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Quote from: Rhodie72 on May 13, 2020, 07:47:51 PM
No. Preterism of false doctrine. I have no clue what replacement thing is either.

Sorry for the delay in response. I have cleared my calendar considerably.
The reason I asked if you were a preterist is because you posted in the preterist section of the forum as opposed to the general section or some other section. Regarding replacement theology there is a considerable amount on the subject in our Zionism/anti-Zionism section.
http://www.islamchristianforum.com/index.php?topic=2675.0

In a nutshell replacement theology describes beliefs that suggest that Jews are no longer God's chosen people but that Christians have taken their place.

HE IS RISEN!  Have a blessed Easter and may everyone stay happy, healthy and safe.

https://www.electionforum.org/government/blatant-censorship-google-search/

"The New Censorship

How did Google become the internet's censor and master manipulator, blocking access to millions of websites?
Google, Inc., isn't just the world's biggest purveyor of information; it is also the world's biggest censor."

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-22/google-is-the-worlds-biggest-censor-and-its-power-must-be-regulated

"'The Creepy Line' Documentary Explores How Google and Facebook Can Undermine Democracy

The new documentary The Creepy Line explores how the Masters of the Universe in Silicon Valley can utilize their platforms to suppress speech and undermine democracy — a topic of vital importance for elections in 2018, 2020, and beyond."

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/10/22/the-creepy-line-documentary-highlights-the-influence-of-google-and-facebook/

https://www.newsmax.com/ChristieLeeMcNally/james-damore-google-bias/2017/08/08/id/806577/

https://www.bing.com/search?q=google%27s+blatant+bias+and+censorship&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=google%27s+blatant+bias+and+censorship&sc=0-36&sk=&cvid=D638345B03AE4E3E953D6BC7EFD9DE2A

https://clarionproject.org/sharia-punishment-ilhan-omar-calls-for-flogging-critics-with-80-stripes

"Ilhan Omar Calls for Sharia Flogging of Critics with '80 Stripes'

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called for a sharia punishment of flogging for her critics who have accused her of adultery for her affair with Tim Mynett.

"And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever. They indeed are the Faasiqoon (liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allaah)"

The issue here isn't whether Ilhan Omar committed adultery. The issue is a sitting congresswoman invoked threat of brutal sharia violence against her critics. It's an unprecedented move and was met with backlash from the public, including a collective of leadership.

    "This is no way to address the Somali community in our district. You basically are telling them that if they say the truth, about you, they will [be] punished by the sharia law that you are trying to import to our country. My oath is to the U.S. Constitution." – Dalia Al-Aqidi, veteran journalist challenging Ilhan Omar for Minnesota's 5th district.

    "Seriously Congresswoman? You're a US lawmaker, considering ISIS & other Islamists have only recently implemented such scripture with horrific results, how appropriate do you think it is for you to be publicly citing this passage advocating lashing other human beings, so publicly?" – Maajid Nawaz, Executive Director of Quilliam

    "Not only is Ilhan Omar justifying every hysteria of sharia in America, she's also calling for cruel and unusual punishment and censoring free speech of critics. This is a HUGE problem. This is NOT what it means to be an American. SHE'S NOT AMERICAN." – Shireen Qudosi, Clarion Project National Correspondent

Ilhan Omar's tweet came the same day as another tweet using the Arabic expression for praising God and redirecting it as a political attack, to which human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed offered a quick retort educating Ilhan Omar on her own faith terminology.



    Ilhan Omar
    ?
    @IlhanMN
     · Mar 31, 2020

    Subhanallah! https://twitter.com/axios/status/1245112239373324289 ...
    Axios
    ?
    @axios

    NEW: Trump says next two weeks in the U.S. will be "very painful" and that he wants "every American to be prepared for the days that lie ahead."https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-models-two-weeks-0dad0224-ef4e-457b-9e83-143d38d0799c.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100 ...

    Yasmine Mohammed ? 🦋 @YasMohammedxx

    For those of you unaware, that phrase is said when you're happy. She is praising Allah. She is praising Allah that Americans will be going through a very painful time.
If she were commiserating, she'd say Allah yahmeena (Allah protect us) or  Autho billah (I seek refuge w Allah)

It's important to remember that elected officials are duty-bound to uphold U.S. law — not Islamic law. Advocating for a medieval penal code not only fuels and justifies concerns about sharia integration into American culture, it's not an act in service of the American people."

https://clarionproject.org/sharia-punishment-ilhan-omar-calls-for-flogging-critics-with-80-stripes

https://www.quora.com/From-where-did-Muhammad-come-up-with-his-denial-of-the-whole-subject-of-the-Gospel-having-denied-that-Christ-was-even-crucified/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

From where did Muhammad come up with his denial of the whole subject of the Gospel, having denied that Christ was even crucified?
http://www.petewaldo.com/simon_magnus_gnostics_ebionites_islam.htm#basilides
Pete Waldo, Study/teach eschatology for 25 years, much of it, full time.
Answered 50m ago

Surah 4:157 That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-

From this verse Christians will immediately recognize that Muhammad denied the whole subject of the Gospel, which is the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of the sinless Messiah, the Prince of Peace, the spotless Lamb of God, who saves all from sin who have faith in His shed blood.

There has not been a Christian throughout the last nearly 2,000 years that has denied that Christ was crucified, because that is the basis of the whole subject of the Gospel, so if someone denied it they couldn't be a Christian. However when we ask Muslims who did die on the cross we get nearly as many answers as Muhammad's followers that we ask, ironically demonstrating that it is they that are "those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow". WHO WAS CRUCIFIED?

So where does the chain of evidence lead us to understand how Muhammad came up with his denial of the whole subject of the Gospel in the first place? It all began here.

Enter..... Simon Magus (URL)

The following scriptures are constructive in helping us to understand mass psychology and the enemy's power to deceive.

Acts 8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. 11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Thus, before the disciples arrived, a whole city had been bewitched by Simon's sorcery, through which many became possessed by demons and unclean spirits. They believed they were serving God because Simon deceived them into believing he was of God - and even was God - but they were actually serving Satan, and his messengers. The same forces are overtly at work today in the "New Age" movement, and more covertly in other groups that have been deceived by the enemy into believing they worship the one true God. The scriptures continue

12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

So Simon believed, having witnessed the miracles that were performed, and he even got baptized. But let's see if just "believing in Jesus" as some claim to do, and even getting baptized as Simon did, assures our salvation.

14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

Simon's attempted purchase of the things of the Spirit of God is where the term "simony" comes from.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

We can see that though Simon "believed in Jesus", and was even baptized, he wasn't born again.

22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

It seems Simon was more interested in how much he could enhance his stature and income as a magician if he could perform the miracles the disciples were. Even though Simon "believed in Jesus", as some have been deceived into believing they do, Simon didn't receive a new heart because he remained unrepentant. Perhaps not so unlike those that had deceived themselves into believing they were once "Christians" that claim to have "converted" to other religions.

23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity. 24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

Simon the Magician was eventually dubbed "the father of heresies" by our early church fathers, not only because he declared himself to be God, but because he began Gnostic doctrine that cults like the Ebionites later adopted and disseminated.

Early church father Irenaeus in "Against Heresies" begins this section with an exegesis of the same passage. (link to source)

Chapter XXIII.—Doctrines and practices of Simon Magus and Menander.

"This Simon, then—who feigned faith, supposing that the apostles themselves performed their cures by the art of magic, and not by the power of God; and with respect to their filling with the Holy Ghost, through the imposition of hands, those that believed in God through Him who was preached by them, namely, Christ Jesus—suspecting that even this was done through a kind of greater knowledge of magic, and offering money to the apostles, thought he, too, might receive this power of bestowing the Holy Spirit on whomsoever he would,—was addressed in these words by Peter: "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be purchased with money: thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not right in the sight of God; for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."

Irenaeus continues regarding Simon after his unsuccessful attempt to purchase the Holy Spirit.....

"He then, not putting faith in God a whit the more, set himself eagerly to contend against the apostles, in order that he himself might seem to be a wonderful being, and applied himself with still greater zeal to the study of the whole magic art, that he might the better bewilder and overpower multitudes of men. Such was his procedure in the reign of Claudius Cæsar, by whom also he is said to have been honoured with a statue, on account of his magical power."

Thus Simon went on to become an even more famous magician.

"This man, then, was glorified by many as if he were a god; and he taught that it was himself who appeared among the Jews as the Son, but descended in Samaria as the Father while he came to other nations in the character of the Holy Spirit. He represented himself, in a word, as being the loftiest of all powers, that is, the Being who is the Father over all, and he allowed himself to be called by whatsoever title men were pleased to address him."

As a poser - as God - Simon taught the following view of the crucifixion.

"For since the angels ruled the world ill because each one of them coveted the principal power for himself, he [Jesus] had come to amend matters, and had descended, transfigured and assimilated to powers and principalities and angels, so that he might appear among men to be a man, while yet he was not a man; and that thus he was thought to have suffered in Judæa, when he had not suffered."

Simon suggesting that Jesus was "thought to have suffered in Judæa, when he had not suffered." Simon, through Satan's power, deceived multitudes. Just as multitudes are deceived in the world today.

This from Tertullian in "Against All Heresies"

"After him [Simon Magus] Menander, his disciple (likewise a magician), saying the same as Simon. Whatever Simon had affirmed himself to be, this did Menander equally affirm himself to be, asserting that none could possibly have salvation without being baptized in his name."

"Afterwards, again, followed Saturninus: he, too, affirming ..... that Christ had not existed in a bodily substance, and had endured a quasi-passion in a phantasmal shape merely; that a resurrection of the flesh there will by no means be."

Enter..... Basilides (URL)

"Afterwards broke out the heretic Basilides. He affirms that there is a supreme Deity, by name Abraxas .... there ensued infinite issues and processions of angels; that by these angels 365 heavens were formed ...."

You get the picture, and predictably, degenerating into worship of Satan himself.

"To these are added those heretics likewise who are called Ophites: for they magnify the serpent to such a degree, that they prefer him even to Christ Himself; for it was he, they say, who gave us the origin of the knowledge of good and of evil."

Let's get back to Irenaeus regarding Basilides on Jesus.

Chapter XXIV.—Doctrines of Saturninus and Basilides.

4. "He appeared, then, on earth as a man, to the nations of these powers, and wrought miracles. Wherefore he did not himself suffer death, but Simon, a certain man of Cyrene, being compelled, bore the cross in his stead; so that this latter being transfigured by him, that he might be thought to be Jesus, was crucified, through ignorance and error, while Jesus himself received the form of Simon, and, standing by, laughed at them."

(link to source) Does that read just like Muhammad's followers various accounts?

Here are just a couple of the many versions I have collected in which the all caps emphases were theirs.

[[["A Muslim believes what Allah told in the Quran that He raised Jesus unto Himself and that they didn't crucify nor kill him for sure, but so it appeared to them. This is the main point, the rest are details ... some scholars said another person was on the cross, may be the one who betrayed Jesus. But we know that God had a plan and didn't allow them to kill Jesus Peace be upon him."

We can see Muhammad's followers are not interested in WHO WAS crucified, because they are filled with complete resolve, to DENY the whole subject of the Gospel. Here's another.....

"Jesus himself was ..... watching soldiers hanging the WRONG MAN and he was Laughing. If the one on the Cross was Jesus, then why was he laughing for pain?"]]]

Even the switching faces detail! It seems we found the mystery man replacement on the cross that eluded those poor tragically deceived followers of Muhammad!

Over the last nearly 2,000 years there has never been a single CHRISTIAN that has denied the crucifixion, death and resurrection of the Lamb of God. Nor is there a sect of Judaism that does not believe that Jesus was killed in the first century. While Christians and Jews are in complete resolve as to WHO WAS killed, we can see from Muhammad's followers various accounts that "...those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow...".

