What ISIS Really Wants

[oldcatholicguy]

True, but they made the point to Jefferson that it was acceptable to treat “infidels” in this way! Which just rubbed Jefferson the wrong way.

I think a similar comment without the citation of religious reasons would have rubbed Jefferson the wrong way; the addition of a religious excuse for their actions just added icing on the cake (Jefferson isn’t known for his fondness of organized religion).

 

[Marvin_parv]

I thought that what ISIS really wants is to kill Christians, establish a caliphate ruled by sharia law, and then finish off the killing of Christians.

Thomas Jefferson wondered what the pirates of the Barbary States really wanted. When he found out, he sent the Marines to Tripoli to make sure they understood what we really wanted.

Hello JimG, too pick up on your point,it is a little daft also too imagine life without any Christians because their zeal and peace is all a twist on the Christian mindset, obviously under Grace and under sin. The more that they killed the more frantic they would get with Grace sufficient.

Rather dull, " surely they cant see. " ___________________________ : )

 

[friardchips]

Hello JimG, too pick up on your point,it is a little daft also too imagine life without any Christians because their zeal and peace is all a twist on the Christian mindset, obviously under Grace and under sin. The more that they killed the more frantic they would get with Grace sufficient.

Rather dull, " surely they cant see. " ___________________________ : )

So they think it is grace that makes them kill. Not sure they know what ‘grace’ is. We know grace is not helping them murder. They follow an ideology that obstructs grace, and if they were told this, maybe they’d understand. First, they have to stop killing people. Problem is, they are in a vicious cycle, because the more they kill, the more grace they obstruct or close themselves off from, and so the worse they become. It then takes a mammoth event to make them stop and think because the momentum of the downward evil spiral has already begun and makes them bitter when confronted with graciousness. A miracle we need.