through Italy and Greece (primarily). And yes, there large majority of the NT is the writings of Paul (and we could get into the whole "inspired by God" aspect, but that's not the point).

I suppose the problem that I had with your original statement was that there is an implication that the unconverted are not worthy. The unconverted are not worthy of what?

As far as Paul being smug....there's a fine line between smug and certain. I suppose you could describe him that way, but being in prison, under house arrest, blind in later years, ship wrecked, facing beheading among other things.....those things might have a tendency to be humbling.