I read a few minutes ago, rather late in the day the article about Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen losing favor with Muslim people for not apologizing for cartoons in the news there. Generally, I admire Muslim people because they are not swayed from their religiousn beliefs, but I have to write this. Mohammed is not GOD! GOD's commandment is not to make images of GOD as it is written in Exodus chapter 20. You may read those words at this website: http://commandments-of-GOD.info.

I also do not want to ever make images of GOD. I also do not want to disobey or offend GOD ALMIGHTY. I also believe that the Commandments of GOD are still the Commandments of GOD and that they apply to all people, tribes and tongues [native languages]. However, making images of people  whether drawing them, sketching them, painting them,photographing them, and yes maybe even cartooning them is not mocking GOD. What mocks GOD is raising a human [Mohammed] to the place of GOD or of worshipping humans in the flesh or images of them, or statues of them,  instead of GOD.  That is blasphemy and that is offensive to GOD. Mohammed was a prophet according to your Holy Book and I do not disagree with that statement. I read some of the Qu'ran and it seems to have some agreement with The Holy Bible as I know it. Whether he was a true prophet will be determined if what he foretold for the future comes true. If it does not come true, then he is a false prophet. A prophet by definition is 'one who declares what will happen in the future; or' one inspired by GOD to teach GOD's will ' to other humans and 'to announce' GOD's plan, or future events. There is a scripture somewhere in the Holy Bible and I will have to look it up because I don't know the exact verse but it says in a summarized way that the prophet's whose events he foretold do not come to pass is a false prophet. However remember also that sometimes in the events of The Bible, a prophet foretold something that would not happen for centuries or milleniums. So it is very hard to judge prophets, I think, without The Scriptures as your reference point.

Please for the sake of the peace of the world don't get so upset over images of Mohammed. In a way I understand because I would be furious if someone made a mocking image supposedly of JESUS. But I do not believe GOD calls you to war over it. Pray for those who mock you, JESUS said.* And that of course means pray for those who mock your faith. IF your faith is real it will stand the test of time and it will endure persecution and mocking by those who do not beleive. That is one of the promises of GOD, that HIS WORD will endure . In our Holy Bible, it tells how JESUS HIMSELF endured persecution and mocking with the rabble-rousers spitting on HIM, and throwing dice for HIS clothes, and making HIM a reed Sceptre to mock HIS authority, but it says HE did not complain. IF GOD HIMSELF did not complain when HE was persecuted perhaps we should learn from HIS example??

*JESUS's sermon on the Mount is on this website: http://blessed-are-peacemakers.info.

/s/ Gloria Poole @ Denver CO 80203