Holy war with "snakes" on a plane!
Stephen Yulish PhD
http://a9.com/stephen%20yulishIf you were ever confronted by a rattlesnake on a plane 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
attempt to sing cumbaya to the music of the bloodcurdling rattling noise? 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 would you want to talk to
Muslim fanatic "snakes" and plane hijackers that have repeatedly told you that
they want you all to convert 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 18th century age of science and reason which said that
man was born good, a so called "noble savage". I used to lecture my 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 a fallen creature who needs a Savior (Romans
5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:3).We have all sinned and come short of the glory of
God (Romans 3:23).
This, what we call today, secular progressive viewpoint permeates Western
Civilization. First of all, it results in nobody taking personal
responsibility for their actions. Your mommy, daddy, 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 someone 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 all differences. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful above
all things (Jeremiah 17:9). In Islam, 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?
Recently, 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?
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. Will that be enough? Of course it will not,
because again, Islam is allowed to lie to the infidels.
Honest dialogue will never work in bringing peace with 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 you that they will stop trying to
overrun the West if you just 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 will not work with them. They 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 lives, just as
you would against a suicidal hijacker or any other rattlesnakes on a plane.