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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Powerful! Great thinking! Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Mike Hammer [mailto:mike@hammerhouston.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 08, 2015 6:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Lee Loe<br><b>Subject:</b> Watch people react to hearing violent Bible verses they think are from the Quran<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;color:inherit;padding:inherit;margin:inherit'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/7/1457710/-Watch-people-react-to-hearing-violent-bible-verses-they-think-are-from-the-Quran?detail=email">http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/7/1457710/-Watch-people-react-to-hearing-violent-bible-verses-they-think-are-from-the-Quran?detail=email</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=article><div><h1 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Watch people react to hearing violent Bible verses they think are from the Quran<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><img border=0 width=915 height=470 id="_x0037_20CB45B-C55F-402A-B5C4-E362714FCF89" src="cid:1ECAA232-C7A4-4898-A22F-BA3F71370EE1@attlocal.net" alt="Screen_Shot_2015-12-07_at_8.43.29_AM.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The young folk over at <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DitIsNormaal" target="_blank">Dit Is Normal</a> </span></em>(not a typo), a prankster show out of the Netherlands decided to prank people concerning the Christian Bible. In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and the rising <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>discussion</span></em> of Islam as a religion inherently violent and prone to terrorism, these two men thought it would be interesting to buy a Bible, highlight some verses, and then replace the cover of that Bible with a cover of a Quran and then let people read those verses—and film their reactions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>If you reject my commands and abhor my laws you will eat the flesh of your own sons and the flesh of your own daughters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>—Leviticus 26.29<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>I do not allow for a woman to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Timothy 2:12<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>You will have to cut off her hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Deuteronomy 25:12<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The reactions are priceless and predictable. Here are a couple of reactions that are very applicable to today’s general hypocrisy concerning the Islamic religion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Well, I didn’t know that this kind of stuff was also in this book. Cutting off people’s hands...I mean, apparently that’s just the way they are.<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>And the always classic, Bill Maher inspired:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>If you’ve been raised with this book and these kinds of thoughts, it’s going to influence the way you think.<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Good point? Problem is that it applies to most of the people ranting about this stuff these days. When the guys are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DitIsNormaal" target="_blank">Dit Is Normal</a> reveal that these verses are from the Bible, everyone’s reactions are genuinely surprised—and frankly—positive. One young man’s reaction is a real statement of our ability to swallow our pride without feeling humiliated—after laughing and seeming to be genuinely taken by how tricked he was he says this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>But it’s all just prejudice really. I always try not be be prejudiced myself but apparently I already am.<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Maturity and wisdom comes most frequently as a result of having your ideas challenged in a way that allows you to see the artifice of convention. It can be embarrassing at times and it can feel painful at other times—but that’s why we have humor! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Watch the Islamaphobic hypocrisy below the fold.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Hammer<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Realtor<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>713.856.5671<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mike@hammerhouston.com">mike@hammerhouston.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4460/11091 - Release Date: 11/29/15<br>Internal Virus Database is out of date.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>