If you were ever confronted by a rattlesnake on a plane (as in
that horrible movie) or anywhere else for that matter, what would you
do ? Would you attempt to talk your way out of this potentially deadly
experience? Would you put your arms around the snake and sing cumbaya
to the sound of the bloodcurdling rattling noise? Would you read it
it's Miranda rights and give it a lawyer? Of course you would not. You
would kill that snake by any means available without a moment's
hesitation. Let me ask you then, why do you want to talk to radical
Muslim fanatics ('snakes') terrorists and plane hijackers like the
Christmas day underwear bomber that have repeatedly told you that they
want you all to convert to Islam or to die? They don't want to be your
friend anymore than does that rattlesnake.
Where does this notion of dialogue with evil come from? It
originates, in my opinion, partly from the concepts developed in the so
called French Enlightenment period blended with a little cockeyed
romanticism. In response to the perceived overbearing concept of the
divine right of kings, a new view of man sprung up in the in the 18th
century age of science and reason which said that man was born good, a
so called 'noble savage'. I used to lecture my college students on the
philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau whose influential 1762 book, The Social Contract,
stated that 'man is born free and everywhere is in chains'. Rousseau
wrote that all men are good by nature but are corrupted and enslaved by
kings and tyrants. This thought led to the French Revolution and the
overthrow of the French monarchy. Unfortunately, the good noble savage
when freed from royal authority proceeded to then butcher thousands of
his own countrymen in the Reign of Terror. This happened because, as
the Bible says, man is not inherently good but is by nature a fallen
sinful creature that needs a Savior We have all sinned and come short
of the glory of God.
This, what we call today, a secular progressive viewpoint,
permeates Western Civilization. First of all, it results in nobody
taking personal responsibility for their actions. Your mommy, daddy,
husband, wife, grandpa, teacher, boss, Twinkies, dope, alcohol, or the
infidels, made you do it. Since the notion of man as a sinner has been
removed from societal discourse, then your misdeeds must be caused by
something else because you all are basically good people. Secondly,
this kind of mindset, leads one to believe that all problems can be
worked out by just talking. People are of course basically all good and
you can work out your differences. The Bible says that the heart is
deceitful above all things.
It says in the Koran that one is not to lie unless one is
defending Islam to an infidel. How can one then expect a dialogue to
honestly resolve differences' Look at Arafat. He lied for a living.
Look at Usama bin Laden or the President of Iran or the head of
Hezbollah or of Hamas or the President of Syria. They all have
repeatedly told us falsehoods. How can we expect an open dialogue with
such unrepentant people to resolve anything.
A few years back, Fox reporter Steve Centanni and his cameraman
were kidnapped by Islamic terrorists. They were forced to 'convert' to
Islam before a camera. They were coerced to read propaganda statements
about how peaceful Islam really was while guns off camera were pointed
at them. Once again, these fanatics lied to the viewing audience. How
can one talk to people who try and convince you that Islam is a
peaceful religion at the point of a gun, and if you don't convert they
will kill you' One Muslim cleric just called Britney Spears a
prostitute and told her to covert to Islam or he would cut her
head off. That's peaceful!
Unlike Christianity which preaches life and
forgiveness and restoration through the shed blood of Jesus Christ who
died so we could have eternal life, Islam preaches death for its sons
and daughters in a martyrdom act of suicide and killing. Jesus told us
to turn the other cheek and love our enemies while Muhammad told us to
kill the infidels. How can there be a dialogue.
The Israelis gave back Gaza and part of the West Bank as
negotiated. Is there peace? Of course there is not. They are now asked
to give back the entire West Bank and even part of Jerusalem to create
a Palestinian State. Will that be enough? Of course it will not,
because again, Islam is allowed to lie to the infidels and they want
the Jews out of their Holy land.
Honest dialogue will never work in bringing peace with radical
Islam. Their idea of peace is when the entire world is Muslim. Any
attempts to work out peace short of this goal will fail. They may tell
us that they will stop trying to overrun the West if we leave Iraq or
Saudi Arabia, or stop supporting Israel, but they will be lying to
further Islam. Putting your arms around then and singing cumbaya or
giving them a lawyer or giving them all the rights of an american
citizen will not work with them. These fanatics are not good but are
evil people.
Wake up America and realize that neither appeasement nor
withdrawal nor retreat will ever work against such an enemy. This is a
holy war for the souls of your children and grandchildren. You need to
fight for your way of life, for western civilization, just as you would
against the imminent threat of a underwear bomber or a 9/11 type
terrorist or a 'snake' on a plane.
http://www.hearkenthewatchmen.com/article.asp?id=91
Stephen Yulish PhD has a
BA in Human Evolution and a MA and a PHD in History. He was a Professor
at the University of Arizona and later a Jewish community professional.
In spite of all of this, he accepted Jesus Christ in 1988 after a
series of revelatory visions and a dream. He now has MS but still
serves the Lord everyday through his writings.
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