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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
I'm sorry Darby, But that explanation holds very little water.
Even if scripture prescribes no penalty for the killing of people of a different faith or no faith, what happened to the two American hostages and is threatened for the British hostage is barbarity plain and simple. I cannot believe that any right thinking human being could condone such appalling savagery, no matter what Scripture allowed or disallowed.
The Old Testament allows me to keep slaves, does that make it morally right or acceptable?
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I didn't try to explain or justify the actions taken. Just to add a fact to the whole question as to why barbarians are ..barbarians. Basically, religion, any religion, cannot stand competition from another religion, and they preach that they are always right!!
However, religion is only part of it, and certainly not all of it.
You state that
"I cannot believe that any right thinking human being could condone such appalling savagery, no matter what Scripture allowed or disallowed. " I don't hear any vociferous condemnations from the Middle East or from amongst our own muslim society. Beheadings and amputations are common-place in Saudi...so to them it's an everyday occurrance.
I feel sorry for you in that you accidentally watched the video, I couldn't do it, as it would make me so angry
I saw a punishment amputation once in Oman...never again!
Islam has been around for almost 1400 years, and they've not changed their attitudes one little bit...so I don't suppose we will make any difference. The majority of muslims (as reported in the press and on the media) are against the UK, USA, Germany, France et al...and probably privately, would support the terrorists, as they most certainly do not, as a majority, condemn their actions.
Even for daring to openly discuss the topics of Islamic Fundemantalism, and to criticise anything Islamic, can normally result in punishment or even a "Fatwah" being issued to kill or maim the criticiser. The extreme-ism is widely applied throughout the muslim world, and we (to our eternal shame) apply the word "racism" to anybody who openly discusses such issues in an attempt to inform, and become more informed.
It's just a shame that we cannot simply sit down and debate or discuss what is wrong and what can be done to improve the situation with one another, and without diatribe or aggression.
As for those poor souls who were beheaded......may God (everybodys God) help them and their families
