[jan in Colorado]

RS,

I still am not sure if you consider yourself a heathen or not, but I found it entertaining that a heathen would quote the Bible. LOL

I disagree that God has given His OK to kill them all.

Personally, I think He would like to see them all converted to Christianity....kind of what Ann Coulter said.
But hey, that's just my opinion. I don't claim to know what God's intentions are. I don't believe the Old Testament has anything to do with what is going on now. All those prophecy's have been fulfilled and Christians are no longer under the "Old" law. But that also is a different subject, isn't it?

The Crusades did not represent Christianity, and they certainly didn't represent the teachings of Christ.

>>>>>You found it - the "Truth" of what is says is whatever the reader wants it to be.<<<<<


I "want" it to be a Peace Loving religion. That doesn't make it so.

>>>>>What we need to do is kill the ones that interpret it into killing us, and ignore the ones that interpret it as ignoring us.<<<<<<

As Gondring has so often pointed out, you can't arrest or kill someone because of what they "think" I would rephrase that to brainwashing as I believe it is a cult and not a religion.

I don't believe anyone wants to march them into gas chambers. In the past, people that came to America assimilated into this culture, not the other way around. I don't understand why they want to be here if we are such pagans.

[Gondring]

Personally, I think He would like to see them all converted to Christianity....kind of what Ann Coulter said.

Picture, please. <EG>

Seriously, I agree with you...that's how I read the Bible, Old AND New Testaments..except that I don't think Jesus would have advocated invading their countries and killing their leaders--just the conversion part and perhaps a shaking the dust off the sandals at the leaders. ;-)

I "want" it to be a Peace Loving religion. That doesn't make it so.

Very true. No magic thinking here!

I don't understand why they want to be here if we are such pagans.

But who is "they"? Couldn't it be that the ones here are the ones who are not interested in just killing us all?

While I agree about the assimilation part, I see the same problem with Hispanic immigrant populations recently (not just Mexican-origin) and wonder where we went wrong last century such that we're no longer expecting this of immigrants. One thing to consider, though...there's Chinatown, and Italian neighborhoods...where is the difference? Just asking, to see what you and others think.

[george wythe]

In the past, people that came to America assimilated into this culture, not the other way around.

Most of the Muslims I know are African-Americans whose ancestors have been in America for centuries.

Apparently, not 'everyone has been assimilated into this culture in the past.'

I think He would like to see them all converted to Christianity

As a matter of fact, most black Muslims were Christians at one time. Why are these US-born Americans abandoning Christianity?