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| Doomed victims on 9/11/2001 |
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ revealed this to His disciples just days before He was crucified: "In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do this because they have not known the (Heavenly) Father or me." (John 16:2-3)
Though Christ was speaking to His disciples, he issued that caveat to all who would become His followers in the future. And certainly, that prophecy has been fulfilled numerous times since Christianity began in the early 1st Century.
The early church in Jerusalem was brutally persecuted by the rabbis who imprisoned many of Christ's Jewish followers and put some of them to death. The Romans also persecuted many early believers who remained loyal to Christ by refusing to worship Rome's pagan gods.
The early church in Jerusalem was brutally persecuted by the rabbis who imprisoned many of Christ's Jewish followers and put some of them to death. The Romans also persecuted many early believers who remained loyal to Christ by refusing to worship Rome's pagan gods.
However, Christ's prophecy didn't merely apply to the rabbis or pagan Romans. It also applied to false Christians throughout history such as Roman Catholics who have brutally persecuted and martyred countless true believers who have refused to submit to the Roman Catholic Church. The Waldenses and the Huguenots are two groups that immediately come to mind.
In modern times, Christians have been persecuted in the eastern world by Islamists and in the west by secular fascists. Those secular fascists include President Barack Obama and his Department of Defense that recently labeled evangelical Christians as religious "extremists."
Obama and his Marxist brethren believe that fundamental Christians are every bit as dangerous as Islamic jihadists that belong to terror groups such as Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas.
If they truly believe that, then they are some of the most gullible and ignorant people on the face of the earth. For example, the Koran contains approximately 120 war verses that exhort Muslims to wage war against non-believers until they either submit to Islam or they die.
Here are three war verses found in the Koran: "O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." (Sura 5:51) "And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what they (unbelievers) amass." (Sura 3:157) "And indeed if you die (in jihad) or are slain, certainly to Allah shall you be gathered together." (Sura 3:158)
Concerning the Jews, Islam teaches that they are hopelessly corrupt and must be eradicated from the earth. Here's what the Hadith (Sayings of Muhammad) says about them: "The last hour will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews and the Muslims will kill them until the Jews hide themselves behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say Muslim; the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him." (Sahih Muslim 5203)
Twelve years ago today, a group of Al Qaeda jihadists obeyed the teachings of their religion by carrying out the worst terror attack on U.S. soil in American history. They flew hijacked jetliners into the two World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon. A fourth jetliner--United Airlines Flight 93--crashed in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania when 44 brave passengers sacrificed their own lives by fighting off four terrorists that had hijacked the plane, intending to crash it into the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
In modern times, Christians have been persecuted in the eastern world by Islamists and in the west by secular fascists. Those secular fascists include President Barack Obama and his Department of Defense that recently labeled evangelical Christians as religious "extremists."
Obama and his Marxist brethren believe that fundamental Christians are every bit as dangerous as Islamic jihadists that belong to terror groups such as Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas.
If they truly believe that, then they are some of the most gullible and ignorant people on the face of the earth. For example, the Koran contains approximately 120 war verses that exhort Muslims to wage war against non-believers until they either submit to Islam or they die.
Here are three war verses found in the Koran: "O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." (Sura 5:51) "And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness from Allah and mercy is better than what they (unbelievers) amass." (Sura 3:157) "And indeed if you die (in jihad) or are slain, certainly to Allah shall you be gathered together." (Sura 3:158)
Concerning the Jews, Islam teaches that they are hopelessly corrupt and must be eradicated from the earth. Here's what the Hadith (Sayings of Muhammad) says about them: "The last hour will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews and the Muslims will kill them until the Jews hide themselves behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say Muslim; the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him." (Sahih Muslim 5203)
Twelve years ago today, a group of Al Qaeda jihadists obeyed the teachings of their religion by carrying out the worst terror attack on U.S. soil in American history. They flew hijacked jetliners into the two World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon. A fourth jetliner--United Airlines Flight 93--crashed in Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania when 44 brave passengers sacrificed their own lives by fighting off four terrorists that had hijacked the plane, intending to crash it into the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Unlike the Koran, the Bible contains not one single verse that encourages Christians to conquer the world for Christ by the sword. Christ never taught his followers to use violence as a means to spread the gospel.
However, violence is the modus operandi of Islam. It is the reason why America was attacked 12 years ago. Violence is synonymous with Islam. It is what drives jihadists to do what they do.
And we must never forget that. And we must never buy into the fascist propaganda that Christianity promotes the same thing. It doesn't and it never has.
For to believe otherwise is to insult and blaspheme the souls of those 3,000 people who perished on that fateful day in America 12 years ago.
However, violence is the modus operandi of Islam. It is the reason why America was attacked 12 years ago. Violence is synonymous with Islam. It is what drives jihadists to do what they do.
And we must never forget that. And we must never buy into the fascist propaganda that Christianity promotes the same thing. It doesn't and it never has.
For to believe otherwise is to insult and blaspheme the souls of those 3,000 people who perished on that fateful day in America 12 years ago.
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