Christians celebrate Thanksgiving every year with a prayer and thank The Native Americans for saving their lives as offspring from The Pilgrims that were saved. Did God Deliver The Indian to them? NO! But when the Indian refused to accept Christianity they were considered SAVAGES-and were placed onto Reservations-WHAT A CHRISTIAN THING TO DO-and so now WE THE PEOPLE are in Iraq-We have accepted help from other nations-ARE they the next people to be placed on RESERVATIONS as we consider them savage? I believe it is time for an ELECTION in Iraq-I believe it is time for the people of Iraq to make a decision-I believe that our country can assist in one way and one way only-ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ TO VOTE: DO YOU WANT THE US IN IRAQ! Yes or No! Simple-Place ballots all aroung the world & what do you think the outcome will be? BUT NO-Christains want their way of life preserved-Freedom of Religion is a RIGHT granted under The Constitution-SO WHO R U 2 say who Iraq worships hipocrit!GODOUT
2006-09-28 06:52:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you want knowledge of God, seek God. If you want knowledge of people, seek people. You will find that which it is you seek. The question is, Are you accurately interpreting that which you find, or are you viewing it through a clouded lens--the lens of your own judgment?
Christians can and do fail. All people do. Christ came to save people who fail. Are you one of these people?
Seriously, my friend: If you want to know God, you should seek him outside of yourself. If you continue to try to know God by the acts of people, you will not find him.
Do you prefer living your life judging--inaccurately or no--the actions of other people, and using such judgments--accurate or inaccurate--as a reason to stay outside of God's grace? God will let you do that, indeed.
2006-09-28 07:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me that you have made a bunch of emotional decisions based on lack of information. For one, Thanksgiving is a national holiday to begin with, where the nation is saying thank you to the indians that the nation later called savages. Christians have taken this day on as a day to remember the freedom they have through Christ.
As for Iraq, the Christian community wants to see freedom there. The problem is, there are those who want control of that country who do not wish the people there to have freedom, because according to many fundamentalists in that area, freedom results in social disorder. Also, many Iraqis are afraid to go out and vote because of the "insurgency". I was listening to a radio program on NPR where they interviewed some soldiers from the area. The area was anti-american until the American troops took out a major "insurgency" group, and once they were gone from using fear to control the population, the population decided americans were ok..
Freedom is central to the Christian belief system. But unfortunately, there have been those who claim to be Christian who have suppressed freedom. I, as a Christian, want the Iraqi's to have freedom of religion, but there are those there who want a "taliban" style government in Iraq that opposes religious freedom, and many other freedoms as well.
2006-09-28 07:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Steve M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Native American and a Christian and an American patriot. Your entire basis is so far from the truth that no right conclusion can come from what you say.
Native America is predisposed to accept Christianity and mostly welcomed it whole heartedly. Savagery was not a religious label, but one to do with the chaotic order of Native american governing practices and the fact that we didn't wear clothes, live in houses, cut our hair, and that we committed murders for the fun of it.
Most Native Americans were killed by disease. The Native American cultures were mostly lost due to Native Americans adapting to the new greater cultures.
Christians do not dictate who Iraq may worship, but only that we have the right to say who we worship.
Islam dictates to follow their religion or be killed. Christianity dictates do not kill us or we will fight back. It is very different. Even the crusades were fighting back, although they were not purely Christian efforts. Remember that before the crusades, Islam murdered. Islam will be free of crusades when Islam stops murdering.
Our right as a nation to go into Iraq and restructure it comes from the fact that Iraq declared war on us and carried out initial attacks along with increasing overtures of more devastating attacks.
2006-09-28 07:03:22 · answer #3 · answered by Just David 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm,
The Indians were not rounded up because they would not convert.
The people of that time (wrongly) considered them as sub-human.
Most Indians died because of the diseases that the Europeans carried over to America that their systems could not fight. Not intentional.
Iraqi's want us out, just not until they can stand on their own, you listen to the media to much, I think the war was a mistake but also don't think we can now leave the Iraqi people in the hands of the Religious fanatics they are the ones doing the killing now.
We do NOT want to force Christianity on the Iraqi people.
We just want them to have freedom and peace at this point, something they have not had for generations.
Peace!
2006-09-28 06:59:32 · answer #4 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that Christ taught us to respect the state; He told us that we are to render unto Caesar's what belongs to Caesar and render unto God's what belongs to God.
2006-09-28 06:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reported and may God find you before it's to late
2006-09-28 06:55:42 · answer #6 · answered by momie_2bee 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
unlike most kings, God has the greater good in mind, not selfish interest.
2006-09-28 06:55:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You just made my day. What an inciteful insight to tick off the godbots with!
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2006-09-28 07:00:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
thank God for His mercies that are new every morning!
if it weren't that way where would you be?
2006-09-28 07:01:26 · answer #9 · answered by Lost Phoenix 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bet you watch CNN, too!
2006-09-28 06:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