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butter pecan fan
Since Oct 7, 2001
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Welcome to butter pecan fan's place!
My chief interest at the moment is in practical issues of how we can protect our country and our families from threats that, unfortunately, are unlikely to go away for many years to come.
As I come to conclusions about what to do for my own family, I'm trying to take the time to write them up so that they can be shared with others.
Almost all of the bookmarks at left therefore reference my own original articles and suggestions for what might be called "family defense". I hope they will prove useful to you.
All such articles are subject to possible or likely future revision. And do check back for more articles later. While I aim to be as brief as reasonable and practical with each article (I'm definitely not looking to create an encyclopedia here!), there are at least a couple more topics I hope to address in the future.
Sincerely, butter pecan fan
And to any bin Laden / al Qaeda sympathiser who might read this - yes, you -
know that God (Allah) is both Compassionate and Merciful. He is Lord of ALL the worlds, not just the Muslim "Ummah".
Those make secret plans to murder the innocent make war on the creaton of Allah, whom he loves, just as a father loves his children, those whom he has compassion and mercy on. They also show they are the exact opposite of God - because they display NO compassion and no mercy whatsoever, even upon innocent children.
Now who is the exact opposite of God?
God is greatly patient, but those who dare to blaspheme His name in such a way, whether they CALL themselves "Christians", "Jews", or "Muslims" (though in truth they are NO Muslims, because they refuse to submit to Him) will certainly receive NO paradise - but instead they earn only for themselves His full, burning, everlasting wrath.
Yes, this is true for those so-called "Christians" who ruthlessly slaughtered innocent people during the Crusades, and equally true for those so-called "Muslims" who ruthlessly slaughtered innocent people in New York.
The ones were no "Christians" (because they did the exact opposite of following the Christ), and the others are no "Muslims" (because they did the exact opposite of submitting to a compassionate and merciful God whose favor is upon the innocent, and whose wrath is upon the guilty). But all who murder the innocent in the name of God are brothers with each other.
God's favor is on those who do what is right, who protect the innocent of any race and religion; but his wrath is on those who do evil.
When a horrible crime is committed by a member of our family, or by somebody we like, all people have a natural desire to deny the truth and reality, and try and put the blame on somebody else instead.
In this case, the blood guilt of Usama bin Laden and the al Qaeda network must be obvious to everybody who looks carefully at the facts and is honest.
First, Usama bin Laden has used his hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth (and much more money that he has raised) to train tens of thousands of people in how to kill others and commit acts of terror. A "good" man may struggle to achieve change, but he does so by moral means - not by training others to kill the innocent. When he does evil things, he himself becomes evil, even if he says it is "in the name of God." Even if he does good deeds with one hand, those good deeds cannot wash the blood from his other hand.
Secondly, Usama bin Laden's guilt is made as plain as day by the words of his own mouth. In 1998, he issued a public statement intended for all Muslims, in which he said: "To kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it."
If an American billionnaire - Bill Gates, for example - issued a public statement in which he said, "All Americans must go and kill Muslim people wherever they find them. Soldiers or civilians, it makes no difference. Go out and kill Muslims everywhere," and if this man used his wealth to train people to kill unarmed Muslim men, women and children, you would say that man is evil, a tool of Satan. And you would be right.
(As an aside, who has helped the Afghan Muslim people by providing them literally hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance in their distress? The so-called "infidel Americans" have done so. Who has oppressed, beaten, shot and mutilated the Afghan people? Billionnaire Usama bin Laden and his friends and servants the Taliban, who claim to represent Allah but who beat little seven-year-old Muslim girls for wearing white shoes. When "infidels" show compassion and feed Afghan children, and "Muslims" beat and abuse Afghan children, who is being righteous?)
Unlike the great Saladin, who brought honor to Islam by refusing to pillage and to kill civilians, Usama bin Laden brings shame to Islam by openly calling both for plundering and murdering unarmed civilians. Unlike the great Saladin, who answered the cruelty of cruel Richard with mercy that spoke of a merciful God, Usama bin Laden and his al Qaeda followers have answered mercy... with cruelty.
By the words of his own mouth, Usama bin Laden and his network of al Qaeda helpers stand condemned before God, who favors the innocent and who will punish the guilty.
Important update, 11/10/01: Usama bin Laden admits mass murder (see below for link).
Third, there were 19 hijackers, and their identities are all known. All 19 were "Muslims" (at least they called themselves by that name). Most of them were Arab men from Saudi Arabia, and the group had known ties to Usama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Other people, including Muslims, were witnesses to some of their immoral and suspicious activities before September 11th. In spite of the attempts of some people to shift the blame away from the guilty people, not one of the hijackers was an Israeli. They were all so-called "Muslims," associated with bin Laden and al Qaeda.
These people are murderers of hundreds of Muslims (at least) as well as murderers of thousands of non-Muslims. The only remaining question is: will you stand as a friend of those who deliberately and willfully murder the innocent - who are murderers of Muslims as well as non-Muslims - or will you stand on Allah's side, against those who do evil?
"American Muslims utterly condemn the vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. We join with all American in calling for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators. No political cause could ever be assisted by such immoral acts."
Guilt of bin Laden and al Qaeda
Taliban Treatment of the Afghan People
Myths of the War
Is Islam an Actually Evil Religion? Or Is It Just Some Brands of Islam Which Are Evil? (This is an honest question.)