post 083
I was recently asked my opinion regarding the Mosque at Ground Zero.
It is so hard to present my view without it being misunderstood by those who do not follow Jesus the Christ, because there is soooo much unfamiliar groundwork that must apply.
Therefore I know this is long for a blog, but here goes;
There have been Muslims living peacefully in America as long as we have been a nation,
But we have also been in military conflict with Islamic nations just as long.1
How are both these possible?
Clearly Witchcraft is opposed to the Christian values upon which this nation was established, yet because of the freedoms granted to mankind by his creator, Witchcraft also has a right to practice, and is well established in America… within the social limits we all fall under equally. The local coven cannot kidnap my dog and sacrifice it to Satan. Not because the act is a practice of religion, but because it is a violation of the social laws regarding property, animal rights, and socially destructive activity.
Yet legal confusion regarding right and wrong has begun to fall on America.
Recently a Muslim man who violently raped his wife in New Jersey, was found not guilty because his religion allowed such conduct.2 (eventually overturned)
Honor killing is now the new level of legal debate in America. 3
These are indications of how far we have fallen, and not an indication of our intended form of Government.
Christians are instructed to love everyone… even those who hate them! 4
The laws and concepts of American tolerance are based on those instructions.
But since we are now a whole generation of God rejecters, our current understanding of what that means is corrupted to believe tolerance is a virtue.
A more popular phrase held dear by many is; “un-conditional love.”
But even our Creator has conditions on the actions of those he loves.
He may in fact love us with unconditional love, but that in no wise eliminates the heavy consequence for doing wrong. “whom the lord loves he chastens” 5
“Tolerance is the virtue
Of a man without conviction”
Bill Gothard
God, nor Jesus, nor any of his apostles who wrote the bible, have suggested Christians are to tolerate everything. Rather, Christians are to stand boldly and firmly against evil in all forms, yet love the evildoer as a valuable creation of God. The desire of the Christian is to persuade the evildoer to abandon his evil ways and follow the ways of Christ, but never force them to comply, which is contrary to the “free will” concept.
The Christian can distinguish between the person, and the conduct.
The Civil government is created with the burden of responsibility to deal out chastisement and even punishment for destructive social behavior, but not for personal beliefs. These governmental guidelines, follow the principles of the Christian God.
Our founders did not fear Witchcraft or Islam in America because the power of Christian love among its citizens was able to successfully overcome the general evil, as light overcomes darkness. Those bent on evil to the degree of evil social conduct, were charged and convicted of crimes against society. Not on religious grounds, but on social grounds under the guidelines of faith based laws. In this way moderate Muslims were also free to build mosques and worship as they desired, so long as they did not infringe on the rights of others. Radical Muslims were identified by their conduct, and removed from society, as are all people with socially destructive ways.
This is not a dichotomy, this is responsible civil law based on Christian principles.
Today, Americans are confused and no longer understand how to separate one, from the other, so lets provide a simple example we can understand;
Sex within the marriage is very good, but rape is very bad.
Because of the problem of rape, should we make sex unlawful?
Of course not; One is not the other, though by definition they appear similar.
We have foundational laws against Congress prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
Our land is now full of Islamic Mosques, which are religious.
Islamic Terrorism is religious.
Terrorism is bad.
Removing the establishments of Terrorism has nothing to do with prohibiting the free exercise of religion, even if that establishment is a mosque.
That does not suggest removing all Islamic Mosques.
This is a no brainer. Any third grader can tell the difference.
As free as Americans have always believed themselves to be, we have always had laws against insurrection. 6 (US Constitution Article 1 Section 8)
Dichotomy?
Hardly.
We have the right to make all sorts of public declarations against the actions of our government, but there are even limits to that when it crosses the line to insurrection.
What makes the difference?
The security of the Nation. For only in this security do we have the freedom to openly criticize it!
Congress does have the lawful ability to prohibit the free exercise of terrorism…
Even if it is religious. This is the same idea why people claiming to be Christian are not allowed to blow up abortion clinics they accuse of murdering babies.
This is a no brainer for a reasonable mind.
But for some reason today our Congress, our President, nor our Courts, can see the differences between such concepts.
Why?
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This strange reality can only be explained from a spiritual perspective.
The following Scripture is talking to wayward followers of the Creator God, such as present America;
Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;”
Verse 21 …”Because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,…”
Deuteronomy 28:15 “…it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:…”
Then there is a very long and detailed list of curses that will happen.
Including the following related to this present topic:
Verse 20 “The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand… to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Verse 43 “The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”
Verse 48-50 “Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, … and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:…”
These passages are God speaking.
