On Wednesday we will be building upon our discussions of church & state, Islam, accuracy-honesty-understanding, & Christian Jihad and will be discussing the Crusades and the ethics of war.
I contemplated using the following video to start the discussion, but some of the images are very graphic and would be too much for some of you. I post it here because I think it adds a dimension to our discussion which we have not yet engaged, however, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PRAYERFULLY CONSIDER NOT WATCHING IT if the sight of graphic violence would negatively affect you. Personally, watching this video made me physically ill for several hours.
Wow, what a powerful video! It’s really sad and an emotional thing to think of. Especially with my family being Muslim. I have to admit that even though our family is Muslim, they’re outward response to things committed in this video would be that they disagree and view those Muslims as extremists. However “liberal” they are in their Islam, the Koran does state those things.
Hard to believe that many believe we serve the same God. Knowing that they believe so strongly in the death of all that opposes them, it seems almost like there is nothing we can do. But we must pray for them, and show them that God loves them. I wish Christians felt as strongly in the Bible and living for Christ, as muslims do with Mohamed and the koran.
What a sad and scary religion…It is hard to believe that their god officially allows them to “muder” including family members…god wills it?? It is even more sad that people proudly act upon it. yes, we must pray for them because there is nothing we can do without our GOD who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords.