Once more, evidence of contrast. Contrast you say? Yep. How one religion does evangelism and the other, and why, with some possible hyperbole, or premonition, of some potential outcomes.

Taliban evangelism: By force of arms, take hostages, kill some/all of them if demands for fellow Islamic extremists are not released from prison, and some countries troops are not pulled out of Afghanistan. Done in the name of their god, in actuality, merely a strategic military maneuver in the interaction of peoples and an opportunity to take control of the wealth generated by the work of others.

South Korean/Protestant evangelism: Send young, unarmed, non-military, trained professional nurses and teachers, at the expense not of the taxpayers, but of private individuals who contribute voluntarily, to provide health care and teach English to the Afghan people. I’m sure, along the way, if asked by those they assist why they are coming to a far country to help people in need that they don’t know, they would gracefully present the Gospel, telling about a man who directed them to be kind and help others, wherever they find them, done without demand, or compulsion. Done in the name of their God, in actuality, a much larger strategic operation to eliminate suffering and provide opportunity to those less fortunate while they experience life here and now and an opportunity to share wealth, be it financially or the outcome of financial and social conditions in other countries that enable people so inclined to share with others in need.

Somehow I’m grateful to Al Gore for popularizing the term (I won’t say “invented,” for inventing word groups pales in comparison to inventing the Internet) an “Inconvenient Truth.” So, to Rosie and her like minded followers, it seems Christian Evangelists aren’t worse than the “Islamic Fundamentalists.”

Amazing how one religion rose when one man shared a vision of treating all people with humanity and compassion with 12 men, that, without taking up arms, changed the world. Contrast that with how another, when one man shared his vision of dominating all others not sharing his views, took his followers into the desert to kill and steal from those who would not bend their knees to his god, while demeaning women and those not of Arab descent, so as to have the top political and social standing among people of all the world, which is now changing the World is ways unimagined.

Now, as the liberals/Democrats push an agenda of political correctness and absolute equality, it is ironic that they support the actions of the followers of Allah, that comes with not only the message, but the practice, of subjugation and tyranny under the rule of men, literally, when the message of Jesus is actually in line with what they say they want.

As the conservatives/Republicans stand on a foundation of a moral code derived from Moses and Jesus, which honors peaceful relationships among all peoples, they are accused of trying to dominate the world, steal resources from others for their own gain, and killing in the name of their God, for no other reason than to take it all from others.

Considered complicit in this endeavor, as being worse than Islamic Extremists, are those who would leave their job/business for weeks to months to years at a time, along with the creature comforts they are used to to travel to far flung, poverty stricken places in Africa, the former Soviet Bloc, China, North Korea, South and Central America, and many other places, armed with shovels, carpenter’s tools, medical supplies, food and amateur and professional skills of building, farming, health care, business practices and the Bible.

While in the field, doing what they can to alleviate the suffering of their fellow human beings, not knowing those people when they left their comfortable homes, but finding new friends, light years apart in life circumstances, while they do what they do, along with sharing a story of someone who cares for their life now, and hereafter. Along the way, these people return to their neighborhoods, jobs/businesses and churches, changed forever, carrying within them greater tolerance of others, a vastly greater appreciation for what they have in their developed countries, and generally, having also left behind prejudicial thoughts they harbored for years, learned, some consciously, some not, while growing up in a society embraced in wealth and opportunity.

They are also enriched by “connecting” to those fellow travelers on this “blue marble,” learning of customs, history, world views very different than what they lived with, and they bring back the first person stories to the rest of us. In their wake, they have buildings built, houses refurbished, people with minor and serious medical conditions either fixed, or on the way to healing. IN addition, some are left with changed lives and a heart to replicate the gifts they have received. Some bring home orphaned children, left to rot in effective warehouses of the state, untended as humans worthy of basic societal comforts of love and medical care. These children would have been left to rot in a “socialized medicine” system, living in filth and sensory deprivation. Question (rhetorical, I know): Did these facilities get highlighted in “Sicko” as examples of the shining successes of those who would let “The Government” control each and every aspect of our health care?

Now, not to follow the methodology of Al Gore on cherry picking a few climatological events and then support my case, the list of human deprivation and lack of economic means is well documented and much easier to understand, for economics is strictly the invention and domain of humans, and has nothing to do with the natural environment that is encompassed not just in the habitat of the Snail Darter, Spotted Owls and Blue Whales, but the length and breadth of the entire Universe and the forces that immutably control what happens.

