It is half the cause of Radical East international terrorism?

Muchas personas creen que el terrorismo internacional ha sido causado por la sed de petróleo Estados Unidos y el mundo occidental. Dicen que si el mundo occidental sería dejar el Islam solo entonces no tendrían ninguna razón para atacar. Sin embargo, esto claramente no es así como muchos de los fundamentalistas islámicos radicales creen si alguien es de una fe diferente, entonces son infieles y por lo tanto, debe ser condenado a muerte. De hecho bastante duras y aunque esta no es la opinión moderada o incluso cerca de ella, muchos más fundamentales radicalists suscribirse a esta creencia y concepto, que les permite atacar y matar sin remordimiento.

¿Así es el aceite realmente la causa del Oriente el terrorismo internacional y el fundamentalismo Radical? Muchos estudiosos y aquellos que han viajado a decir; Absoluto y no están comprando esto. Tu decir por ejemplo que fuimos atacados en los Estados Unidos y no importa lo que el caso que es irrelevante por qué, ya que creen que es una respuesta recíproca en orden a la magnitud más alta posible, que incluye la eliminación de todos los terroristas internacionales del planeta.

Además muchos en el mundo occidental, especialmente en aquellas naciones, que han sido atacadas han declarado; Si desea predicar paz guardarlo para aquellos que patrocinan, apoyan y albergan a Hamas, Hezbolá, Al Queda y otros. Sin embargo, mucha gente en Palestina, Líbano y Siria quieren decir buscar lo que el mundo occidental ha causado y las guerras que matan a nuestras mujeres y niños. ¿Esto es realmente lamentable, no puede negarse, pero muchos en el mundo occidental dicen que mueren no ver los terroristas internacional cuidando mucho sobre las mujeres y niños, guardar su discurso para ellos?

El motivo de este aceite es sobre nominal totalmente. Estados Unidos está preocupado y denuncia el terrorismo internacional, donde entonces es, ¿por qué no? Debemos abordar el terrorismo internacional retirando desde el período del planeta. Es lo mejor para toda la humanidad y cuanto antes es lo mejor para la progresión hacia adelante de la especie.

Si uno realmente se preocupa, necesitan a predicar la paz a quienes volar trenes, barcos, aviones, edificios, plantar bombas y matar vidas inocentes. Lo contrario quienes condenan el mundo occidental, pues sus comentarios son simplemente hastiado, unilateral y rencoroso. Así el mundo no puede permitir que cualquiera pueda hacer estos comentarios fuera de contexto o sin una comprobación de la realidad. Considerar todo esto en 2006.

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Ideas cause war!

Yep, that's right. Ideas cause war. Let me explain. People have blamed many things for war; and they have many solutions regarding bringing about world peace. You know the drill. A new world order is just around the corner. We have to band together as one people in order to stop war, and save the planet. If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. Blah, blah, blah.

Oh really? I have news for the one worlder's and their idea of a global community that is going to save the world - as my daddy used to say, 'It ain't a gonna work.' Here's why.

It is impossible to force all people to stop thinking at the same time. It is even more impossible to force all people to think exactly the same thing at the same time. Even the most thinking challenged among us has an idea occasionally. These ideas translate into a set of core values. The core values control how the person reacts and acts to the world and events in their lives.

For those who prefer not to think, they can always find ideas someone else has already thought up and just use those as their own set of core values.

Core values translate into RELIGION. That's right. RELIGION. Deeply held beliefs ARE religion. That's all religion is. It is just something someone believes. We can name a lot of 'religions' such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and more. These are commonly known as religions.

However, there are other deeply help beliefs such as humanism, communism, socialism, collectivism, fascism, Nazism, and more. The ideas that make up collectivist groups become religions.

Judaism and Christianity began with TRUTH as revealed by God Almighty. Throughout the ages, many people have taken the truth in the Bible and based their own core values and deeply help beliefs on the truth of God.

Reason leads thinking people to the conclusion that design proves a designer. The Designer is God, who has revealed Himself to the world in many way, but specifically through His written word.

Other ideas begin with some false premise, or from 'the seat of their pants'. (Another saying from my dad) That means they just made it up from a whim, or from reasoning from a human view point, or from an ego the size of Dallas, or from a greedy heart, or from a jealous heart. All these have one thing in common. They rebellious ideas, because they are in opposition to the Truth of God.

These false religions have something in common. They have a basic belief that you can force someone to have the same set of core values that you have. This is impossible. It is possible to make someone pretend to believe something in order to stay out of trouble, but there is no way of actually reaching into the heart of the individual and 'making' him or her believe anything.

These false religions also have a lack of patience in common. They will only have the patience to persuade others of the correctness of their core values as long as they have no might to force others into their belief system. As soon as they gain enough military power or political clout, they will begin to force people into their belief system.

