Why do you believe religion has nothing to do with it ? islam teaches it's followers to rape, rob, kill, and subjugate by any means necessary. The attacks are only 1 tool in their toolbox they use to attack the enemy....which is any nonmuslim.
Why do you believe religion has nothing to do with it ? islam teaches it's followers to rape, rob, kill, and subjugate by any means necessary. The attacks are only 1 tool in their toolbox they use to attack the enemy....which is any nonmuslim.
Howdy,
Heck, here in the USA We call them T-Rump supporters. Some people are easily dope, fooled and/or conned.
Lenin
Hitler
Joseph Smith
Jim Jones
David Koresh
Charles Manson
And that's to just name a few.
Also there are several Combat Veterans on this forum that risked their lives to defend this country and that did it for reasons other than religion.
I'll use the late pro football player turned Army Range Pat Tillman that left his NFL career and million dollar paycheck behind to enlist after 9-11 and he was an atheist.
Heck, he got shot in the back by a cowardly Bible thumper that didn't have the testicular fortitude to fight.
Tillman didn't enlist because of religious reasons, he did it out of hate and wanting revenge.
Paul
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I don't think people bomb, behead, and shoot places up because they are happy go lucky people.
Hatred is kind of implied. People are, and have been for millenia, using religion as an excuse to do mean things.
And, me personally, I think some of these religions are just made up bullshit. I don't want to harsh on others so I won't take it further but that's my deal.
A lot of these places are kinda backwards with poor literacy or poor perspective and people get brought up in this stuff from real young age.
In America, if your family were Jesus freaks...you'd eventually turn 14 and say "gee...I am sick of all these little mores and rituals"
But in these other places you can't do that. In a predominantly Islamic country, I doubt some 16 year old girl could say "Yo, Mom and Poppers...the burqa thing isn't doing it for me. I would like to wear some ripped black skinny jeans and v necks. Maybe even go Goth. Also, not heading to Mosque anymore, just gonna chill and listen to depeche mode. Maybe play some Xbox or Vine"
Lol...no.
I mean I'm not a fan of Islam, but it's not JUST Islam. Go watch Jesus Camp. It'll piss you off.
I consider myself a person of faith, but I err on the side that God in whichever form He chooses does not want people to kill or harm others.
But in a lot of places, religion gives people instant legitimacy because people are looking for a God and end up with a manipulative person who couldn't do anything else but be a preacher.
Communists hid behind Communism
Jihadis hide behind Islam.
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I have a hard time reconciling the last two paragraphs with the true nature of Christ. That, Christ, is the main reason that I am loathe to advocate the wholesale salughter or denial of rights to folks based not on their actions, but on their faith - even though it is the wrong faith.
Jews, Catholics, Mormans, Jehovah Witnesses, all believe differently than me, I say let them slide until they do something that deserves our wrath.
Does that mean that I think we should let everyone that wants to come into our country do so? Not all. Do I believe that we should allow the Muslims, or any faith, that locates in the U.S. impose their beliefs on us in terms of Sharia Law, etc.? Not all.
islam is not just the koran. The sira and hadith are more important imho. A good muslim is one that behaves as mohamed did. I do find it odd that so many want to talk about the koran, but not the other two books.
I don't know everything, but I am reading dr bill warners books on islam.
In american christian terms we have WWJD, in islam they have WWMD.
Howdy DE26,
It doesn't have anything to do with religion. It has to do with being angry and wanting to blame someone else for your failures.
All the people I listed were able to convince ( hence the name CON or con artist) people into doing things that was NOT in their best interest.
The ultra right wing nutjob Jim Jones talked over 600 adults into drinking cyanide laced flavr-rite grape drink mix, giving it to their kids and killing a US Congressman.
Charles Manson talked people into killing for him out of hate.
Hate and fear are the two most powerful emotions known to Mankind.
T-Rump has motivated his followers out of hate and fear. Heck, he has convinced some of his followers to violently attack their fellow Americans out of hate and fear.
Paul
Paul
Not to get too far off topic here, but the attacks I've seen on the news have been primarily carried out by those on the left wing.
That being said, these terrorists are not "blaming others for their failures". They consider themselves to be soldiers in a holy war, and they die in the name of their God. Yes, they are full of hate. But that hate stems from their religion. That fact is inescapable.
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