washingtonpost.com— "[They] beheaded two Muslims to avenge the government executions of three Christians in Indonesia." "The revenge killings were the bloodiest incident in several days of protests."
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Myself, I think most of the pejorative stuff towards Christians in the US (i.e. "Religious Right") is because it's a sort of neo-pharisee behavior. Consider, for example, to homosexual civil unions. It's an emphasis on the letter of the law over the spirit, on ritual purity over good deeds, like the priest who bypassed the dying man (ritual cleanliness) while the Samaritan stopped to help him.
In the case of Islam, there are certain actions that Muslims must follow to actually be Muslims (they have to follow the rules). These people (who flew planes into buildings, drove explosive-laden vehicles into mosques and killed hostages by beheading them) did not follow the Islamic rules so they are not Muslims. (checkmate)Religion is not a friggin' game of chess and vengeful Christians are not your pawns in a battle of religious rhetoric. Jesus loves all and Jesus forgives all who repent - so if people who (blow up Federal buildings in Oklahoma, chop off heads in response to executions under the law of the land) want to call themselves Christians who are you to say they're not?"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble" (1 John 2:9-10)
carpespasmJul 28, 2007
way to love thy neighbor...
terr01Jul 29, 2007
Myself, I think most of the pejorative stuff towards Christians in the US (i.e. "Religious Right") is because it's a sort of neo-pharisee behavior. Consider, for example, to homosexual civil unions. It's an emphasis on the letter of the law over the spirit, on ritual purity over good deeds, like the priest who bypassed the dying man (ritual cleanliness) while the Samaritan stopped to help him.
ubergrooverJul 29, 2007
Send then to Oz. I, for one, could do with the target practise...
savanttmJul 30, 2007
In the case of Islam, there are certain actions that Muslims must follow to actually be Muslims (they have to follow the rules). These people (who flew planes into buildings, drove explosive-laden vehicles into mosques and killed hostages by beheading them) did not follow the Islamic rules so they are not Muslims. (checkmate)Religion is not a friggin' game of chess and vengeful Christians are not your pawns in a battle of religious rhetoric. Jesus loves all and Jesus forgives all who repent - so if people who (blow up Federal buildings in Oklahoma, chop off heads in response to executions under the law of the land) want to call themselves Christians who are you to say they're not?"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble" (1 John 2:9-10)
mr100percentJul 31, 2007
Why bring up Libya, which was 2 continents away?If that's the case, how about I bring up South American terrorism too?
mr100percentJul 31, 2007
There's plenty of violence in South America even today, but I don't blame Christians or Christianity or Hispanic people for it.
boozoJul 31, 2007
Too bad the Indonesian government doesn't apply the same standard of justice to **Muslim** terrorists.
pattyciciNov 30, 2007
does muslim become a sign of terrorism? most muslims called for the peace and equal at the site muslimonly com/i/joinforfree