[dmw]

"Whatever is said in a forced coersion has no meaning to me. It may have meaning in the Islamofascists twisted minds, but not in the rest of the Western world."


Not necessarily true. Many Christian missionaries have sacrificed their lives for their faith and would never denounce their faith and covert to Islam under pressure no matter what. I'm not saying I wouldn't have done what Steve and Olaf did under the same circumstances, but there are Christians who would have refused to allow themselves to be converted. I am not willing to criticize them for what they did, but at the same time I recognize that there are people who would have refused to do what they did.

[Brytani]

People who are in a situation where a gun is placed to their heads and forced to renounce their religion or take up another are smart to do so if it means it will ensure their release.

God knows what is in a persons heart and what they really believe and in the end, that's all that matters.

Now, if Centanni had come out after making that tape praising Allah and demanding a prayer rug, we'd have to look at possible severe stockholm syndrome and/or full mental breakdown over the events. However, one of the first words he used when speaking to Shep Smith was "Thank God".

[Michael Goldsberry]

Revelation 14:11 is a good example of why your statement is true.

[mother22wife21]

I wonder if the kidnappers ever considered that the two gentlemen may have been atheists?

I know you were not addressing that paticular issue, your post just made me think of it.