No matter how we try to avoid such evils, if we deserve them, they will come, just as he promised.
That our government protects the terrorists that are committed to destroy us, under the religious freedom clause, is pure insanity, but unexplainably conforming to these promises of doom as a result of our own conduct!
That we refuse to call evil, evil is our confusion.
We secretly release child molesters into our neighborhoods,
We fully allow illegal aliens to all our societies benefits, while restricting our citizens.
We violate the Constitution’s amendment to prohibit the free exercise of Christianity, but we protect and support the rights of the religion committed to our destruction.
But is it fair to identify all Islamic Mosques as bent on our destruction?
Is there actually a difference between “moderate and radical Muslims?
One must examine the religion that rules their life to find out.
According to the Bible
Moderate Christians are offensive to God
The moderate Christian is
Unloving, self-centered, angry, hateful.
God promises his wrath on moderate Christians.7
According to the Qur’an
Moderate Muslims are offensive to Allah
The moderate Muslim is
Unwilling to blow himself up
Does not hate everyone
Doesn’t want to kill infidels.
Allah promises his wrath on all moderate Muslims.8
Radicals are willing to use force, (Jihad) while moderates prefer persuasion. (Da’wah) 9
Radical or Moderate, followers of Islam believe Islam must take over the world leaving no opposition.
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If the Federal Government, can decide what kind of religious establishment is acceptable, and where that establishment can be located, then they can control ANY establishment of religion and where it can be located regardless of the will of the people; Mosque, Church, or Temple. The fear of this is the reason for the very significant and very encompassing First Amendment:
“Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for redress of grievances.” Bill Of Rights - 1791
So how important is this Bill OF Rights?
The preamble tells us;
“The conventions of a number of states having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficient ends of its institution.” Preamble to the Bill Of Rights
The Constitution was quite good at specifically determining the boundary of power the Government was to have, but out of concern that its authority might still be misconstrued or abused, the Bill Of Rights was written.
The very first Article, suggesting its standing of importance, is largely regarding religion, with the freedom of speech following close after.
As I have shown in many of my previous posts, Religion was viewed as the most important factor in the success of the Government established by the Constitution.
“Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure if we remove their only firm basis?” Thomas Jefferson - carved in stone on the Jefferson Memorial
“A conviction in the minds of the people these liberties are a gift from God and not to be violated but with his wrath.” Thomas Jefferson
“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”
George Washington
Remember these people who wrote these documents, had just miraculously succeeded in a virtually hopeless cause, by declaring in writing a determination to throw off the bondage to the well established, and might of, the British Crown only 14 years earlier.
That written declaration was the Declaration Of Independence - 1777
The great suffering and bondage to the King of England was sourced in “The Divine Right of Kings” philosophy. This is the notion that God established the King, and therefore he must be obeyed as God’s voice and desire toward the people.
Although this general idea can indeed be concluded through misapplication of scripture, it became quite clear to the people that the idea had been misconstrued and abused by the Crown.
It is quite amazing to think that a people who had felt forced to rebel against a religious tyrant, would at the same time desire to establish a new form of government so steerable by religion.
But as seen in their writings, quotes and foundational documents, these people already had a very deep understanding of the true religion. They could see and understand the difference between a truth, and a corruption of that truth. The religion was good and vital while the abuse of it was unacceptable.
Now all these years later, through direct violation of the Bill of Rights, the Government has misconstrued and abused the power granted by the Constitution:
1. The first step toward that abuse was the Government Court’s removal of the Bible from schools. This began the ignorance and then abandonment of necessary religious understanding to maintain our system.
2. The next step was the intentional Government driven Separation of Church and State. Directly hindering Christian values from further steering our Government.
3. The third step was prohibiting the free exercise of religion. But not just any religion, the focus has been specifically targeting the religion of Christianity, which had already been nationally weakened through lack of education.
4. The most recent step, is respecting the establishment of the Islamic religion.
5. The next step, which has already begun, is introducing into schools the re-writing of history to disparage our Christian foundations, and glorify the new religious establishment of Islam.
The clear goals through these steps is not relegated to speculation, the enemies of the American system have already told us their goals before beginning the process.10
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Simple facts:
Islam has a long history of building Mosques on conquered soil.11
Islam is the self-declared religion, which intends to kill all Americans.12
Islam is the undisputed religion, which drove the planes into the Towers.
Now Islam is attempting to build a Mosque on that site.
The Imam of this proposed Mosque has clear Anti-American views.13
But apparently by our laws of freedom, we are powerless to stop the religious establishment of the Mosque on Ground Zero, right?
If this was but a religious Mosque, we should not resent the freedom of others to worship as they choose, and we should swallow our resentment for their crass choice of location.
