Roger Ross Williams Quotes
'God Loves Uganda' is a powerful exploration of the evangelical campaign to change African culture with values imported from America's Christian Right. The film follows American and Ugandan religious leaders fighting 'sexual immorality' and missionaries trying to convince Ugandans to follow Biblical law.
Williams, Roger Ross. "God Loves Uganda: Why I Made This Film." HuffPost, BuzzFeed, 10 Oct. 2013.
He was reacting to the Republicans in Congress passing a special law for a single right to die case in Florida. Ironically Danforth himself had always been considered a conservative and he also was an ordained Episcopalian minister.
This church which was so active later in sending missionaries throughout the world, at first thought the idea absurd.
These Christians are hard-line missionaries who have inserted themselves into Islam like a parasite.
This is an important quotation because it reflects the extreme Muslim antipathy toward non Islamic missionaries. An Islamic theocracy like Iran gets itself in a bind over missionaries because Islamic law (Sharia) which they follow requires the Death Penalty for ANY Muslim who converts to another religion. There is no opportunity for repentance; death is required. Of course, modern and reformist Muslims do not follow this Koranic requirement any more than Christians and Jews today will execute for Heresy or Adultery as is required in their Bible. The lack of balance illustrates a very difficult problem other religions have in dealing with Muslims. Christian missionaries who convert Muslims are “parasites.” Muslim missionaries who convert Christians are doing the will of God.
Reading this quotation, one would think that it was uttered in the early 21st century when the Christian Fundamentalists drove Christian liberals out of many of the evangelical churches and out of the Republican Party. However, this process and conflict has been ongoing for almost a century. This quotation was made in 1922.
this is a joke Tutu has used, but variants of it exist which are not original to him.
Many Conservative extremists like Terry are not only anti-abortion but also are racists and religious bigots as well. However there are also many anti-abortionists who have fought for equality and pluralism in America. The Roman Catholic Bishops, for example, oppose abortion, but denounce racism and other discrimination.
Roger Ross Williams is an American director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Oscar, with his short film Music by Prudence.
