Meet Rod Parsely, McCain's Self Admitted "Spiritual Guide"

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While the Republican Party has taken such great offense to a few sentences of a few sermons from Obama's former pastor. I find it a great double standard and hypocrisy the fact that the Republican Party and McCain welcome many advocates of hatred with open arms. Watching some youtube vids today I am shocked at the tone. So many who were so upset about Wright's fiery tone, have no problem with Parsely's tone or the tone of other preachers of hate endorsing John McCain after McCain asked for their endorsements. Here is a brief example of Parsely in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh503w_YLe4&feature=related But the most disturbing to me about Parsely is his view on destroying Islam. Not Bin Laden, not terrorism, but the religion of Islam. I'm sorry but Islam does not equal terror. Muslim does not equal Bin Laden and suicide bombers. Every religion has their fanatics and that is what Al Qaeda is. Here is a disturbing excerpt from Parsely's book: As Corn noted, in a chapter titled, "Islam: The Deception of Allah," in his book, Silent No More (Charisma House, April 2005), Parsley wrote: I cannot tell you how important it is that we understand the true nature of Islam, that we see it for what it really is. In fact, I will tell you this: I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore. (Pages 90 - 91) In the same chapter, Parsley further wrote that Muhammad "received revelations from demons and not from the true God." (Page 96) If John McCain wants to criticize Obama for his choice of Pastor, then he needs to denounce and reject all of his recent endorsers who preach hate in their ministry. I'm not talking about 2 youtube blips, I'm talking about their ministry. While I do realize John McCain needs these preachers to make people that think he is a liberal happy, and to appease conservatives (McCain was booed at CPAC), it is a double standard for him not to reject Parsely and others who preach hatred in the disguise of religion. For the entire article: http://mediamatters.org/items/200803230004