Obviously since they are going to blow themselves. Duh!!!! But their families supporting those idiots have the hell of an incentive to persuade them.
And herein lies the solution to the middle east problems. Isreal should announced its new policy: The relatives of suicide bombers will be killed and their homes destroyed. The bodies of the bombers and their relatives will be desecrated with pig oil. Hence, there will not be a financial or religeous incentive to martyr oneself.
If you think it won't work, just look at how long it took Daniel Pearl's captor to turn himself in once the Paki's detained his family members - two days if I recall. There is a sense of family over there, no matter how twisted.
That would be a sweet message to suicide bombers--Blow yourself up and your family won't get a dime in fact they'll have no home and be utterly penniless. I bet it would make the job a little less attractive to the useful idiots.
1) they often read passages from the Muslim holy book, the Quran, and praise God..
Where is the error in the sentence above? I will start with the fact that they don't praise "God", they praise "Allah"-a NAME for a specific "god" which they unknowingly "believe" is the same as the "One-Mighty One of Israel", who revealed his name in Genesis chapter 2 and Again to Moses in Exodus chapter 3.
Oddly, no one in the media seems to understand the distinction, preferring to parrot the familiar misguided line, "allah is just the Arab way we say 'God'". It may seem like a simple difference, but it is similar to saying that once you know someone's name, he or she would appreciate you calling him, "hey, you" or "man" for the rest of the time you address him or her.
In fact, if you wish to study a bit deeper you will find that "allah" is in fact the name of a specific "god" from ancient babylon/chaldea around the second or third millenium B.C.E., and "he" represents the worship of the moon. Thus,it may be factually correct to say that Abram (before his name was changed to "Abraham" by YaHWeH in Genesis (I believe chapter 15) did in fact worship "allah" as his local "god" before YHWH called him out to go to the promised land.
When one understands the distinction it becomes quite clear that we are not "all worshipping the same 'God'", and we must confront this nonsense with the TRUTH before more people blow themselves to hell in a misguided attempt to win the favor of "god". We might start by challenging the uninformed information providers who pass off opinion and misinformation for knowledge and research and then we can address the spiritual issues at the heart of this crises. More follows in my response to the next quotation from the article describing the difference between the "God-YHWH" and "god-allah".
2)The other motive seems to be a strong yearning for revenge.
Interestingly enough in the Old Testament, YHWH says, "Vengeance is mine saith the LORD (YHWH) I will repay." Thus, it seems quite clear that he doesn't need the help of those motivated by revenge and indeed if one says that "god" told him to seek revenge, he is obviously not listening to the ONE GOD who is GOD.
Moreover, the True "God" tells us that we are to "do good to those who despitefully use and pray for those who persecute us." He also told us that he came not to destroy men's lives but to save them, and when his followers tried to impress him by suggesting that they call down fire on a village of samaritans, he told them , "you know not what manner of spirit you are of." It seems quite clear that those of that spirit are not favored by him and indeed fooling themselves if they believe otherwise.
There are so many other ridiculous and or foolish misunderstandings in the article that I don't have the time or the space to address them all, but suffice it to say that a "god" who purports to reward his followers with sensual pleasures if they deny themselves such things here and "kill/murder" others in direct violation of the 5th commandment, is not "God", he is evil incarnate. But , please also remember that prayer for those misguided souls is the best course of action, "Pray for the Peace of Jersualem, they shall prosper who love thee" Ps 122:6
May you be blessed and be in health even as your souls prosper. shalom.
Anybody else want to get in on the dead pool?
Let them prove it by putting it into a (bona-fide) 9/11 charity fund. Or a fund for the orphans of the Irish, er, debate. Or anywhere but where they (or their kin) personally profit.