Their right should be very precious to all Americans, and should be protected even to very great cost.
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But this should not be the focus of the topic regarding this Ground Zero Mosque.
Many have already exposed enough serious concerns that this mosque is a front for promoting terrorism, that the validity should be seriously investigated. 14
Further, Islam as directed by the Qur’an, requires violence against all those who do not follow Allah, 15
and this Mosque has been eagerly approved by the founder of Hamas, the Terrorist organization, without a single word of distancing by the Imam.
The topic of concern then, should be regarding terrorism.
Prohibiting terrorism is clearly within the scope of government authority.
The fact that the present American Government is in the practice of violating the laws regulating that government, is but one serious complication as to why this is not being investigated. Why our tax dollars are used to respect and promote this particular establishment of religion is another serious question. 16 Yet, without actually writing laws favoring this establishment, Congress has carefully avoided breaching the letter of the law.
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On yet another point of concern;
Of all places to build a mosque, where is the sensitivity of the Muslims building this Islamic mosque, on ground hallowed by the deaths of thousands of Americans murdered by radicals of the Islamic religion.
Compassion, regret, and sorrow, are none of the character shown by this construction.
Did the Japanese build a temple in Pearl Harbor following their attack?
Did the Americans build a church in Hiroshima following their attack?
The location of this mosque is not the actions of a religion with the desire to “build bridges” as declared.17
This action IS in keeping with their self-declared desire to conquer or destroy America,18
and their history to build mosques on conquered soil.
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Lets look at this from the other side;
Let us suppose that self declared followers of Jesus Christ, hijacked 2 commercial jets and flew them into the Dome of The Rock.
The very first thing you would see is a public separation of Christians from those men.
Christians do not condone this type of action, nor do they tolerate it from their members.
To support this, a quick and shallow, or deep and serious search of the Christian Bible condemns such actions, even against their enemies. “thou shalt not murder” Exodus 20:13 comes to mind. One of the 10 foundational laws, “…Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Romans 13:9b “for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” 13:8 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12
Acts of honorable war, in war time is not the same as terrorism. Because the goal of war is to stop the enemy from progressing an evil, while the goal of terror is simply to terrify, if not to perform an act of hate for hate’s sake.
The very nature of Christ is truth.
This is why we see thousands of examples in history, such as; “The Fox’s Book Of Martyrs” where Christians were willing to face death, rather than lie about their faith.
A Christian cannot denounce his LORD, even as self protection, and expect to remain in favor with his God.
Deception is not the nature of Christ. Christians are not authorized to act un-christlike, or to join themselves with those who are.
Revenge too, is not the nature of Christ. This is why we do not see Christians filling the streets in violent rage working up a blood lust against Muslims after 9-11. Instead our laws attempted to discover the source of the act, and then declared war against that source in the attempt to stop its progress.
granted, in today’s Godless America, I confess the waters have become quite muddy, and I cannot vouch for the honor of our Government in their conclusions.
But this is precisely why we do see American Christians crying “fowl!” at the godless conduct of our Government, because having turned godless, it has also become untrustworthy and corrupt. This is the reason for the 8-28 Glenn Beck rally this year.
Christian Americans are deeply concerned regarding a government gone rogue.
But where are the Muslims crying “Fowl!” at the Terrorist acts of “radical” Muslims?
Where is the Imam declaring a separation and public rebuke to the founder of Hamas who praises the establishment of this Mosque?
The Qur’an allows for such conduct, and of a truth, the terrorists are the truest Muslims, to receive the greater rewards, according to the Qur’an. 19
Yet even at this level of evil conduct by some Muslims, Christians are not searching out to destroy all Muslims in America.
This “hope for the best” is the foundation behind “Innocent until proven guilty”.
A well-meaning Muslim with peaceful purposes is quite welcome to live safely among his Christian neighbors, even after 9-11.
Only when his conduct is shown to have destructive intent do we take action to protect his neighbors…. As we do with all men, of all religions.
This is the same mentality of the Jews, because our God is the same.
Yes, we will always have the corrupt, and misaligned among us. But their wayward actions will be openly condemned among us.
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There is an event, when the Scriptures identify the wicked as sure of destruction.
That is said to be; “when their iniquity is full.” (Genesis 15:16)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:
Iniquities: 1647 and 5771 (the combination of both words)
1647 Gershowm, from the root 1644;
1644 garash; a prim root to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
5771 avon; from 5753; perversity, moral evil.
5753 avah; a prime root; to crook, literally or figuratively; do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, do perverse, do wickedly.
Once an entire nation become so committed to wickedness that it cannot tolerate the un-wicked around them, they become actively antagonistic toward good.
