"Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you."
Cal Thomas, radio commentator, claiming to quote Attorney General John Ashcroft, who has denied making the remark. Thomas stands by the quote.
"They evidently didn't care if they offend anyone who did believe in God."
Don Wildmon, American Family Association president, protesting the lack of "under God" on Dr Pepper's "One Nation . …Indivisible" cans. Dr Pepper said it was just trying to be patriotic.
"There is no way to understand the horror of priestly pedophilia in the Archdiocese of Boston and elsewhere unless one accepts the existence of the Evil One as a powerful reality."
Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI religion correspondent.
"I have three Bibles. Just let someone try to take them away."
An unnamed American MP, based in Saudi Arabia, where practicing Christianity is banned.
Sources: The Washington Post, AFA.net, UPI, The New York Times
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