Eradicating islam, by whatever means necessary, up to and including nuking the entire mideast and everyone in it (with the exception of Israel of course), is not only self defense but is also defense of the innocents that islam is destroying.
As much as I’d like to do that, it’s just not that simple. It’s why I believe, ultimately, God is the one that will sort this out. The hands of Christians are tied on this. The bible is pretty clear about how to treat your enemies and, of great importance, is the Christian foundational belief that the individual is king. That is, your relationship with Christ is between you and him. It is personal. There is no “the masses”. There are only individual people. It means we treat our enemies similarly. We can fight them on the battlefield but we can’t simply wipe out a city because we know the people will someday be suicidal muslims. This would not end well for our self perception as a culture.
Frankly, the only human solution is to simply kill all muslims. And to advocate that makes one sound eerily similar to the radical muslims.
As much as I’d like to do that, it’s just not that simple. It’s why I believe, ultimately, God is the one that will sort this out. The hands of Christians are tied on this. The bible is pretty clear about how to treat your enemies and, of great importance, is the Christian foundational belief that the individual is king. That is, your relationship with Christ is between you and him. It is personal. There is no “the masses”. There are only individual people. It means we treat our enemies similarly. We can fight them on the battlefield but we can’t simply wipe out a city because we know the people will someday be suicidal muslims. This would not end well for our self perception as a culture.Thank you for that. I completely agree.
I also think that calling for the death of all Muslims is a dangerous, evil oversimplification. The truth is that most are not suicide bombers. Most are just normal people who want to be left to live their lives in peace, but live in a constant state of fear from all sides. That is why dishonesty is so rampant in the Middle East. Nobody really trusts anyone else. They go along with the mob because the mob will kill them if they don't sound supportive enough. Get most of them alone, and they would just as soon have a pleasant discussion with you over some nice tea and Kebab.