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Melting Pot.
This country is in more turmoil than I have ever seen before. I know we have a lot of Muslims here in this country also people from other countries as well. I think it's time we put a lid on that melting pot and stop all foreigners from coming into our country at least for right now. Being a Muslim at this time in our country isn't too good for them either. People look at them funny and you never know when they will be the target. You never know if they are good people or not. Everyone is on edge and on thier guard which they should be. This is a scarry time for our country. Only prayer will get us through.
posted by
Blazer35
on November 14, 2009 at 6:51 AM
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I will keep my opinions to myself
I enjoyed reading your post.
posted by
StrickGold
on November 11, 2009 at 1:03 PM
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Amen Kabu
We have had a bath in the blood of Jesus Christ and are children of God and not infidels. Theirs is deception.
posted by
Justi
on November 11, 2009 at 12:49 PM
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I don't like being called an ifidel...makes me feel I must need a bath
I say.....if you don't like living in a Christian country ...go away.
posted by
Kabu
on November 11, 2009 at 11:46 AM
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Justi
To a Muslim you and I are infidels, worthy only of death. How come we let them in to the country i the first place?
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 11, 2009 at 10:32 AM
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Justi....
Islam likes to play the victim card, even when a Muslim is the criminal. It is very difficult for a Mullah to explain why a man like Osama bin Laden, educated and from a good family, would enable the murder of innocents on a Hitler-like scale.
So they evade the question and try to leverage a sense of guilt from the victims, because the United States is a generous and open-minded country, one of very few willing to examine its own behavior in a critical way. No one in the Saudi royal family, for instance, has ever shown an interest in criticizing their own policies and behavior in the past, and the Palestinans are even worse. These guys have made the wrong choice in every major decision, since they chose to back the Nazis in World War 2. But rather than consider the foundation of so many bad choices, Palestinian leaders chose instead to insult and attack Isreal, precisely because Israel is careful of its behavior and considerate of the rights of Pelstinans in most cases.
In the Unted States, Islam has always shown that it sensed its place in America as a tolerated segment of the population, rather than a welcome member of the community. This comes to some degree from a certain discomfort with the way Muslims speak and act and dress, but it also comes from Muslims' self-chosen segregation. Muslims do not eat the same foods as most Americans, do not attend the same entertainment and recreational events as most Americans, and do not treat Americans as close friends in most cases. Islam is not liberal in the traditional sense, many Muslims act as if Americans carry a kind of infection, and so it is difficult for a non-Muslim to be close friends with a believer. Even in the heart of America, Muslims often act is if they must live apart. This happens with other faiths, of course. Hasidic Jews, for example, also seperate themselves off from contact with Gentiles and they have strict dress and dietary codes which set them apart. Some fundamentalists also dress, eat, and behave in ways that seem strange to most Americans. But there are many more Muslims than Hasidic Jews or fundamentalist Christians, and so the segregated culture becomes more obvious.......
The progressive movement does not help matters. They prefer a segmented American culture, each segment espousing the greatness of their group. The great American melting pot is slowly fading into our past.....assimilation is bad, ethnic fracturing is good.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on November 11, 2009 at 5:22 AM
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I believe our charge is to love everyone! We should not judge, this man needs to held accountable for his actions! That's how I truly see it, I cannot blame any one else for the actions carried out by one! For me it would be if a, I'll pick white because that is what I am, white person did the same horrendous act we would be only concerned with him, the individual, the criminal, the killer! Until something else credible surfaces, it should stay that way! And if we truly follow Christ, we must forgive him for what he has done! Just a few humble thoughts. sam
posted by
sam444
on November 11, 2009 at 3:57 AM
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Justi
First of all I should like to say that the recent killings were a terrible tragedy and an even greater shock as they were carried out by an American citizen.
However like Sinome I do not accept that it is fair to generalize about all Muslims. Blame the Muslims who commit obnoxious crimes like these, but please do not make the mistake of tarring all of them with the same brush. There are many moderate and reasonable Muslims in the world and they must be feeling very angry about this man's actions.
If you accept monotheism, and as a Christian I'm sure you do, then you also have to accept that the G-d spoken about by religious people all over the world, must be one and the same. If you also accept that G-d personifies love and compassion, don't you think he has also taken exception to crimes like this?
