by smiddy 26 Replies latest social current
The Afrikaners in their wars with the British and to protect Apartheid often quoted the Bible. Their favorite ethnic slur, Kaffir, was a direct loan from the Arabic Kuffar, meaning unbeliever. And the Jehovah's Witness practice of dismissing the faith of other Christians can be described in one Arabic loanword Takfīr.
Jehovah's Witnesses is just Islam without Muhammad, the Quran, Beards, or Swords. Beards and Swords might make Jehovah's Witnesses a little less gynocentric if you ask me.
@Terry:
Great post.
Thanks, Chief!
There are 25 known islamic terrorist organizations active at this time. Though these small (14,000 ISIS) groups may not have formulated a plan with the intent to cause people in the west to turn against islam, it is possible that incorporated into a broader strategy it will prove effective.
People are talking about islam and terrorism and muslims. It is hard for some people to separate the religion from the people who practice it and so there is, complements of the "powers to be", a plan in the works to make it criminal to say anything "bad" about anyone's religion. given the fact that islam is the only religion whose adherents get all bent out of shape when their religion is criticized it isn't hard to deduce who the beneficiaries of this new plan are. as the following article points out, all the wordiness (in the plan) obscures the plain truth. This is a blasphemy law...sharia lite. The idea is that implementation would be internationally recognized and prosecute.
http://gatesofvienna.net/2013/06/the-istanbul-process-continues/
I guess for some it's more comfortable to look a other things than to confront reality. Terry has chosen (it seems) to compare ISIS to his simple-minded yet reasonable intellect (unaffected by superstition, don't forget!) and has concluded that ISIS isn't anything more than a bunch of frustrated and narrow morons...intellectual insects, really.
smiddy - "The goal of ISIS is to turn the west against Islam and to the capititalise on the backlash that reults from that..."
I've already begun to suspect that.
They're trying to kickstart the Islamic apocalypse. It's like fundy Christians in the US encouraging Jews to move to Isreal to "fulfill prophecy".
The group called ISIS and all the other terrorist groups are heavily indoctrinated to think and do what they do. it is fundamentally wrong to de-humanize people, that is what these terrorist groups do. I find myself sympathizing with their humanity...nothing can undo what they have done but, according to my faith, they can have a change of heart and mind and Jesus paid the price for their sin; a life for a life.
Just one life makes up for millions of others?
And he didn't even have to give it up for good - "become king of the universe" seems like a great trade. I know politicians who would give up more for less.
Simon...
yes, one life for millions. Jesus "paved the path" to a change of heart for millions of people who might otherwise have chosen "an eye for an eye".
forgiveness is a stronger ideal than retaliation...that's why our justice system is merciful. The west practices forgiveness.
If we respect the jihadists and leave them alone, they will kill innocent people.
If we go to war to eradicate them, they will kill innocent people.
Seems pretty clear what needs to be done.
