Muslim-bashing televangelist Bill Keller to bring inflammatory brand of worship to Ground Zero

[sabra]

Source: NY Daily News

A Muslim-bashing evangelical preacher is bringing his inflammatory brand of worship to Ground Zero - and even the anti-mosque crowd doesn't want him.

Florida pastor Bill Keller plans to preside over his first sermon near the former World Trade Center site on Sunday as a direct challenge to Park51, the controversial mosque and community center planned for nearby.

And he'll keep holding services at the Marriott hotel across from Ground Zero until he finds rental space for a 9/11 Christian Center.

"The center is there to bring hope and to help people," Keller said Thursday. "It's not designed to be a place where we preach against Islam, although we will preach against Islam and Mormonism and any other false religion."

Andy Sullivan, a leader in the movement to move Park51, said Keller's 9/11 Christian Center is "just what we do not need" near Ground Zero.

"This guy is going to justify all the people who call us bigots and racists for opposing the mosque," he said.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/02/2010-09-02_muslimbashing_televangelist_bill_keller_to_bring_inflammatory_brand_of_worship_t.html#ixzz0yTBKce2F

[sabbat hunter]

1. The guy is a complete

asshole, but he does have the right to do so. I hope he gets protested just as much as the Park51 project gets protested.

[jberryhill]

10. I hope not

What have we come to where anyone needs to get up in arms over one attention seeker renting a meeting room for a fund-raising scheme?

Seriously.

[geardaddy]

2. This quote is Monty Python-esque

"It's not designed to be a place where we preach against Islam, although we will preach against Islam and Mormonism and any other false religion."

[geardaddy]

3. Mr. Sullivan, I think you meant to say this.

"This guy is going to prove right all the people who call us bigots and racists for opposing the mosque,"

[Frustratedlady]

16. It's going to prove why we need separation of church and state.

If these guys don't get a handle on their emotions, someone is going to be killed. Mark my word, they are inciting others as well as themselves.

I keep hoping it will get better, but it continues to get worse.

[No Elephants]

25. I thought that was proven before the Pilgrims droppped anchor?

[No Elephants]

26. Boy, has THAT ship already sailed!

[Dogtown]

4. K&R n/t

[Turborama]

5. He's going to "preach against Islam and Mormonism"?

How many of BecKKK's droids know that he's a Mormon? Expect multiple head explosions of the ones that do.

[dgibby]

6. Time to boycott the Marriott and anyone else who gives this idiot a venue. n/t

[jberryhill]

9. Kinda funny... an anti-Mormon renting space from Marriott

[jberryhill]

7. It's an attention getting fund raising scheme

I wouldn't bother to play into it. If this guy wants to do his thing in a rented hotel meeting room, he's certainly entitled to do it.

Amusingly, he is anti-mormon, but is paying Marriott for the meeting space. Duh.

[uppityperson]

8. Very disrespectful to the families/friends of those affected by 9/11

"He is creating the center so people in lower Manhattan will have an alternative to Park51 - a place he considers a breeding ground for terrorism."

Are there really no other community centers or churches around?

I also like the bit where the proposed center is not designed to preach against Islam, but they will preach against Islam there.

[Turbineguy]

11. Another asshole

on a Mission from God.

[EXneoCON]

12. We're on a Mission from God...

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[Turbineguy]

15. Sorry....

I was not thinking of Jake and Elwood.

But then I also wasn't thinking of God either.

[EXneoCON]

20. That's OK, but....

...look more closely. That's not Jake and Elwood, either! ;-)

[SoapBox]

13. It's all about "ginning" up the troops and keeping them in line with HATE.

It's always about hate...Hate, Hate, Hate.

That is how these phony religious types, attempt to control the masses.

Pick a group...and they will hate. Commies, "Reds", Fur-n-ers, Homos, Mexy-cans...you name it.

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Actually you title is misleading.

It should read "Former Convict, Securities Fraud Felon and Career Criminal Bill Keller" just to accurate.

[Turborama]

17. From July: Christian Evangelical Center Plans to Compete with Ground Zero Mosque

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4463930

[Crowman1979]

18. I hope he shows up! That way the anti-mosque nitwits will lose even more credibility.

If that happens, even the MSM won't be able to ignore how bigotted those people are.

[AlphaCentauri]

19. Billy should be preaching in Saudi Arabia and Egypt

where cristian women get spit on the face for not wearing a hijab

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

21. the man from mars might believe...

the only two issues of importance in America are where people choose talk to their imaginary friends and where they choose to dump their loads.

[Rage for Order]

22. Muslim Imams are just as bad

[classysassy]

23. Standards

I always thought our standards were superior to theirs,so you want to lower our standards?

[Odin2005]

24. This country has gone insane.

[No Elephants]

27. I saw the Daily News online poll results. 70% want him in NY.

"Keller earned a degree from Jerry Falwell's Liberty University while serving three years in prison for insider trading. He became a television and Internet pastor when he was released in the early 1990s and now claims a following of 2.4million."