With regard to your comments about your President are concerned: I haven't watched your video, as yet.
posted by
elinjo
on November 11, 2009 at 3:37 AM
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Re: abanerjee
Thank you Justi, and I think a lot of attention to details of the mentality of a community based and of course biased on religious sanctions, needs to be openly discuused for the good of all. The only hitch is that for whom it is discuused, they will never understand; they have not until now. No religion can sanction any sentences to taking of lives. That which one cannot give, have no right to take one - but we see the Maulavis of Islam passing 'fatwas', the Sikhs doing almost quite similar. Such religions are, therefore, reduced to the lowly levels of sectoral religions. I am now quite clear on what you meant, and I understand. Did you know that just like the Muslim God is all-forgiving, the Jewish God is an angry God, He takes revenge, and He also seems to have a Jewish nose. Funny, aren't they? The priests have an investment in religion, driven by their own vested interests. We will talk more an the subject in future.
posted by
anib
on November 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM
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abanerjee
You have done well in your presentation. I did not mean to indicate in any manner that man did not have an option to choose according to his own purpose. Freedom of Religion is what Judeo Christian God allows; however, that does not mean you will have everlasting life in any faith except The One God of Judeo Christianity. Also the faith of Islam justifying killing of non-believers. No country would be wise to allow the freedom of this religion know they justify death to the unbeliever. To them all are the unbelieving who are not Islam, that is deadly and dangerous for any Nation. I appreciated your information. It really has nothing to do with the Holy Bible of the Hebrews and Christians as to believing in only one way to life eternally. I would like to hear more from you.
posted by
Justi
on November 10, 2009 at 10:29 PM
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Justi
I read you and the comments here. You point to one intriguing factor behind Muslim fanaticism that it is their scripture approving killings, and that just as Christians have a love for life, Muslims have a love for death. Well, I am not so sure about this but everything in their religion is a twist on their 'false' belief that if you are not a Muslim, you are a Jehadi, non-believer, and must be exterminated, in the name of the almighty and at the altar of 'Holy War' ... similar to the race superority belief of the Aryans, of Hitler. But that should also not mean conversion either to one single religion - Mohammedinism or Christianlty for that matter. Every religion is a pearl on a string, only our understanging is not. For example, the flights of philosophy of the ancient Vedic teachings still remains unmatched in the world. Each should therefore be free to choose a religion of his liking and temperament. Otherwise what is the meaning of freedom; to me it'll be nothing more than slavery, and God loves variety, He does not make only roses. Having said that, I also wonder why behind all violence there are Muslims, though not all Muslims are killers. One explanantion I find is that they believe that Allah talah, God the Strong, is all-merciful, and His Mercy is bigger than my crime, it will be forgiven. This belief gives them the necessary sanction as also the purpose for justifying killings. You had me thinking and you have done well to raise this thought-proking issue.
posted by
anib
on November 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM
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Sinome
Dear One, I love you dearly you are as passionate about what you believe as I am. On this I am not in a position to back off. I have studied the Quran and the Bible and what you are saying is not true to either according to my findings. There is but one God who created all things; however, he is not the God of all people. He is the God of two groups of people: Jews and Christians. There are a lot of denominations, beliefs, etc., that claim to be Christian but are not living or are a part of the Biblical mandate for themselves, they do not count as Christian or part of the body. Many who believe they are in the day of the Lord will expect to go into Heaven and the Lord says."Get away from me I never knew you." That is important to me. A God who is loving and just is a holy one to be followed according to his dictates. The Bible does not back those who do not live according to his mandates. There is a mandate from the Quran backing the murder of anyone who will not become a Muslim. God will be the last judge and he is just, he is love and some times that love is hard but not just and not for people to take into their own hands just because anyone will not become a Christian. There is the difference, Islam teaches that they love death as much as we love life, not Christianity. I read carefully and study my Bible to be sure of what I believe; however, God is a gentleman and he allows you to come to him or not. Then who am I to say all people must be a Christian, I can't but without the born again experience for that one who calles themselves a Christian they are not according to the New Testament covering the new covenant. I don't want to argue with you; however, I cannot find any redemptive hope in the Islam religion. I do love you and I hope you can see my point, if not I am most willing to have you point out the difference. It cannot be just because we want it different and it would seem right or feel good but because God is total justice and total love and sometimes that love is hard, but never death because someone does not accept it.
posted by
Justi
on November 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM
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You are still here and I am so glad you are my friend :-) As always I agree with almost all what you had to say... but find myself disagreeing with some of it. My husband on the other hand would have totally agreed with you... He also saw Islam as an ungodly religion which should be eradicated... I believe you are both misguided by the horror of what unfortunately we are all witnessing. There is only one G-d and he created us all... There are extremists in all religions... Gawd knows that the most horrible crimes have been committed in His name all through out history... The muslim extremists are just the latest craze. There are millions if not billions of Moslems in the world and only a handful of these crazy murdering animals willing to sacrifice everything and everyone for their sick beliefs... is not fair to blame them all for what a few do... How would you like all Christians to be held responsible for the Inquisition human burnings or the Crusades casualties . No, generalizations are always dangerous and I know that someone with the heart and soul that you show in your writings has too much love inside to blame innocents for the work of those Satan spun few. Do we need to eradicate those few sick ones??? Yes! But as the great country that we are we have to manage doing so without blaming the innocents whose only crime is to adore the same G-d we adore in a different way.. I mean no disrespect by telling you all these and you know I sincerely admire you for your enthusiasm and fortitude. Be well my friend xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on November 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM
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Yes I am still here!!!!!
posted by
Justi
on November 10, 2009 at 6:24 PM
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