Wow, ISIS hostage is from Prescott! Praying for Kayla!

[nocturnalVX]

I feel for all those that have needlessly died because of the actions of evil, sick, twisted, cruel, hateful people. I agree that people should protect themselves and those they care about from those that would do them harm. On a global scale, the good people should defend against evil... no question. My point is not that it is unacceptable ok to do so, but rather that people need to be honest about it. You can not claim to be a religious person if you go against the teachings of that religion. PERIOD. You can be a good person, and still have to defend your family. You can be a good person, and still drive a tank in the army or drop 500lb smart bombs on the bad guys. You can NOT do any of that, and still claim to be Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. When "religious" people admit this, there will not be any more "religious" extremism and far fewer reasons to go to war. The chants of "God is great", and all the other rhetoric will be replaced by "we are psycho nutjobs", "death to anyone even SLIGHTLY different from us", or "yeah, most of the stuff in our holy book is outrageously demented, but nevermind that, just join us anyway" and bingo... not nearly as good of a sales pitch for the cause.

[Vendetta]

...You can be a good person, and still drive a tank in the army or drop 500lb smart bombs on the bad guys. You can NOT do any of that, and still claim to be Jewish, Christian, or Muslim...

And the bomb makers? The guidance systems engineers? The support personnel? The guy that cleans the windshield of the truck that's hauling the fuel? Slippery slope, your argument here. But it's all good. We can agree to disagree without beheading one another. I hope.

-V

[nocturnalVX]

Slippery slope, your argument here. But it's all good. We can agree to disagree without beheading one another. I hope.

-V

Yes WE can. The problem is with those that slip so far down the slope that justifying clerical work in the armed forces becomes dropping the bomb. If that is ok, then bombing abortion clinics is ok too. Hey... as long as we are making exceptions, let's behead anyone that reads the wrong book or dresses in a shameful way. Americans are free to worship any god they wish (or no god at all) in any way they wish. All I hope for is that the people here and all over the world that claim to follow the religions that claim to follow the 10 commandments follow the good parts of those religions. Imagine if no Jew, no Christian, and no Muslim went against those teachings... Wars would be between a handful of evil pagans or atheists. When those few nutjobs offed themselves, there would be no more war. No more victims like Kayla. I can't wait.