Nobody wants to admit it and the media is trying their best to sacrifice history at the altar of political correctness. The tale woven from the moment the Fort Hood killings took place was that the party responsible was a victim of a broken system. The truth, however, is that the killer was acting rationally and logically from his religious beliefs.
The killer was a Muslim who believed America was threatening Islam and he had to act out in self-defense. He was committed to giving his life for Allah to further the goal of bringing the world under the rule of Sharia Law. It's not my interest to argue if the man's actions were consistent with Islamic teaching (although I believe that they were). Regardless of how his actions reflected Islamic orthodoxy the point is that the man was acting consistently with his system of beliefs.
Beliefs are the strings of the web that make up our worldview. Beliefs are what we hold to be true, and necessarily lead to how we live our lives. Modern science was born from the belief that the world was created by God and therefore rational and capable of being understood. America was founded on the creed that all men were equal because they were created by God. The shooter at Fort Hood acted out on the belief that Muhammad had called him to wage war against the unbeliever.
I am (obviously) very opinionated. I love to share, listen, and debate beliefs with others. It's what I live for and I think it's what we were all created for. I believe that we were all created to come to find truth--the Truth that embodies itself in the Person of Jesus Christ-- and therefore (watch how this works now), I voice my opinion and attempt to share what I believe with others. My belief about the world naturally leads to how I live.
How do people react to my opinion? They quickly tell me that they are a "live and let live" kind of person. They have their beliefs, others have their own, and that's the end of it. Time to move on and get back to living life and quit worrying about what someone else happens to believe.
If you're sharp enough you can pick up on the slight of hand taking place here.
Do you see it?
The person who argues that we should live and let live when it comes to beliefs is acting out of that belief and forcing it upon everyone else. They are not living and letting live, they are saying live and let live according to how I view the world--a world where we somehow all live in a vacuum from our beliefs. But, that just isn't possible. Even the nihilist has a creed--a credo of holding to no creeds.
Perhaps if we were all islands such a philosophy could work, but the truth is that no man is an island. How we live affects everyone else around us, and how we live follows from what we believe about the world. Hold the wrong belief and you could end up slaughtering millions of people. Whether it's the infidel in the name of Allah, the Jews in the name of social improvement, or the unborn in the name of choice, the path is the same. Beliefs about the nature of reality birth action.
I challenge you to examine your beliefs and constantly attempt to conform them to the nature of reality. Reality is harsh and unforgiving. It doesn't matter how strong your beliefs are about the non-existence of gravity, walk off a cliff and you will fall to your death. Reality has shown us once again at Fort Hood that if you ignore the battle of beliefs, then you are damning the world to live and let die.
The killer was a Muslim who believed America was threatening Islam and he had to act out in self-defense. He was committed to giving his life for Allah to further the goal of bringing the world under the rule of Sharia Law. It's not my interest to argue if the man's actions were consistent with Islamic teaching (although I believe that they were). Regardless of how his actions reflected Islamic orthodoxy the point is that the man was acting consistently with his system of beliefs.
Beliefs are the strings of the web that make up our worldview. Beliefs are what we hold to be true, and necessarily lead to how we live our lives. Modern science was born from the belief that the world was created by God and therefore rational and capable of being understood. America was founded on the creed that all men were equal because they were created by God. The shooter at Fort Hood acted out on the belief that Muhammad had called him to wage war against the unbeliever.
I am (obviously) very opinionated. I love to share, listen, and debate beliefs with others. It's what I live for and I think it's what we were all created for. I believe that we were all created to come to find truth--the Truth that embodies itself in the Person of Jesus Christ-- and therefore (watch how this works now), I voice my opinion and attempt to share what I believe with others. My belief about the world naturally leads to how I live.
How do people react to my opinion? They quickly tell me that they are a "live and let live" kind of person. They have their beliefs, others have their own, and that's the end of it. Time to move on and get back to living life and quit worrying about what someone else happens to believe.
If you're sharp enough you can pick up on the slight of hand taking place here.
Do you see it?
The person who argues that we should live and let live when it comes to beliefs is acting out of that belief and forcing it upon everyone else. They are not living and letting live, they are saying live and let live according to how I view the world--a world where we somehow all live in a vacuum from our beliefs. But, that just isn't possible. Even the nihilist has a creed--a credo of holding to no creeds.
Perhaps if we were all islands such a philosophy could work, but the truth is that no man is an island. How we live affects everyone else around us, and how we live follows from what we believe about the world. Hold the wrong belief and you could end up slaughtering millions of people. Whether it's the infidel in the name of Allah, the Jews in the name of social improvement, or the unborn in the name of choice, the path is the same. Beliefs about the nature of reality birth action.
I challenge you to examine your beliefs and constantly attempt to conform them to the nature of reality. Reality is harsh and unforgiving. It doesn't matter how strong your beliefs are about the non-existence of gravity, walk off a cliff and you will fall to your death. Reality has shown us once again at Fort Hood that if you ignore the battle of beliefs, then you are damning the world to live and let die.
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