I am in Christ.
Would it make more sense if you knew that the man in question was informed that there were deep cover cells in your neighborhood...That they knew where your children went to school...When they got out...Where your parents liked to go shopping...Where your spouse worked? That these cells would be turned loose if you were "uncooperative"?
Please note that I don't have any knowledge that happened, but it is a typical M.O. of that sort of organization.
How enthusiastic would you be about calling their bluff? lain: Particularly if you lived in that part of the world.
You're being so unfair - how did I challenge his integrity???
Well, by questioning whether he had read the Quran or not you implied that he was speaking out of turn.
If that was not your intention then I apologize.
This is blasphemy. You are not God to command. Nor are you to command God. Instead you should say ; May God curse you!
That's a thought Tom but I don't think it's feasible. We're not some haphazardly operating third world country and we're an armed society. Beyond that, if you don't think these American families are aware that their loved ones are going into these extremely volatile regions and discussing the ramification of that, as well as preparedness for it, you have another think coming. Deep cover cells? Homeland Security has a pretty decent handle on that but it's interesting to note that they rely quite a lot on the input of American citizens who, by Repentance's own admission, are not very understanding and are keeping a watchful eye.
And I'm pretty sure the people carrying out these atrocities were "God-fearing Christians".ISIS's burning alive of Muadh al Kasasbeh has been denounced as an act of savagery, barbarism, and wanton cruelty--one from the "dark ages" and not of the modern world.
American Exceptionalism blinds those who share its gaze to uncomfortable facts and truths about their own country.
For almost a century, the United States practiced a unique cultural ritual that was as least as gruesome as the "medieval" punishments meted out by ISIS against its foes.
What is now known as "spectacular lynching" involved the ceremonial torture, murder--and yes, burning alive--of black Americans by whites. Like ISIS's use of digital media to circulate images of the torturous death of Muadh al Kasasbeh by fire, the spectacular lynchings of the black body were shared via postcards and other media.
In fact, the burned to death images of the black body were one of the most popular types of mass culture in 19th and 20th century America.
How does that make you feel?
I don't see any fruit of that, I only see a fruitcake
Of course you do not. You are carnal and headed to hell with the murdering muslim and communist that you worship. Let you be accursed.
Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the Thousands
And I'm pretty sure the people carrying out these atrocities were "God-fearing Christians".
Nope, but it does expose the hypocrisy of those saying ISIS' atrocities are indicative of Islam as a whole, while refusing to apply that same logic to the recent history of their own religion.I don't think that anyone would argue what happened in the past is excusable. Does that somehow make these murders that are currently being done in the name of Islam acceptable?
Nope, but it does expose the hypocrisy of those saying ISIS' atrocities are indicative of Islam as a whole, while refusing to apply that same logic to the recent history of their own religion.
Nope, but it does expose the hypocrisy of those saying ISIS' atrocities are indicative of Islam as a whole, while refusing to apply that same logic to the recent history of their own religion.
It's not. That's the point.IF it's not happening in the current, how is that indicative as Christianity as a whole?
About as fearful as speaking out against Christian racists in the South in the 1950's.Can you honestly say that you wouldn't be fearful of even speaking out against Islam if you were inside their borders?
Link removed.You're trying to compare apples with oranges, the attributes of Christianity vs. the attributes of Islam by comparing the behaviors of the followers of each religion. Islam calls for the action of its followers against those who are not Islamic. Christianity does not.
About as fearful as speaking out against Christian racists in the South in the 1950's.
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