So Muhammad's suggestion that it only appeared that Christ was crucified, and his later followers suggestion that Christ exchanged Himself with someone else that suffered instead, was born of a first century sorcerer named Simon Magnus dubbed the "father of heresies". A man that tried to buy the Holy Spirit, and bewitched people into believing that he was God, succeeded by a disciple of his named Basilides, who embellished Simon's blasphemy with the more explicit detail of substution on the cross. The succession of these Gnostics eventually inspiring others to "...magnify the serpent to such a degree, that they prefer him even to Christ Himself...".

So is it a surprise to find Muhammad's followers driven by a spirit

that causes them to "contend against the apostles" just as Simon the Sorcerer did? Following a false prophet that filled them with complete resolve as to what to DISbelieve and DENY. To REJECT the very blood of the Lamb of God that would save them.

Some Muslims protest that "Allah" wouldn't let his "messengers" get hurt, but that flies in the face of not only the martyrdom of Jesus Christ and His prophets, apostles, disciples and witnesses, but of the Quran itself.

Sura 2.61 ....and killed the prophets wrongfully.

Ah, but wait a minute! Muhammad wasn't born until 400 years after Simon the Sorcerer, so how could he have known about his Gnostic doctrine of DISbelief in Jesus' crucifixion, and substitution, that Muhammad's followers cling to so tenaciously today?

Enter..... the second century occult cult of the Ebionites

(URL) Muhammad went into a suicidal funk in which he wanted to throw himself off a mountain because his "revelations" had ceased. Like the one in which a spirit appeared to him as an "angel of light" in a cave.

2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Muhammad knew it was a demon that met him in the cave, but Khadijah talked him out of it. It was Muhammad's wife Khadijah that provided the remedy.

Quoting a paper from - first-language Arabic - Dr. Rafat Amari's 20 year full-time study of Arabia and Islam, "Occultism in the family of Muhammad" .....

"Khadijah, the first wife of Mohammed, came from a family of prominent occult leaders. Among them we mentioned Ruchieh, a Kahineh of Jinn-devils at Mecca. Ruchieh was the sister of Waraqa ibn Naufal,[xxvii][27] the Ebionite occult priest who was the cousin of Khadijah."

"After the negative experiences which depressed Mohammed, Khadijah sent him to her cousin, Waraqa, to convince him that Mohammed was called to be a prophet of Allah. Waraqa succeeded in his task and became responsible for most of the Qur'anic verses at the beginning. Waraqa inserted Ebionite doctrines about Jesus in the Qur'an, stating that Jesus was a prophet, and that He was not crucified, but God made someone to resemble Jesus. That one was crucified because the crowd thought he was Jesus. This doctrine was first initiated by Simon, the magician from Samaria, who later founded a heresy which took his name, Simonianism. In reality, Simon created the root for such doctrine, before it was developed by the Gnostics in later times. Here, I present Simon the magician's idea about Jesus, which Hyppolytus reported in "The Refutation of all heresies":

"Jesus Christ being transformed, and being assimilated to the rulers and powers and angels, came for the restoration (of things). And so (it was that Jesus) appeared as man, when in reality he was not a man. And (so it was) that likewise he suffered, though not actually undergoing suffering, but appearing to the Jews to do so."

(link to paper) Christians that have had any experience in discussion with Muslims on YouTube will recognize that they could for the most part, insert "Muslims" in place of "Ebionites", in this Wikipedia paragraph on the Ebionites.