This is the general definition the scripture calls; “The fullness of iniquity”
At this point God turns his attention toward their destruction, and has on occasion used his followers to do this work, through war.
This is the historical foundation of the American attitude toward war.
Viet Nam is the first action, which I am aware of, where America lost her perspective of this foundational approach to war. We became mired in dark politics, and our honor was thoroughly tarnished.
Even though the Qur’an teaches;
“Believers! Wage war against such infidels, as are your neighbors, and let them find you rigorous” (Qur’an 9:124) “Slay or crucify or cut off the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace and that they shall have a great punishment in world hereafter” (Qur’an 5:34)
Many practicers of Islam have still not come to the fullness of iniquity as their extremists counterparts have.
They remain socially honorable and a benefit to their community by a moderate practice of their faith. Unfortunately for them, as long as they remain offensive to Allah by their non committal to the commands of the Qur’ran, 15 they remain socially acceptable in the American communities they choose to live. Our form of Law protects them equally to their freedom of religion, as it should and must! This is the Spirit of Christ, not Allah.
All this to attempt a simple explanation at why I feel the Muslim desire to build a Mosque at ground Zero is indication of Evil against America, and not an acceptable form of worship that must be protected by our nations right to free exercise of religion,
while at the same time feeling we must continue the firm grip on our laws prohibiting congress from prohibiting the free exercise of all religions.
Terrorism is not to be protected under our religious protection laws. And when Islam commits terrorism, it must be actively and quickly treated as terrorism.
Combined with the evil intent of Islam to consume America, the words of Imam Rauf and his wife showing intent to bring Sharia Law to America is evidence enough for me to label him unworthy to build a Mosque on U.S. soil.13
As long as Americans are decidedly Christian, our laws protect us from the control of oppressive religions such as Sharia Law. But once we abandon our Christianity, Our same laws enslave us to those forceful religious controls, which we allow to come.
This is because our Laws are established on the people’s freedom of will.
The choice is ours to make; The tolerant benevolence of Christianity, or the demands of Islam’s Sharia Law.
One can hardly blame Islam for wanting to easily conquer a people who have cast off our only firm basis, as Jefferson so prophetically stated.
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(Some have told me the links on this blog don't work, so I have included the web address after each link for you to copy and past into your browser.)
1 Barbary wars - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli
2 Muslim wife rape - http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/07/sharia-in-new-jersey-muslim-husband-rapes-wife-judge-sees-no-sexual-assault-because-husbands-religio.html
3 Jihadwatchorg on Honor Killing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2MrmlX4Kg&feature=fvsr
Honor killings:
An honor killing is defined as the murder of a girl or woman who has committed an act shaming or embarrassing her family. The family shows the community that it has reasserted control by killing the woman, thereby making "harm to reputation" a defense for murder.[59] The Koran does not mention honor killings, and many Muslim scholars and commentators say that honor killings are a cultural practice which is neither exclusive to, nor universal within, the Islamic world.[60]According to law professor Noah Feldman in the New York Times, Islam "condemns the vigilante-style honor killings that still occur in some Middle Eastern countries."[61]
On the other hand, honor killings are justified under Islam in Saudi Arabia.[62] Saudi textbooks state that it is permissible to kill adulterers. In April 2008, a girl was killed by her father for talking to a boy on Facebook. However Most honor killings require some sort of a sexual bodily interaction. [63]Honor killings are justified as a part of the culture in Jordan.[64] In 2001, a bill demanding stiff penalties for honor killings was rejected by parliament on the grounds that: "it would encourage adultery and create new social problems." In 2005, honor killings accounted for one-third of all violent deaths in Jordan. There is no punishment for honor killings in Iraq. [65] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam
4 Matthew 5:44-45 “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:…”
5 proverbs 13:24, Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 3:19
6 in·sur·rec·tion/ˌinsəˈrekSHən/
Noun: A violent uprising against an authority or government: "opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection". Merriam-Webster
7 Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighreousness:”
Revelation 3:15-16 “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
8 “Unless we go fourth, (for Jihad) He (Allah) will punish us with a grievous penalty, and put others in our place” Qur’an 9:39
9 Da‘wah (Arabic: دعوة) usually denotes preaching of Islam. Da‘wah means literally "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation", being the active participle of a verb meaning variously "to summon, to invite" (whose triconsonantal root is د ع ى). A Muslim who practices da‘wah, either as a religious worker or in a volunteer community effort, is called a dā‘ī, plural du‘āt. A dā‘ī is thus a person who invites people to understand Islam through a dialogical process, and may be categorized in some cases as the Islamic equivalent of a missionary, as one who invites people to the faith, to the prayer, or to Islamic life. [1]
10 "Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?"
