Making a decision Pt 1
Im going to break this up into a couple different parts so bear with me until it is complete and you will follow my reasoning.
A good writer ,fran, over at Eternity road is in a bit of a funk. Read here:
http://www.eternityroad.info/index.php/weblog/single/frans_sunday_ruminations_prophets_jesters_and_destroyers/
Fear not Fran. The silent majority feels your pain. We will be there. THe following is for you.
Many times I have pondered why it is that god revealed himself to us so many years ago. I have come to the conclusion that it is for times such as those we live in now. Where the very fabric of our lives and beliefs is threatened. I subscribe to no particular religion or set form of worship. I consider myself a monotheistic christian. I believe in one god that has an all-reaching, all-seeing plan for us from the day we are born. What we expieience in life and what we make of ourselves is what god has planned for us. Whether we make shoes or drive a dump truck, god has a need for us to be doing exactly what we are.
I have held many jobs. Some for as long as five years, some for two weeks. I have done everything from working in a nursing home mopping floors to an ASE certified auto mechanic, to my current job as a water treatment specialist. I have been in the army and I have spent a night or two in jail. All have been learning expieriences.
My great love in life is my family. I have a good wife and a five month old daughter. I cant complain about either. My other great love is weapons. I have been derided most of my life for my over-riding interest in firearms, blades and all thier accounterments. I have a wee hankering of what may be in store for me in the future with regard to this. we will go over that topic more later.
As to Fran, in his blog he talks about the feeling he has that a great portion of the western world will fall to islam in this century. I think he is correct up to a certain point. Take our history leading up to WWII. Our country did its best to stay out of the fight. We supplied our allies with war materials, ships, planes and guns. Americans volunteered to go fight for another nation with no strings attached. We as a nation tend to avoid conflict whenever possible. the problem is, once we get angered enough to pitch our hat into the fray (IE pearl harbor) we tend to pound our oppenets into mush. When religion becomes involved it makes the situation much more prickly.
I have no hatred for islam. They have thier set of beliefs, i have mine. I dont care if you want to worship allah or bark at the moon. Just dont try to force it on me. When you do, as the koran states all muslims must, we have a problem. Fran states there are three ways this will be resolved. Subjugation to islam, reformation of islam and elimination of islam. Since sujugation is not in any way an acceptable option we are left with the latter two.
I belive that trying to reform islam would be similar to trying to get a spooked cow into a pen. She'll run every which way but the one you want her to go, all the time getting closer and closer to the pasture gate. Then suddenly right when you think you've got her there she bolts around and out she goes. The only realisitic option is the elimination of ilsam as it currently exists.
This option will get VERY VERY UGLY. People tend to get very nasty when you try to force your opinion on them. I am of the firm opinion there will be the modern equivilant of the medieval crusades at some point. Our children know naught of the crusades as it is currently mostly left outof textebooks as "too biased" for young minds to contemplate. Pure shosh. At age eight i read a book about the crusades and why they were fought. I understood both sides of the conflict and why each side fought for what they belived in. fighting for what you belive in is one of the most powerful personal motivations there is.
A good writer ,fran, over at Eternity road is in a bit of a funk. Read here:
http://www.eternityroad.info/index.php/weblog/single/frans_sunday_ruminations_prophets_jesters_and_destroyers/
Fear not Fran. The silent majority feels your pain. We will be there. THe following is for you.
Many times I have pondered why it is that god revealed himself to us so many years ago. I have come to the conclusion that it is for times such as those we live in now. Where the very fabric of our lives and beliefs is threatened. I subscribe to no particular religion or set form of worship. I consider myself a monotheistic christian. I believe in one god that has an all-reaching, all-seeing plan for us from the day we are born. What we expieience in life and what we make of ourselves is what god has planned for us. Whether we make shoes or drive a dump truck, god has a need for us to be doing exactly what we are.
I have held many jobs. Some for as long as five years, some for two weeks. I have done everything from working in a nursing home mopping floors to an ASE certified auto mechanic, to my current job as a water treatment specialist. I have been in the army and I have spent a night or two in jail. All have been learning expieriences.
My great love in life is my family. I have a good wife and a five month old daughter. I cant complain about either. My other great love is weapons. I have been derided most of my life for my over-riding interest in firearms, blades and all thier accounterments. I have a wee hankering of what may be in store for me in the future with regard to this. we will go over that topic more later.
As to Fran, in his blog he talks about the feeling he has that a great portion of the western world will fall to islam in this century. I think he is correct up to a certain point. Take our history leading up to WWII. Our country did its best to stay out of the fight. We supplied our allies with war materials, ships, planes and guns. Americans volunteered to go fight for another nation with no strings attached. We as a nation tend to avoid conflict whenever possible. the problem is, once we get angered enough to pitch our hat into the fray (IE pearl harbor) we tend to pound our oppenets into mush. When religion becomes involved it makes the situation much more prickly.
I have no hatred for islam. They have thier set of beliefs, i have mine. I dont care if you want to worship allah or bark at the moon. Just dont try to force it on me. When you do, as the koran states all muslims must, we have a problem. Fran states there are three ways this will be resolved. Subjugation to islam, reformation of islam and elimination of islam. Since sujugation is not in any way an acceptable option we are left with the latter two.
I belive that trying to reform islam would be similar to trying to get a spooked cow into a pen. She'll run every which way but the one you want her to go, all the time getting closer and closer to the pasture gate. Then suddenly right when you think you've got her there she bolts around and out she goes. The only realisitic option is the elimination of ilsam as it currently exists.
This option will get VERY VERY UGLY. People tend to get very nasty when you try to force your opinion on them. I am of the firm opinion there will be the modern equivilant of the medieval crusades at some point. Our children know naught of the crusades as it is currently mostly left outof textebooks as "too biased" for young minds to contemplate. Pure shosh. At age eight i read a book about the crusades and why they were fought. I understood both sides of the conflict and why each side fought for what they belived in. fighting for what you belive in is one of the most powerful personal motivations there is.
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