Islamic Extremism: Food for Thought
I found this statement, by a fellow named Tim Froehlke on the American View message board & thought it was interesting enough to ask permission to post it both here on my Blog & here on the message board for your comments . . . I may even use it in a speech I'm giving . . .
A danger worse than Islam
The time has come to examine the use of the phrase “Muslim extremist”. This is used to describe those who commit acts of terror. This phrase allows us to think that the situation we are dealing with is temporary and can be resolved as long as we deal with the few aberrant fanatics whom could be considered “extreme”.
To understand the dynamics of the times in which we live, we need to understand that we are in essentially a three way religious war. The key to understanding this is to understand secularism as a religion instead of the absence of religion. Secularism could be called the worship of man in general and self in particular. It can be seen to be replacing Hinduism and Buddhism in one generation in India and China.
Secularism has defeated Christianity in Europe and has it on the ropes in America. Secularism thinks it will defeat Islam by the same methods it used against Christianity, chiefly government and education.
Secularists are well established in the media and refer to anyone who would oppose what to them seems the obvious inevitability of their religion as extremist. For example, they might say, “George Bush had to appease the “right wing extremists” in his own party”.
They cannot think that Islam, as a religion, is the cause of trouble because they disfavor thinking in terms of right and wrong. They may also recognize at some subconscious level that if Islam as a religion is “wrong”, then Christianity may be “right”.
We need to elect true Christians as political leaders who eschew the relativism of the secularists and have the courage to call Islam evil. The only time in history Islam has failed to kill its neighbors is when it lacked the technology, numbers, or will for war.
We need to leave the fight against Islam to the European secularists who think they can make a deal. We need to focus our attention back in America and fight the fight against the secularists in their jihad against our Christian heritage.
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