On this September 11, I’m reminded of how easy it is for extremists to hijack their own religion. Just a couple of days ago, a man claiming to be a Protestant minister hijacked an airplane in Mexico in order get the attention needed to tell the Mexican president a message he believed to have come directly from God. He was carrying a Bible. Inchoherent at times, even as he spouted biblical verses, Jose Flores showed clear signs of mental imbalance. When it comes to religion, committed practitioners sometimes do and say what others deem insane. Where’s the line?
