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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Brown" data-source="post: 1468464" data-attributes="member: 18">I've got to admit, this is a difficult situation for me to reconcile.On the one hand, I fully support anyone who believes their religious beliefs prevent them from doing something unless it intrudes on the true nature of their job.  I think this incident fits this description.  It could have easily been filled with volunteers.On the other hand, intellectually I cannot reconcile exactly what prevents a Christian from going to a mosque........I am not a religious scholar (and I recognize I've made the huge assumption that those who believe it conflicts with their religious beliefs are Christians, in which I include Catholics and Eastern Orthodox) but I am prepping to attend seminary so I'm not totally uneducated in theology and Christian history, but I'm not quite sure what grounds one uses Biblically to oppose going to a mosque if you are not being forced to worship there.It seems that any grounds one uses Biblically to prevent someone from walking into a community event at a mosque (or any other Christian denomination or Synagogue) is shaky or taken out of context at best.I know the Captain involved, went to the police academy with him, worked for him, and consider him a friend but I just can't buy the argument.  Paul is VERY intelligent and I simply can't grasp his point of view on this.That said, I 110% support his decision if he truly believes his 1st Amendment rights have been violated and I believe he's smart enough to know for certain and honorable enough not to do it just to make a point.All in all, it's just a freakin' mess.<img src="/images/smilies/nonono2.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nono2:" title="Nonono2    :nono2:" data-shortname=":nono2:" />Michael Brown</blockquote>

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