It is said that a Saudi Man, OBL, directed the killings of many innocents in the form of bombs. Timoth McVeigh was responsible for blowing up a building in Oklahoma. Both killed people of many different faiths. Both seem remorseless and would do it again.
Truly pious Muslims do not believe in aggression, only in self-defense, and that we must stop the defense when the attackers are repulsed. Do Christians believe the same? The slaughters of the crusades in which Christian pilgrims murdered Muslims, Jews and Christians alike don't seem to agree with this.
Did you know that in England drawing and quatering was on the books as a punishment until the 19th century? (That's what they did to William Wallace and many, many others.)
Muslims are peace-loving people. It is only propganda that distorts this well-known fact by showing violence and not peaceful behavior. All faiths have sinners. But only our Merciful Lord needs to judge us whereas we need to forgive one another.
2007-01-07 11:09:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i don't think Christians think Timothy Mcviegh was good, I think they know he did wrong, but you bring up a goo point. If Christians are justified by pointing out the wrongs of islam by pointing out the evils they do, We are just as justified when we point out the bad things Christians do in the name of their religion.
2007-01-07 11:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the bad things Muslims did was for Allah / Koran and were real Muslims.
The bad things Tim McVeigh did was because he was anti government, not because he was a Christian. A True Christian has the love of God in their heart.
True Christians battle isn't with the sword that takes life from others. True Christians battle with the Sword of Truth, the spoken Word of God. Read Ephesians 6. And Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil so we could have life more abundantly. Gods Word is Life.
Also, most Muslims claim to be peaceful. But that is only true until a Muslim spiritual leader calls that peaceful Muslim to jihad. If Muslim doesn't obey, Muslim will go to hell according to Islam. So that then makes a jihadist Muslim no longer a peaceful Muslim.
2007-01-07 19:35:40 · answer #2 · answered by t_a_m_i_l 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Timothy McVeigh was a fanatic also.
Do not pretend that Islam is any better than Christianity, because it is just as bad and has caused just as many deaths....
The invasion of Spain in 711 A.D. was the very first 'Crusade' and was done by the 'Musselmen' (the original term "Muslim" comes from this tribe). This was the original 'Jihad" and 50% of Spain was conquered by Islamic oppressors for 450 years.
The Crusades of 1089 were a much later invasion in response to this and several attacks in Anatolia by Suleiman.
Both were extremely brutal and both were carried out in the name of 'God/ Allah'........
2007-01-07 19:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by wolf560 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For one the Muslim bommers claim to be doing it in the name of Islam and McVeigh claimed nothing of the sort.
For two there are many more Muslim bommers than McVeighs.
For three almost all Christians came out against McVeigh's actions, it's like pulling teeth to get Muslims to condemn their fellow muslims. Having grown up around many muslims, I found that they mostly use circumstances as an excuse for there comrades.
2007-01-07 19:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by David 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the biggest differences is that Christians speak out against violence committed in the name of Christianity. Over a billion Muslims do not care about the innocent lives lost in the name of Allah. They actually cheer about it. Do not believe that Islam is peaceful.
May God Bless you.
2007-01-08 17:02:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's the problem:
When you bring up the Crusades and drawing-and-quartering, you're bringing up things that happened a very, very long time ago.
But when people bring up terrorist acts committed by young Muslim men, they're bringing up things that are happening today, right on TV.
So, it's illogical to compare the two. Why must you appeal to events that happened hundreds of years ago, in order to deflect attention away from Islamic terrorism that didn't happen hundreds of years ago -- but is happening right now?
It is not "only propaganda" that distorts the fact that most Muslims are peace-loving. It's also the actions of terrorist Muslims that also distort it.
When Muslims commit terrorism and the TV news shows it, it's not propaganda. It's reality.
It's true that most Muslims are not terrorists -- but these days, most terrorists are Muslims.
I think that the majority of Muslims who are peaceful, have to do more to denounce the ones who are not.
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2007-01-07 19:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
If what you say is true, it would certainly help if the peace-loving people spoke up and censored those who do the violence. It would also help if you were friendly and spoke to people instead of just staring at them like they are from another planet. I have smiled and spoken to not only Muslims but some of the other religions and nationalities and they will not speak or smile - just stare. If they are afraid, they need to overcome it. The look on their face though is more like they think we are something evil.
2007-01-07 19:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by neptune 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
McVeigh was funded by Islamists. Its a matter of court record, that he was with a "middle eastern man" at the rental agency the day of the bombing. FBI records connect McVeigh to Islamist groups.
ISLAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR:
Genocide and Islam: Chapter 4 - Islam and the Muslim Invasions “Let it be said right away: the massacres perpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled in history, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by the Nazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks” http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/gautier/chapter4.html
Worldwide Islamic conflicts: Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Somolia, Sudan and Dafur genocide, Chad, Phillipines, Indonesia, Lebanon, Palastine, Iraq, Algeria, Southern India, Kashmir, etc..
2007-01-07 19:10:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Tim did not do what he did because he was a Christian. He did it because he hated the government. Bin laden did it because he is Muslim. At least that is what he says.
You guys have a LARGE part of your religion that is out of control. Hundreds of thousands are at Hamas rallies. And you rarely hear any criticism of it from other Muslims. All I see is you guys coming here and getting on us for noticing.
2007-01-07 19:15:16 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yim McVeigh ws one CRAZY MAN.
Muslims are a BIG BUNCH of people.
There is NO ASSOCIATION at all.
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""Truly pious Muslims do not believe in aggression, only in self-defense, and t""
THIS IS NOT WHAT THE QUARAN SAYS!
The Q must be interpreted to inply that!
Mo himself went out and did about 30 AGGRESSIVE WARS to convert the poor deseret people. If they did not Submit they were killed....Jusst like the Quaran says to do!
http://www.easyislam.com/chronology_of_events_in_the_life_of_muhammad.asp
2007-01-07 19:13:57 · answer #10 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