- Nikita Khrushchev
"America will fall without a shot being fired. It will fall from within."
- Nikita Khrushchev
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."
- Joseph Stalin
"The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion."
- Karl Marx
"Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism."
- Vladimir Lenin
"The press is our chief ideological weapon."
- Nikita Khrushchev
"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."
- Joseph Stalin
"I once said, "We will bury you," and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you."
- Nikita Khrushchev
"Democracy is indispensable to socialism."
- Vladimir Lenin
"Democracy is the road to socialism."
- Karl Marx
"When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism."
- Vladimir Lenin
"The goal of socialism is communism.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
- Karl Marx
"Fascism is capitalism in decay."
- Vladimir Lenin
"The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."
- Karl Marx
11 Islam, the religion of Peace:
Mosques on conquered soil - http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/08/22/islam_has_a_history_of_building_mosques_over_other_religions_ruins.html
12 Qur’an 9:29 “Make war upon such of those to whom the scriptures have been given as believe not in (Allah) and have forbidden His Apostle, and profess not the professor of truth, until they pay tribute out of hand, and they be humbled”
Qur’an 2:191 “Kill the disbelievers wherever you find them”
13 Hanity exposes Imam Rauf - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCEpVbs5320&feature=related
, Imam Rauf investigated by Fox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ-yCsshV_s
14 A leader of the Hamas terror group yesterday jumped into the emotional debate on the plan to construct a mosque near Ground Zero -- insisting Muslims "have to build" it there.
"We have to build everywhere," said Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas and the organization's chief on the Gaza Strip. 'WE HAVE TO PRAY': Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (inset) got support from Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar (above left, with Gaza political leader Ismail Haniyeh), who spoke on WABC Radio yesterday in favor of Rauf's proposal to build an Islamic center in this downtown location two blocks from Ground Zero.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hamas_nod_for_gz_mosque_cSohH9eha8sNZMTDz0VVPI#ixzz0y3L6fu4W
Jihadwatchorg on religion of Peace - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFuJz0hA5rc&feature=related
15 Qur’an 9:123 “O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty unto Him”
16 “Rauf is in the middle of a Mideast trip funded by the U.S. State Department that is intended to promote religious tolerance. He told a gathering Sunday at the U.S. ambassador's residence in the Persian Gulf state of Bahrain that he took heart from the dispute over the mosque, saying "the fact we are getting this kind of attention is a sign of success." government funded religious promotion - http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71433
17 "We want to build bridges," Khan said. "We don't want to create conflict, this is not where we were coming from." building bridges - http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71433
18 youtube death chants - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHoVuFlrcjA
“Because They Hate” by Brigitte Gabriel, DVD “Obsession” by obsessionthemovie.com
19 “And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision” Qur’an, Al-Imraan:169 The goal of Jihad is to gain salvation. We are all aware of the promise of 70 virgins to the shaheed (martyr) “Allah has bought from the faithful their persons and their belongings against the gift of paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill and get killed; that is a promise binding on Allah” Qur’an 9:110
Sunday, August 29, 2010
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wow, i have nothing of value to say to all of this. i have so many thoughts, and none of them in ways of conversation.
ReplyDeletefirst let me say that the links are not working:)
i am stunned by what you wrote about the man that was found not guilty for killing his wife because his religion allows that conduct...by the same reasoning, satan worship has the same religious reasoning, and they are even allowed to practice legally in prison, again under religious freedom. i do understand everything you are saying, well most, but if we were to leave religion out of the equation, where is common sense? like you essentially said, one has the freedom to practice their religion of choice, but regardless, even common sense tells one that killing of any kind in the name of religion is just plain wrong, and should be treated as such. there should be no second guessing.
i worry for America, as i mentioned earlier the video i saw seemed as if it were a video to address the weak minded who are looking for belonging, like that which a cult promises. not just for what it said, but also for how it was presented.
all of the quotes by Russian leaders were chilling. and the American Presidents, sad.
i don't even know what to say about the government paying for religious tolerance. i would think that if a majority of Americans, i hope it's a majority, are so vehemently opposed to the building of any religious building, then that religion would have enough understanding to bow down and reconsider where to build.
i'm sorry Kyle, but you're right, my seatbelt flew off and i fell out.
i wish i had the ability to print this out and type my response in a word document, i can think much better that way, but i dont have those abilities on the laptop. sorry, but thank you for the time to write this, it was again very enlightening and i will be thinking about this for some time. maybe when my daughter arrives i can have her set all that up for me. i wish my job didn't prohibit blogs, i'd print it there.