Auggie wrote on Feb 13
th, 2018 at 11:31am:
I’d like to remind some people that the peaceful majority don’t matter. What matters is the organised and militant minority. The biggest threat to global peaceful and security at the moment is Islamism (yes I’m changing terms here). There is a rising and significant minority of Muslims who support the Islamist project and this is an issue. Islamists are found among conservative Muslims primarily.
Of course, Muslims have the right to be islamists just as white people have the right to be national socialists. They are not the enemy but they’re not the solution either.
The other point is that yes there are terrorist who are inspired by Christianity but there needs to be a distinction: they are not a threat to world peace and security at the moment.
augcaesarustus,
Can you give us some examples of how
Christianity [specifically] has inspired terrorists ?
There are many contrary indications contained in Christian scripture....
2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Psalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord
1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.