"The majority of Church Fathers agree that the Ebionites rejected many of the precepts central to Nicene orthodoxy, such as his pre-existence, divinity, virgin birth, atoning death, and physical resurrection.[5] The Ebionites are described as emphasizing the oneness of God and the humanity of Jesus as the biological son of both Mary and Joseph, who by virtue of his righteousness, was chosen by God to be the messianic "prophet like Moses" (foretold in Deuteronomy 18:14–22) when he was anointed with the Holy Spirit at his baptism.[4][59] Origen (Contra Celsum 5.61)[60] and Eusebius (Historia Ecclesiastica 3.27.3) recognize some variation in the Christology of Ebionite groups; for example that while all Ebionites denied Christ's pre-existence there was a sub-group which did not deny the virgin birth.[61]" (link to Wikipedia article)

"And that", as Paul Harvey would say, "is the rest of the story".

https://www.quora.com/Did-you-ever-feel-a-concern-for-Muhammads-followers-deep-down-in-your-heart/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

Upon reading the Quran I acquired an increasing burden for the followers of Muhammad, and as a result, my ministry - which had been more focused on Christian eschatology - became more devoted to helping Muhammad's followers overcome Islam since the two subjects are so deeply intertwined. The concern is because Muhammad through his 23-year 7th century record, denied the whole subject of the Gospel while rejecting and even blaspheming the Son of God, demonstrating the Quran to be the direct opposite of that revealed through all of the prophets and witnesses of the 1600 year record of Yahweh to mankind, whose people have followed Him through two covenants for 3500 years. If the Gospel is corrupt as some claim, then the Quran will reveal itself as true - and that Christians have been misguided for nearly 2,000 years for relying on the whole subject of the Gospel - and discussions regarding this thread should help demonstrate that.

However if that were the case, why would Muhammad's followers feel the need to ban the bible in at least 53 mainly Islamic countries, with Saudi Arabia even prescribing the death penalty for anyone importing Bibles into their kingdom? Why would Islam have felt the need to threaten Muhammad's followers on pain of death for apostasy - or leaving Islam - to begin a life in Jesus Christ? Certainly no free countries have felt the need to ban the Quran or Islam.

The whole subject of the Gospel is of course the crucifixion, death and resurrection of the Messiah - the sacrifice of the "Lamb of God" or "Prince of Peace" - who saves all from sin who have faith in His shed blood. This is the whole purpose of the Messiah and the reason He was made manifest to the world. To provide the one final sacrifice for sins forever, which took the place of the temple based blood sacrifices of the old covenant. This is what the Gospel is all about.

Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Even His name "Yeshua", means Yahweh saves, "to rescue" or "to deliver" or is salvation. Yet Muhammad denied that Christ was even crucified and thus his followers cannot accept or receive the shed blood that saves us from dying a second death in and with our sins.

Surah 4:157 That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus ..... but they killed him not, nor crucified him, ..... for of a surety they killed him not:-

Muhammad's followers proclaim Yeshua to be a great prophet, even though many don't realize they reject Yeshua as a false prophet, because they must deny His own prophesies of His crucifixion, death and resurrection.

Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

After it was fulfilled Jesus recalled His prophecy to the Apostles:

Luke 24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.

So what prophecy was "written in the Psalms" that Jesus was making reference to?

Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

Confirmed as fulfilled by the New Testament witnesses.

Matthew 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

Click the following link if you wonder what was referenced as "written in the prophets" regarding His Crucifixion.

Since Bibles are banned in so many Islamic countries, many of Muhammad's followers don't even know what is in the Gospel. Here is a short summary of what the Gospel is.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

There are hundreds of verses in the Gospel that proclaim Yeshua to be the Son of God
and God His Father, yet Muhammad's followers must reject that Yeshua is the Son of God, in order to follow Muhammad. This is another reason I am so desperate for Muhammad's followers.

Surah 19:88 They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!" 89 Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!

1John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

1 John 2:22 ..... He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.....

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

That is what makes me so desperate for Muhammad's followers.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This is why the Islamic State burned Bibles - "The video shows stacks of Arabic language Bibles and other books. A sign is posted with the warning: "O nation of Muhammad, wake up. For there are things even more dangerous than chemical weapons. Beware the Christianization campaigns.""

If Islam is the truth, why is there so much fear surrounding Muhammad's followers reading the Gospel? Is it because they might come to know the love of the one true God of the scriptures?

