J. Matt Barber
'Christian terrorists' don't exist
By J. Matt Barber
"I'm sick of these white male NRA Republicans and their mass shootings beca ... um, Sayed Farook? Hey, let's not vilify an entire group."
– Jon Gabriel, editor-in-chief, Ricochet.com
Workplace violence strikes again. "Allahu Akbar!" evidently means, "I quit," and pipe bombs are the new resignation letter. Southern Baptist redneck Syed Rizwan Farook and his Irish Catholic wife, Tashfeen Malik, are reported to have been inexplicably in touch with ambiguously international, not-at-all-Islam-related terrorists under investigation by the FBI prior to mowing down 35 white-privileged American citizens at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California.
Investigators feverishly search for a motive.
Multiculturalism was unavailable for comment.
It's said that not all Muslims are terrorists, but that most terrorists are Muslims. Bleeding heart "religion of peace" Jihad-deniers may explain away the global scourge of Islamic terrorism as "workplace violence," the "result of climate change" or a "gun control issue" (California has the strictest gun laws in all 50 states, and Paris France has banned guns altogether), but the facts, common sense and our own observations reveal the truth. It's world-class stupid to insist that, when demon-possessed Muslim terrorists mow down a room full of law-abiding citizens, the "progressive" panacea is to disarm the law-abiding citizens. "Enough is enough," all right. Sit down, liberals. The adults are talking. We don't need more gun control, we need more Islam control.
Brigitte Gabriel is a world-renown national security expert. Her concentration is on the – ahem – explosive rise in Islamic terrorism. She notes that there are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. Of them, intelligence agencies estimate that 15-25 percent are orthodox Muslims, meaning they actually follow the teachings of the Quran.
"That leaves 75 percent of [Muslims being] peaceful people," observes Gabriel. "But when you look at 15-25 percent of the world's Muslim population, you're looking at 180 million to 300 million people dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization. That is as big as the United States," she concludes.
Indeed, with these harrowing numbers in mind it's no surprise that there have been nearly 27,500 terrorist attacks worldwide committed by faithful Muslims since 9/11.
There have been zero committed by faithful Christians.
Here's why.
Muslims, true Muslims, follow the teachings of their dead "prophet" Muhammad, a warring tyrant who, as even the Islamic Quran concedes, was a murderous misogynist and pedophile. Christians, true Christians, follow the very-much-alive Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man, whose teachings are found in the God-breathed Holy Bible.
Muhammad taught, and the Quran stresses, that a central tenet of Islam is to convert, enslave or kill the infidel. An infidel is anyone who is not Muslim or, depending on who's doing the killing, belongs to a different sect of Islam. Those who fall into that elusive, perpetually mute category tagged "moderate Muslim" are also infidels or "idolaters." They're bad Muslims, and, so, according to the Quran, not Muslims at all. "When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them," commands Surah 9:5. "Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them." Faithful Muslims, true followers of Muhammad, "slay the idolaters wherever [they] find them" (see ISIS, Hamas, Syed Farook, et al.).
It's what Muslims do.
On the other hand, Jesus taught His followers, who are called Christians, to "do to others what you would have them do to you" (see Luke 6:31); that, "You shall not murder" (see Matthew 19:18); and that we are to "love [our] enemies and pray for those who persecute [us]" (see Matthew 5:44). It goes without saying that those who do not follow these teachings are not following Christ.
Indeed, while many may claim to be "Christian," the word only applies to those who are justified in Christ, spiritually reborn and regenerated through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. The true Christian walks in Christ's steps through faith and obedience.
Terrorism is in direct disobedience to Christ.
It's in direct obedience to Muhammad.
Whereas "Muslim extremists," that is, faithful Muslims, kill people extremely, "Christian extremists," that is, faithful Christians, love people, including their enemies, extremely.
Islam is Christianity's photo-negative. While Christianity brings eternal life to those choosing to surrender to Jesus, who alone is "the Way, the Truth and the Life," Islam brings eternal death to those who surrender to Allah, who is "the best of deceivers" ("[A]nd Allah was deceptive, for Allah is the best of deceivers." [see Surah 3:54]).
Which brings us to last week's mass shooting near an abortion slaughterhouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Even as the secular left was gleefully screaming, "Christian terrorism!" Garrett Swasey, a pro-life, Christian pastor and police officer, was laying down his life for those inside the very Planned Parenthood he abhorred.
It's what Christians do.
(For the record, this marks the first time in history that any liberal has been concerned for human life at a Planned Parenthood.)
Still, again, and so our liberal, anti-Christian friends fully understand, Officer Garrett Swasey was a pro-life Christian. Robert Dear, the evil, reclusive, deranged pothead who killed him, is not. Dear murdered three innocent people. He is, by definition, not "pro-life." Neither is he Christian. He is, much like Planned Parenthood, "pro-death."
Peas in a pod.
To be sure, pro-life Christians like Officer Swasey agree: Murdering babies is wrong. And murdering the murderers who murder babies is also wrong. Shooting innocent people is evil. Just like dismembering baby girls alive and selling their body parts is evil.
No, Robert Dear is no "Christian terrorist." He may be a terrorist, but he's not a Christian terrorist. He can't be. He doesn't follow Christ. If anything, Robert Dear's actions are more like those of Planned Parenthood, orthodox Islam and Syed Farook.
Bloody bosom buddies.
Yes, there have been terrorists who call themselves Christian.
But there has never been a Christian terrorist.
