Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1017926)

I don't understand why it isn't the same issue. There is a lot of minimizing at the top. Changing the subject about a real issue. NOT calling it terror.

The person that posted this just last week made a comment to Kitty Gilchrist about "knowing" in the Biblical sense that I thought was unnecessary. I get from his posts that he is not religious at all. Which is fine...

I question why when I was upset about the bombing at the Boston Marathon that people on this forum said that it had nothing to do with Islamic terrorism. I question why any mention of Islamic terrorism is minimized by some. I question why people bring up the crusades like they happened last week and we Christians should cringe.

It really is the same issue, The fact that there are many good Muslims does not make the real issue go away and the fact that there are many good Christians does not make the real issue go away. And the fact that there are many mentally ill people and people who are Americans who kill Americans does not make this real issue that is affecting the world go away.

And that issue is the one that sparked the attacks on Jews in Norway that was the beginning of the story posted above.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1017974)

Was that a trick, Blueash? I changed my post to read Norway because I thought my memory was flawed. Of course it happened in Denmark as I had originally typed. The similar shooting to the one in France at a person at a meeting who had maligned the prophet.

I'm questioning why you posted this when you don't really seem to have a real connection to religion of any kind.

Originally Posted by blueash (Post 1017988)

I have a long connection to religion which seems to me to not be a legitimate topic of discussion on this site. I posted this story because it is a beautiful story of faith communities trying to overcome the fear, the animosity, the bigotry, the hatred. I have posted more similar stories. Redwitch understands and sees the beauty. Others don't and simply pile on with more hatred and fear. But I won't give up. I'll keep trying to alleviate the blindness of those who hateth our brothers.

Originally Posted by sunnyatlast (Post 1018089)

You paint broad groups with a mighty wide brush, as "haters" implicitly guilty of "hate crimes", when in reality, anybody reading here would be better described as "SKEPTICAL".

We have good reason to remain skeptical, since there wasn't any kind of Peace Ring around the Boston Marathon, or the field in PA where the 911 plane crashed, nor at the World Trade Center holes in the ground, nor at the church of the innocent woman beheaded at work in Oklahoma, where peace loving Muslims could take a stand against the satanic death cult of radically-mutated al Qaeda, ISIS, and their minions and wannabees.

Originally Posted by Abby10 (Post 1018136)

Thanks, sunnyatlast, I have been trying to come up with the right word to address this since I read about it this morning. Skeptical fits for me. I just didn't have a great feeling about it for some reason, and still can't put my finger on exactly why. In looking at the pictures and videos put out by the media, I see a lot of people (possibly a thousand as they say), but if you really look at the crowd, i wouldn't say it was overwhelmingly Muslim. To me it reeks of media hype, not necessarily professing truth. If you listen to audio reports you would think a thousand people (mostly Muslim) came together for this event, but I just don't see it in the videos. And yes, I know you don't have to be of Arab descent to be a Muslim......but this still leaves me ......skeptical.....

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1018213)

I do not see it that there were 1000 Muslims that did this just that 1000 people did it under the prompting of a group of Muslims. 1,000 people join in Muslim 'ring of peace' outside Norway synagogue | Fox News

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1018213)

I do not see it that there were 1000 Muslims that did this just that 1000 people did it under the prompting of a group of Muslims. 1,000 people join in Muslim 'ring of peace' outside Norway synagogue | Fox News