Ringo
A WATCHMAN
Here in the U.S., politicians are afraid to link murders to the religion of Islam. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she prefers to call such incidents "radical jihadist terrorism" rather than evoking the common characteristic, which is the Muslim faith. She says it would be "dangerous" because it would imply we are at war with an entire religion.
But what do you call it when you consider the following statistics:
* 14 dead, 17 injured in San Bernardino, CA when a 'very religious' Muslim shoots up a Christmas party with his wife. (12/2015)
* 5 Dead, 2 injured in Chattanooga, TN when a 'devout Muslim' stages a suicide attack on a recruiting center at a strip mall and a naval center. (7/2015)
* A 74-year old man is shot several times in the head by a 'radicalized' ISIS supporter in Morgantown, NC (12/2014).
* A Sharia advocate beheads a woman in Moore, OK, after calling for Islamic terror and posting an Islamist beheading photo (9/2014).
* A 19-year-old college student in West Orange, NJ, is shot to death 'in revenge' for Muslim deaths overseas (6?2014).
* Two homosexuals are murdered in Seattle, WA, by an Islamic extremist (6/2014).
* A Muslim man in Port Bolivar, TX, shoots his lesbian daughter and her lover to death and leaves a copy of the Quran open to a page condemning homosexuality (6/2014).
* A convert "on a mission from Allah" stabs a store clerk to death in Richmond, CA (8/2013).
* Foreign-born Muslims describing themselves as 'very religious' detonate two bombs packed with ball bearings at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 260 more; causing several to lose limbs (4/2013)
* A Muslim convert in Ashtabulah, OH, walks into a church service with a Quran and guns down his Christian father while praising Allah (3/2013).
* A Muslim in Buena Vista, NJ, targets and beheads two Christian Coptic immigrants (2/2013).
* A 30-year-old Christian convert in Houston, TX, is shot to death by a devout Muslim for helping to convert his daughter (1/2013).
* Three Jewish men in Waltham, MA, have their throats slashed by Muslim terrorists (9/11/2011).
* Nidal Hasan, a Muslim psychiatrist guns down thirteen unarmed soldiers, and injures 31 others, while yelling praises to Allah (11/2009).
* Muslim snipers kill three men and two women in separate attacks over a 15-hour period in Montgomery County, MD (10/2002).
* 2,976 people are killed by radical Islamists in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, PA, on 9/11/2001. Over 300 more were seriously injured.
* Islamic terrorists detonate a massive truck bomb under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over 1,000 in an effort to collapse the towers (2/1993).
* And statistics go all the way back to 1972 when 10 members of a local mosque phone in a false alarm and then ambush responding officers, killing one, and injuring three.
These are not all of the statistics. There are numerous cases where a single person was killed in a variety of isolated incidents; but all by Muslim converts, sympathizers, or self-declared jihadists. The point of this enumeration is to show a pattern; a growing pattern of hatred and hostilities and bloodshed and attacks and atrocities on innocent victims. And that, my friends, is just one of the definitions of war. In a world filled with evil people, sometimes war is necessary to prevent even greater evil. Trying to deny the perpetrators of evil, only allows the evil to grow. War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing. In a world filled with sinful people, war is inevitable. Sometimes the only way to keep sinful people from doing great harm to the innocent is by going to war. We saw war as a necessary reaction to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. We are seeing war as a distinct possibility in response to the increasing attacks by ISIS. And we will most assuredly see Jesus go to war against Evil upon His Second Coming. This war will be the ultimate war against Evil and wickedness upon the earth, and He will be a Conqueror King. No matter what anyone might think, I do not believe that Jesus is a pacifist. That label is reserved for a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. We must be honest in our assessment of evil and never call it by any other name. It's time to defend ourselves and defeat the Enemy as best we can. And that means with physical weapons of war as well as spiritual ones.
But what do you call it when you consider the following statistics:
* 14 dead, 17 injured in San Bernardino, CA when a 'very religious' Muslim shoots up a Christmas party with his wife. (12/2015)
* 5 Dead, 2 injured in Chattanooga, TN when a 'devout Muslim' stages a suicide attack on a recruiting center at a strip mall and a naval center. (7/2015)
* A 74-year old man is shot several times in the head by a 'radicalized' ISIS supporter in Morgantown, NC (12/2014).
* A Sharia advocate beheads a woman in Moore, OK, after calling for Islamic terror and posting an Islamist beheading photo (9/2014).
* A 19-year-old college student in West Orange, NJ, is shot to death 'in revenge' for Muslim deaths overseas (6?2014).
* Two homosexuals are murdered in Seattle, WA, by an Islamic extremist (6/2014).
* A Muslim man in Port Bolivar, TX, shoots his lesbian daughter and her lover to death and leaves a copy of the Quran open to a page condemning homosexuality (6/2014).
* A convert "on a mission from Allah" stabs a store clerk to death in Richmond, CA (8/2013).
* Foreign-born Muslims describing themselves as 'very religious' detonate two bombs packed with ball bearings at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 260 more; causing several to lose limbs (4/2013)
* A Muslim convert in Ashtabulah, OH, walks into a church service with a Quran and guns down his Christian father while praising Allah (3/2013).
* A Muslim in Buena Vista, NJ, targets and beheads two Christian Coptic immigrants (2/2013).
* A 30-year-old Christian convert in Houston, TX, is shot to death by a devout Muslim for helping to convert his daughter (1/2013).
* Three Jewish men in Waltham, MA, have their throats slashed by Muslim terrorists (9/11/2011).
* Nidal Hasan, a Muslim psychiatrist guns down thirteen unarmed soldiers, and injures 31 others, while yelling praises to Allah (11/2009).
* Muslim snipers kill three men and two women in separate attacks over a 15-hour period in Montgomery County, MD (10/2002).
* 2,976 people are killed by radical Islamists in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, PA, on 9/11/2001. Over 300 more were seriously injured.
* Islamic terrorists detonate a massive truck bomb under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over 1,000 in an effort to collapse the towers (2/1993).
* And statistics go all the way back to 1972 when 10 members of a local mosque phone in a false alarm and then ambush responding officers, killing one, and injuring three.
These are not all of the statistics. There are numerous cases where a single person was killed in a variety of isolated incidents; but all by Muslim converts, sympathizers, or self-declared jihadists. The point of this enumeration is to show a pattern; a growing pattern of hatred and hostilities and bloodshed and attacks and atrocities on innocent victims. And that, my friends, is just one of the definitions of war. In a world filled with evil people, sometimes war is necessary to prevent even greater evil. Trying to deny the perpetrators of evil, only allows the evil to grow. War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing. In a world filled with sinful people, war is inevitable. Sometimes the only way to keep sinful people from doing great harm to the innocent is by going to war. We saw war as a necessary reaction to the atrocities of Nazi Germany. We are seeing war as a distinct possibility in response to the increasing attacks by ISIS. And we will most assuredly see Jesus go to war against Evil upon His Second Coming. This war will be the ultimate war against Evil and wickedness upon the earth, and He will be a Conqueror King. No matter what anyone might think, I do not believe that Jesus is a pacifist. That label is reserved for a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable. We must be honest in our assessment of evil and never call it by any other name. It's time to defend ourselves and defeat the Enemy as best we can. And that means with physical weapons of war as well as spiritual ones.