Look around you. Where ever you find a war, you will find a clash of ideas that have become core beliefs. These beliefs or values may or may not be called religion, but that is what they are. Whether it is a form of collectivism or something specifically called a religion, the core values or beliefs of different sects or nations is exactly the place from which comes war.

To seek to bring about world peace through a new world order is a vain attempt to take the focus off the real problem, which is separation from God because of the sin nature of mankind.

This means any ideas apart from God's truth are doomed to failure. They are also destined to bring additional pain and suffering upon the human race as a whole as well as the individual.

The only idea that will bring some relief to the suffering of mankind now, and provide an eternal solution, is the truth that is found in the teaching of the Bible.

If you want to bring about a better world, your efforts must begin with Jesus Christ. You are free to accept Jesus or reject Him. Those to whom you preach are also free to accept Him or reject Him. Forced conversions are no conversion at all.

Imagine a world in which everyone really does love one another the way Christ loves us. Imagine a world in which everyone is willing to lay down their lives for their friends. Consider this as a figurative sacrifice where the individual is willing to lay down his or her own desires in order to better care for their families and loved ones. That takes such a sacrifice out of the realm of the unlikely area of physically dying into the daily sacrifice of living for the good of someone else.

This sort of personal sacrifice cannot be forced. It must come from the heart. But, THAT is the idea that can change the world.

A truly 'perfect world' cannot be built by our efforts, or even the efforts of the most Godly and dedicated people. True perfection can only come when Jesus Christ Himself comes as the King. However, the world CAN be improved by working to see that the Gospel is preached in all parts of the world. This is done through preaching the Gospel by how you live your life, and by global missionary support.

The 'idea' of a world savior was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Christ is superior to an idea conceived in the mind of a man. He is reality. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. In Jesus Christ, peace between God and the individual is possible. This allows peace in the heart of the believer.

Barbara Henderson writes articles to help and encourage Christians. These articles reflect her Christian World View.

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Did the US Cause the Current Islamic Regime in Iran?

They are considered one of the "axis of evil". There has been growing talk of possible military operations in the country because of their attempts to build nuclear weapons. However, did the U.S. government cause their rise to power? Perhaps, we need to look back with a more critical eye towards our history.

In the early 1950's, the new democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, tried to nationalize the countries oil and take power away from British and U.S. interests in the nation. The U.S. and British governments responded through the the CIA to overthrow the newly elected minister. They wanted to continue to keep influence in the region, and more importantly they wanted to keep their economic interests flowing. They were successful and installed their own "ambassador" as leader, the Shah. The Shah was an authoritarian monarch who while supporting foreign interests did little to support the liberties and the needs of his people.

By 1979, the rule of Shah was no longer acceptable to the Iranian people. Two groups were threatening a revolution-the Socialist party and Ultra-Conservative Islamic movement which wanted to set up a theocracy. As we know today, the Ultra-Conservative Islamic movement was able to overthrow the Shah and set up their own oppressive government. Since 1979, Iran and the United States have been at odds (except for Reagan's shameful Iran-Contra Scandal where the U.S. helped support the Contras in Nicaragua with part of the money paid for by the selling of arms to an Iranian group). There was a similar trend throughout the Middle East. Many extremely conservative Islamic governments rose as different nation's autonomy and self rule were undermined by foreign forces (both Western and Soviet).

Some may question the reasons for talking about this now. The past is the past. However, there are some important lessons that we need to learn for today. The first is that misguided actions can have impacts that are not seen until years later. When Eisenhower supported the overthrow of the Iranian leader, he probably never thought that of the current scenario we have today. The same could be true of past U.S. support of figures such as Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden in the late 70's and 80's. Obviously, this backfired greatly. The same can be seen in Latin America where much of the fiercely anti-U.S. leftist movement can find its roots back in the U.S.'s unjust actions in the region.

More importantly, perhaps this can help us realize about our current actions today. What we do for our own short-term benefit at the expense of other people and nations will have effects that could haunt us 100 years later. We have to get past thinking of the short term (how can we get Saddam Hussein out of power, how can the drug war be expanded in South and Central America) and realize what the long terms and destabilizing factors that can occur as a result of our foreign policy.

On a personal level, this is also vital. Do we only live in light of our current circumstances or do we think how are actions are going to affect our future and the future of those around us? It is easy to only think in the here and now and for our wants and needs. However, perhaps we could learn to be enlightened enough to live our lives with our children's future in mind, and not do the easy and greedy thing at the expense of doing what is right and just.

This article was written by William McCorkle. He writes a blog on progressive social action and the search to find the true essence of the Christian faith at http://www.essencerestored.com. If you are interested in contacting the author, you may contact him at wdmccorkle@gmail.com.