“The Islamic terrorists who crashed their planes into the WTC, Pentagon and almost the White House or Capital were “godly men” per Islamic standards.”
No, they weren’t. They were bad people hiding behind the name and misusing the religion’s history. In the Christian Bible we have many quotations concerning war. Here are a few:
Ecclesiastes 3:8 “A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
Matthew 24:6 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.”
Jeremiah 51:20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms.”
Deuteronomy 20:1 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Proverbs 24:6 “for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.”
We, as Christians, still wage wars. So do they. Are we any less wrong for it than they are? I do not agree with war as it should be settled by intelligence rather than force. Wish it was. But Christians have just as much, if not more, in out history as Muslims do with the practice of war. We have learned better in most cases. But not all.
And yes, I have a few Muslims in my lodge and the Koran is on the alter. So is the Jewish, Christian, Catholic, and other Bibles. Are they all wrong because we should only consider our religion right? That’s the main principle for the creation of this land and our Constitution. And it is also the reason so many have died defending all the people’s rights.
rwood
No, they weren’t. They were bad people hiding behind the name and misusing the religion’s history.
You need to study how Islam came into being and how it grew....by the power of the sword.
Christianity advanced through the spread of the Gospel.
In the Christian Bible we have many quotations concerning war. Here are a few:
There's a difference in commenting on war and telling your people they have to commit war.
In Islam, jihad or holy war, is the only way a Muslim can know for sure if they've gained what they call Heaven. Islam's history confirms this.
If you carefully study the OT the instructions to the Israelis in their conquest of the Promised Land were limited to just those areas.
No where in the NT are believers ever commanded to go and fight. You will find that in the Koran however.
But Christians have just as much, if not more, in out history as Muslims do with the practice of war. We have learned better in most cases. But not all.
Respectfully disagree. Muslims are commanded to fight for Allah.
If you study the revelations given to Muhammad you will find the more aggressive ones were given toward the end of his life. The Koran is not arranged chronologically. But if it were the reader would see this. Ask your Muslim friend to repudiate this statement in the Koran.
9:5 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
And yes, I have a few Muslims in my lodge and the Koran is on the alter. So is the Jewish, Christian, Catholic, and other Bibles.
If you have an alter with the Koran on it I'd leave right now.
Are they all wrong because we should only consider our religion right? That’s the main principle for the creation of this land and our Constitution. And it is also the reason so many have died defending all the people’s rights.
If you recall US history Islam played no part in the founding of this country.
We fought the Barbary Pirates very early in our history. Our first war on foreign shores. We fought them twice.
If Islam had its way there would not be US Constitution. We would have Sharia Law instead.