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Islam, "peace," has been distorted and held hostage
for a couple of decades and bin Laden is riding that wave. The thing that
should be done is to encourage Muslim communities here and abroad to tell
Afghan (and others) officials that they know that this is the
case. The Koran strictly prohibits suicide, murder, etc., and those
that follow that course are infidels. If this message were accepted by
Muslim leaders, there might be concern about losing their followers and be more
willing to "sacrifice" bin Laden and similar types. Doing so would
maintain their political power and probably make them rich and famous in
accordance with the "mouse that roared" scenario. Absent that, cleaning
house is the only alternative.
Bill
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To: <A title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:07
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Subject: RE: God & War Off
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size=4>Perhaps the question is not to respond or not. Rather, perhaps the
question is from where we respond and how. Perhaps we respond coming from
love, not anger. Perhaps we respond with wisdom. A broad attack on Muslims
would act to polarize them in the same way this attack has polarized us. It
seems critical that moderate Muslims be incorporated into the coalition. If
not, I suspect, this will be WWIII with huge loss of life on all
sides.
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owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of James WolfSent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 3:31
PMTo: MetastockSubject: RE: God & War Off
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Neo,
I understand your concern and you certainly are
not alone with these thoughts.
However, if we choose to not respond, then we
truely do ourselves an injustice in the sight of God because we have
not used our resources to protect this nation against unGodly terrorists
that are out to destroy us. That this tension does exist is
normal, it forces us to examine ourselves and put into perspective the
evil deeds done to us. If we choose not to respond, we are not
being good stewards of the country that God has provided us
with.
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Our response to this must be first and foremost
the preservation of our nation, if we choose not to respond, then what is
inevitable is biological and nuclear warfare. In other words, we
have been served an appetizer; the planned dinner has yet to
be served.
Certainly, uncontrolled anger is a typical
response and must be dealt with, yet anger itself sometimes is a necessary
way of dealing with trials and tribulations. Something to consider:
How can anger be something God does not want us to experience
when even Christ felt and acted on anger against those who did as
little as exchanging money in the temple?
If God is testing us now, it is in how we
respond to our neighbors who are real the victims of this
violence.
How we react to those in need, is how God
expresses Himself though us.
The leaders of this nation need our
prayers as they too seek answers in these troubling
times.
James
> Throughout history groups have used God to
support acts of violence and
> killing.
>
> Although I am not a biblical expert, as I
recall, Jesus said something to
> the effect of 'if your enemy hits one
cheek offer the other'. The
> message of
> Jesus was peace and love, that all people
are God's children.
> Even in Jesus'
> last days, he took the torture and death
without action against his
> tormentors.
>
> I am greatly grieved by the recent
violence and feel anger.
>
> I am having trouble reconciling the words
and actions of Jesus and his
> message of love with us acting out our
anger with more violence
> and killing.
>
> I wonder if God's test here is what we
feel and do. Perhaps this world is
> really not important. Perhaps the test is
to see if we take this and allow
> it to fill us with anger and act out with
violence and killing, or, to
> dissolve the anger and act with
forgiveness, peace, and love.
>
> Any constructive thoughts would be
appreciated.
>
>
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