Thursday, July 14, 2005
Religion: We're all on the front lines of a religious war
Americans still feel safe. For now.
What happens when a group of a few muslims decide to detonante a few bombs in several busy shopping malls at the same time? It will get huge press, the Leftist media will highlight it as a failure of the Bush administration, people will be afraid and stop going to malls, some businesses will fail, and many jobs will be lost.
We just don't have the resilience that Londoners have. They have the unfortunate status of being accustomed to their city being bombed by terrorists (not to mention the Luftwaffe). We Americans feel safe so bombs scare us much more.
I think we are all on the front lines of a religous war: a war of violent jihadists against us and our allies. They started the war, not us. And they view all civilians as soldiers. Until we realize that we *are* on the front lines by virtue of our target status, we're not going to have any chance of defeating the enemy. There are still far too many Americans who are weak and think that our failure to defeat the enemy is solely drawn from a lack of understanding. On the contrary, I understand the mindset of the violent jihadist perfectly.
They hate me and want to kill me and all my loved ones. They will do anything and stop at nothing to achieve this goal. They will happily exploit all of America's liberal cultural sensitivies in order to implement their wicked, life-destroying plans. I don't have to be in the army to be fighting the war. I merely have to live. I don't particularly like it, but they have made the choice and I will not go quietly.
What happens when a group of a few muslims decide to detonante a few bombs in several busy shopping malls at the same time? It will get huge press, the Leftist media will highlight it as a failure of the Bush administration, people will be afraid and stop going to malls, some businesses will fail, and many jobs will be lost.
We just don't have the resilience that Londoners have. They have the unfortunate status of being accustomed to their city being bombed by terrorists (not to mention the Luftwaffe). We Americans feel safe so bombs scare us much more.
I think we are all on the front lines of a religous war: a war of violent jihadists against us and our allies. They started the war, not us. And they view all civilians as soldiers. Until we realize that we *are* on the front lines by virtue of our target status, we're not going to have any chance of defeating the enemy. There are still far too many Americans who are weak and think that our failure to defeat the enemy is solely drawn from a lack of understanding. On the contrary, I understand the mindset of the violent jihadist perfectly.
They hate me and want to kill me and all my loved ones. They will do anything and stop at nothing to achieve this goal. They will happily exploit all of America's liberal cultural sensitivies in order to implement their wicked, life-destroying plans. I don't have to be in the army to be fighting the war. I merely have to live. I don't particularly like it, but they have made the choice and I will not go quietly.
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Jimmy, thanks for posting on www.scripturist.com.
Here is a link to my response.
www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=11026536&postID=111947020826752376&r=ok
By the way, this is a very good post. There is a "religious" war going on. Perhaps "spiritual" war is a more accurate term. There are many forces in the world with the desire to kill us and we are at war whether we want to admit it or not.
Natural self interest and love for others dictates that we win these wars.
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Here is a link to my response.
www.blogger.com/publish-comment.do?blogID=11026536&postID=111947020826752376&r=ok
By the way, this is a very good post. There is a "religious" war going on. Perhaps "spiritual" war is a more accurate term. There are many forces in the world with the desire to kill us and we are at war whether we want to admit it or not.
Natural self interest and love for others dictates that we win these wars.
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