© J. Matt Barber
December 8, 2015
"I'm sick of these white male NRA Republicans and their mass shootings beca ... um, Sayed Farook? Hey, let's not vilify an entire group."
– Jon Gabriel, editor-in-chief, Ricochet.com
Workplace violence strikes again. "Allahu Akbar!" evidently means, "I quit," and pipe bombs are the new resignation letter. Southern Baptist redneck Syed Rizwan Farook and his Irish Catholic wife, Tashfeen Malik, are reported to have been inexplicably in touch with ambiguously international, not-at-all-Islam-related terrorists under investigation by the FBI prior to mowing down 35 white-privileged American citizens at a Christmas party in San Bernardino, California.
Investigators feverishly search for a motive.
Multiculturalism was unavailable for comment.
It's said that not all Muslims are terrorists, but that most terrorists are Muslims. Bleeding heart "religion of peace" Jihad-deniers may explain away the global scourge of Islamic terrorism as "workplace violence," the "result of climate change" or a "gun control issue" (California has the strictest gun laws in all 50 states, and Paris France has banned guns altogether), but the facts, common sense and our own observations reveal the truth. It's world-class stupid to insist that, when demon-possessed Muslim terrorists mow down a room full of law-abiding citizens, the "progressive" panacea is to disarm the law-abiding citizens. "Enough is enough," all right. Sit down, liberals. The adults are talking. We don't need more gun control, we need more Islam control.
Brigitte Gabriel is a world-renown national security expert. Her concentration is on the – ahem – explosive rise in Islamic terrorism. She notes that there are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. Of them, intelligence agencies estimate that 15-25 percent are orthodox Muslims, meaning they actually follow the teachings of the Quran.
"That leaves 75 percent of [Muslims being] peaceful people," observes Gabriel. "But when you look at 15-25 percent of the world's Muslim population, you're looking at 180 million to 300 million people dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization. That is as big as the United States," she concludes.
Indeed, with these harrowing numbers in mind it's no surprise that there have been nearly 27,500 terrorist attacks worldwide committed by faithful Muslims since 9/11.
There have been zero committed by faithful Christians.
Here's why.
Muslims, true Muslims, follow the teachings of their dead "prophet" Muhammad, a warring tyrant who, as even the Islamic Quran concedes, was a murderous misogynist and pedophile. Christians, true Christians, follow the very-much-alive Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man, whose teachings are found in the God-breathed Holy Bible.
Muhammad taught, and the Quran stresses, that a central tenet of Islam is to convert, enslave or kill the infidel. An infidel is anyone who is not Muslim or, depending on who's doing the killing, belongs to a different sect of Islam. Those who fall into that elusive, perpetually mute category tagged "moderate Muslim" are also infidels or "idolaters." They're bad Muslims, and, so, according to the Quran, not Muslims at all. "When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them," commands Surah 9:5. "Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them." Faithful Muslims, true followers of Muhammad, "slay the idolaters wherever [they] find them" (see ISIS, Hamas, Syed Farook, et al.).
It's what Muslims do.
On the other hand, Jesus taught His followers, who are called Christians, to "do to others what you would have them do to you" (see Luke 6:31); that, "You shall not murder" (see Matthew 19:18); and that we are to "love [our] enemies and pray for those who persecute [us]" (see Matthew 5:44). It goes without saying that those who do not follow these teachings are not following Christ.
Indeed, while many may claim to be "Christian," the word only applies to those who are justified in Christ, spiritually reborn and regenerated through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. The true Christian walks in Christ's steps through faith and obedience.
Terrorism is in direct disobedience to Christ.
It's in direct obedience to Muhammad.
Whereas "Muslim extremists," that is, faithful Muslims, kill people extremely, "Christian extremists," that is, faithful Christians, love people, including their enemies, extremely.
Islam is Christianity's photo-negative. While Christianity brings eternal life to those choosing to surrender to Jesus, who alone is "the Way, the Truth and the Life," Islam brings eternal death to those who surrender to Allah, who is "the best of deceivers" ("[A]nd Allah was deceptive, for Allah is the best of deceivers." [see Surah 3:54]).
Which brings us to last week's mass shooting near an abortion slaughterhouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Even as the secular left was gleefully screaming, "Christian terrorism!" Garrett Swasey, a pro-life, Christian pastor and police officer, was laying down his life for those inside the very Planned Parenthood he abhorred.
It's what Christians do.
(For the record, this marks the first time in history that any liberal has been concerned for human life at a Planned Parenthood.)
Still, again, and so our liberal, anti-Christian friends fully understand, Officer Garrett Swasey was a pro-life Christian. Robert Dear, the evil, reclusive, deranged pothead who killed him, is not. Dear murdered three innocent people. He is, by definition, not "pro-life." Neither is he Christian. He is, much like Planned Parenthood, "pro-death."
Peas in a pod.
To be sure, pro-life Christians like Officer Swasey agree: Murdering babies is wrong. And murdering the murderers who murder babies is also wrong. Shooting innocent people is evil. Just like dismembering baby girls alive and selling their body parts is evil.
No, Robert Dear is no "Christian terrorist." He may be a terrorist, but he's not a Christian terrorist. He can't be. He doesn't follow Christ. If anything, Robert Dear's actions are more like those of Planned Parenthood, orthodox Islam and Syed Farook.
Bloody bosom buddies.
Yes, there have been terrorists who call themselves Christian.
But there has never been a Christian terrorist.
© J. Matt Barber
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