tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6421172625111917368..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Heart Check SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-1154588724051598612015-04-07T03:51:31.732-04:002015-04-07T03:51:31.732-04:00I usually agree there is a distinct difference bet...I usually agree there is a distinct difference between an ideology and the individuals associated with it. Others have insisted that there are more "good" individual muslims that members of ISIS.<br /><br />With islam, the situation is different. Per islam itself, you are not a muslim unless you adhere to _all_ of the commands in the qu'ran.<br /><br />In my obscure little blog, I posted an article on "ggod" muslims (http://sloggingtowardliberty.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-goooood-muslims-think.html) <br /><br />They themselves state that you cannot call yourself a muslim if you do not follow the qu'ran. Now, I have no desire to insist that those who do _not_ behave as ISIS does - a group that honestly and openly behave exactly as the qu'ran commands them to behave - stop calling themselves "muslim". Yet that is precisely what other muslims insist they must do.<br /><br />If my religion called upon me to sodomize nine year old "wives", mutilate the genitals of newborn female infants, kill my daughters who dress Western or date boys who are not muslim, I thin I would choose to reject it. <br /><br />If _somehow_, somewhere in the trash that is the qu'ran I found some bit of writing that caused me to think that piece of the book, that sura had real value, I would still renounce islam for all of the evil it encompasses and command me to do.<br /><br /> Even if I renounced the killing of infidels, the rape, enslavement and abuse of infidel women, the beheading of Christian CHILDREN, I could still be one of those pleasant, personable, muslim next-door neighbors who beats his wife, removes the clitoris from his infant daughter, and goes on to murder his teenage daughter when she exchanges her burka for a pair of Guess jeans.<br /><br />Why would a person of decent morals, who rejects all of those evil commandments, who truly loves his wife and children wish to identify as a muslim? Arab? Sure. Iranian? Certainly. Syrian, Jordanian, Malaysian? Why not? <br /><br />But if you call yourself muslim, then you are telling me you are capable of doing every evil thing the qu'ran insists you _must_ do. Even if you are currently indulging in taqqiya, and pretending to be a nice guy who thinks that your infidel neighbors are acceptable to you, and you don't dance in the streets every September 11th.<br /><br />That is why I cannot credit the notion that individuals should not be "tarred with the same brush" simply because they identify with that particular group. Not when the group are muslims - which means they are declaring they believe in islam and will follow the qu'ran faithfully.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-2109882305431796612015-04-06T18:17:40.385-04:002015-04-06T18:17:40.385-04:00RegT, I certainly can't answer for anyone but...RegT, I certainly can't answer for anyone but myself, but I don't have any problems with what you say being over the top. It's basically my view. I'm the one who said "they're following an evil, even Satanic doctrine". I don't see anything more evil than being Satanic.<br /><br />But in some sense, there's a difference between "Islam" and individuals. Islam is Satanic, but individual Muslims are individual people and scripture says that God wants no one to perish. It says we're to love our enemies and to pray for the lost. Both of those sound like individual Muslims to me. <br /><br />Ever heard Brigitte Gabriel talk on how she grew up hating Jews, and then, after being injured in a bombing was taken to an Israeli hospital. Their overflowing love and care for all patients got into her head and showed her she was given wrong doctrine. She's now passionately Christian, pro-Israel and anti-Muslim. <br /><br />Ever hear the guy who's father was the head of Hammas, who left them to become an Anti-Muslim crusading author? <br /><br />Anyone ever tell you that Christianity is sweeping Iran? That there are more Christians in China than <i>people</i> in the US? <br /><br />Of course thinking of praying for animals like the ISIS murderers is tough. In the overall sense, if people aren't challenged by their faith, maybe they should check to make sure they're not dead. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35885599934205522842015-04-06T06:07:06.798-04:002015-04-06T06:07:06.798-04:00Realizing that my comment may seem "over the ...Realizing that my comment may seem "over the top" to many people, good, forgiving, Christian people, folks who may be unaware of what islam allows, encourages, and commands, please go to this article and read it. Remember that the father -an imam -_bought_ his way out of serving his sentence, something that is perfectly acceptable in Sharia. This was completely acceptable to all true, orthodox muslims.<br /><br />http://www.examiner.com/article/released-imam-raped-tortured-5-yr-old-because-he-doubted-her-virginity<br /><br />Read this - knowing that this was his own daughter, a small and innocent child. Think of her suffering during and after, and then ask yourself if you still feel I was too harsh and critical of islam and muslims. <br />Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-5795835632193696492015-04-04T13:32:04.302-04:002015-04-04T13:32:04.302-04:00Kind of like telling a rape victim to lay back and...Kind of like telling a rape victim to lay back and enjoy it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35674165178655748982015-04-04T11:54:34.559-04:002015-04-04T11:54:34.559-04:00American Christians are the whiniest Christians o...American Christians are the whiniest Christians on earth. Maybe people would take them more seriously if they bore what "persecution" they face with a little more grace and chutzpah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34783476045084953552015-04-04T11:04:33.639-04:002015-04-04T11:04:33.639-04:00That which is allowed will grow. While I don'...That which is allowed will grow. While I don't want us to send troops to Africa I do believe there are a lot of things we could do to help stop this which we simply choose not to do. I am really not a "turn the other cheek" kind of person. If you killed my child the BEST you could hope for is that I remained calm until I was able to return the favor. I am pragmatic and results oriented so it is likely I would indeed not act out but still plan to revenge the act. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81442976653585200532015-04-04T02:01:27.506-04:002015-04-04T02:01:27.506-04:00Time for "Crusades, Part Deux"!Time for "Crusades, Part Deux"!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13614282973920143602015-04-04T00:18:07.685-04:002015-04-04T00:18:07.685-04:00Great essay. I love the "gun stuff" and...Great essay. I love the "gun stuff" and the tech stuff of your blog, but thanks also for posting about the persecution of our brethren in the Middle East, and about our calling in Christ. Your blog is kind of a "one stop shop" for all the things that are important to me.Backwoods Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666984602233967254noreply@blogger.com