As I ponder the topic, while I type, the current rhetoric from the left has more the character of a tiered society, where an elite class of enlightened are empowered to make sweeping decisions that govern the totality of our lives (what we eat, what we think, what words we can use, what habits to adopt or cease, what schools we can attend based on the color of our skin, how much money we can make and how much to give to what causes, where we can live, where we can’t, what car to drive, what choice of business to engage in, how much we are rewarded for our labor, etc.), while many, who have the audacity to freely think and openly ask questions, are suppressed, publicly ridiculed and then sanctioned officially for “hating” or, maybe worse, “intolerance” by an intolerant of criticism ruling or legislated specially protected class. Sounds to me, but maybe I’m just a poor country boy from the farm not quite understanding how to get along in the “Big City,” like the methods and philosophies of the Koran and the sayings of Mohammad are the model for the left wing/Democrat crowd.

At one point in modern times, we saw this in Nazi Germany, with the “Master Race.” It was preceded and followed by Communism, in Russia and China and North Vietnam and Korea, and then Cambodia with horrific numbers of the intolerant and potentially (read thinking) intolerant individuals being eliminated directly or by first being used as implements of creating wealth for the “State” before dying in a mine or a freezing factory in Siberia.

Oh, yes, this is still happening in China today, and you can get your savings at the locally sited “Big Box” store near you! There are letters from Chinese Christian pastors who make Christmas lights, for sale in Wal-Mart and other stores, in prisons in China. Why are they in prison? Because they believe the moral standard of their religion is more primary in their life philosophy than following the rules and regulations of man that say they must deny those beliefs.

The clearly stated goal of Islam, by the writings/visions of the accepted leading figure, is to establish a World wide “Caliphate” with one religious belief, one political world view and with men (the specific gender in this case) being in charge, with a completely homogeneous blend of politics and religion, absolutely with no “wall of separation of church and state.” Disagreement is not frowned upon, it is punished by any person claiming to be a follower of the belief system, using any loose connection to any verse or saying they choose to use to justify their actions and the murder of any non-believer is, quite simply, not a murder at all. Not only is there a strong requirement to implement a uniform, dictated structure, there is an allowance for anarchy to maintain adherence to the cause. This certainly indicates a flawed system, which has a “safety valve” arrangement to supplement to overall process.

I say let’s start by passing a “hate crimes” bill, which includes using “hateful” words (read: anything the leftists/Democrats object to in speech or print). From there, we can re-institute a policy in direct contradiction to the 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the “Fairness Doctrine” to silence, or get the thinkers to out themselves by showing vocal or in print opposition, first causing the lawyerly way out by closing down the radio stations and later have them charged and convicted, financially punished and then made felons to remove their voices from the voting booths. After that, they can move to eliminate any form of non-public education, initially creating a plan to get children out of the home at 4 years old for government mandated pre-school, followed by outlawing home schooling and later private schools. This allows the government to then control educational curriculum via the allocation of dollars, ala the “No Child Left Behind” model, which, was actually Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) bill, signed by President Bush to get the accommodation model instilled in the new, bi-partisan friendly Republican presidency. Once there, many other “baby steps” can be used by the patient adherents to continue to march towards a planned end game of having it all their way. Summary: Silence opposition and use that to cut off/control to too late to be re-educated masses, then begin the education of the next generation by using the “It Takes a Village” model to mold the minds while they are susceptible to manipulation. Have processes in place to segregate “natural thinkers” that might arise and challenge “The Word” as brought to you by a real life replication of the Borg from Star Trek science fiction. Who says life doesn’t imitate art?

Unlike the Democrats, the Islamic voices clearly state their intentions for the what they want as the end result. The left/Democrats lack the courage to concisely put forth their position, they choose to work in the background, hoping they will stay under the radar of society until too many of their pieces are positioned on the board to be able to avoid a functional checkmate in the condition that they desire. In that case, I have to at least applaud the enemy without that cleanly “telegraphs” exactly the plan they have. The problem is how so many refuse to believe that to be true, and then will quickly discount and communications from our Government speaking this directly, and, in the same sentence dismiss the Islamic extremist voice and though they don’t mean a word of what they say.

Gee….who’s the “fascist” faction now?

So, to recap: In the name of Allah, they want control over all, regardless of the effect on others. In the name of Jesus, they are looking to help make life a more tolerable circumstance for those who are in need, regardless of what it may cost those carrying out this compassionate behavior.

I guess if you’re Rosie and Co, and want your ideas, and yours alone, to determine society’s path, yes, it is the Christians who are worse than the Islamic Extremists, simply because that life view would require you to be tolerant of your fellow humans, thereby disallowing your selfish ambitions for power and control over the lives of others…Wow! a “Blinding Flash of the Obvious” (BFO for short)! Now I get it: In Rosie’s world view, she has a point.

History, the real and unmodified version, once more, an inconvenient guide to the reality of what’s going on…

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