Radical Islam

I’m currently watching a special on CNN Headline News by Glenn Beck, entitled, “Exposed: The Extremist Agenda.” It has some serious warnings for peace loving people around the world.

Now, before I go on, let me make it perfectly clear that I have nothing against Muslims. I DO have a problem with Radical Islam. There is a difference between the two. The problem is that all we see in the U.S. media is that Islam is a religion of peace, and while that may be true for many Muslims, there is a quickly growing faction of Islam, Radical Islam, that presents a threat unlike any we have probably ever seen before.

In the short time I’ve been watching the program, I have seen a 3 year old girl call Jews apes and pigs. I’ve seen Islamic cartoons where martyrdom for the sake of eliminating Jews is glorified. I’ve seen all sorts of troubling things.

We as Americans, as Christians, need to be educated about the threats that we face. We need to realize that there is a “religion” out there that wants nothing more than the destruction of the Jews (Israel) and also the destruction of America. We need to wake up and deal with that cold, hard threat.

In America, we are so worried about being politically correct that it really becomes a detriment. We need to see threats as what they are – threats. We need to stop dancing around the issue and hoping it will go away, because it most likely won’t.

I take special issue with this sort of hatred, because it is particularly targeted against God’s chosen people – the people of Israel – the Jews. It you accept what the Bible says, and I do, you will see a point in the future where many nations will descend on Israel with the purpose of its destruction. Unfortunately they will be in for a rude awakening when God comes to Israel’s defense, but that is a another story for another night. If you watch some of the statements coming out of Iran lately, Iran may not be far away from such an attack on Israel.

We live in interesting times, to say the least. We need to be more educated. We need to understand what is going on in the world. We need to get right with God, and fast. We need to learn to love, and to not display the kind of hate that would eliminate another human being solely on their religious beliefs.

My $.02 for the night…

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