GOSPEL OF JOHN

Why not climb on board and see for yourself! Welcome - A Muslim Journey to Hope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfjYeQzCwzU

https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/radical-imams-are-spewing-anti-semitism-in-the-us-with-impunity/

"Radical imams are spewing anti-Semitism in the US with impunity

Muslim clerics are threatening the lives of Jews from the pulpits of American mosques, and they are doing it with virtual impunity, say former US law-enforcement officials who worry that the rhetoric could lead to violent attacks.

Over the past six months, at least five prominent US imams have been caught on tape preaching violence against Jews in sermons at mosques across America.

Yet these radical preachers inciting anti-Semitic violence aren't prosecuted or even permanently banished by the leadership of their mosques.

"It's outrageous they aren't immediately removed and investigated for what may be solicitation [to commit a crime of violence]," was the view of veteran FBI Special Agent John Guandolo, who now runs a counterterrorism consulting firm, Understanding the Threat LLC.

Jewish people already are disproportionately targeted for hate crimes in America, but recent sermons could fan the flames of anti-Semitism. In November, the FBI released new data showing there were more Jewish victims of anti-religious hate crimes in 2016 (the last reported year) than victims of all other religious groups combined."

much more
https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/radical-imams-are-spewing-anti-semitism-in-the-us-with-impunity/

https://youtu.be/gBvbivzQciQ?list=PLlKKrw6PFly7A70FqEtSz6x-MJsSDEyA3

It's easy for people in the west to claim whatever they want to about Islam no matter how contrary to the Quran, Muhammad's example, and 1400 years of Islamic history, because westerners enjoy our God-given right to free speech. It's a very different story for those in the Middle East cradle of Islam, since Islam is the very antithesis of our God-given rights to freedom, liberty and self-determination.

Surah 8:12 I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them

Allah's Apostle said, ".....I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy)....." Bukhari, V1 B52, #220

Surah 33:26 "Allah took down the People of the Scripture Book. He cast terror into their hearts. Some you slew, and some you made prisoners. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods....."

Here's a popular Egyptian TV Imam on the subject https://youtu.be/viOfDdkonu8

Which also explains Hitler and the Mufti https://youtu.be/8sk3fKY9PhY

http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/jihad_islamic_terrorism.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRkBg7NNZqM&list=PLlKKrw6PFly7A70FqEtSz6x-MJsSDEyA3&index=1

I am commenting on a couple of your videos because you seem like well studied and reasonable guy that can think for himself. What I discovered is taqiyya according to Sunni Muslim theologian Abu Ha-med Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali, one of the most highly regarded figures in the entire history of Islamic jurisprudence who ".....has been referred to by some historians as the single most influential Muslim after the Islamic prophet Muhammad.":

"Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish it through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible..., and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory. ...One should compare the bad consequences entailed by lying to those entailed by telling the truth, and if the consequences of telling the truth are more damaging, one is entitled to lie..."

An example of an "obligatory" "goal":  "Da'wah is recognized by the majority of scholars as being obligatory upon every Muslim."

Da'wah is proselytizing for the Islamic faith, so when it is not possible to achieve this goal by telling the truth (in an interfaith dialogue for example), Muslims are under obligation to lie while proselytizing.

I believe you don't personally believe that lying in the way of Allah is OK, but it wouldn't seem that extends you the right to accuse Muhammad's followers that do lie in the way of Allah of being wrong, when they are acting in accord with Ghazzali's exegesis of Islamic jurisprudence. Let alone accuse people like me, that take Ghazzali at his word, of being a "complete fraud".

http://www.falseprophetmuhammad.com/global_war_against_truth.htm#dissimulation

https://youtu.be/353S6vFyngI?list=PLlKKrw6PFly7A70FqEtSz6x-MJsSDEyA3

I agree regarding your take on suicide to a certain extent (since Muslims even travel to foreign nations to engage in jihad in the hopes of being "martyred" in battle), but how can you suggest that terrorism is not Islamic?

Surah 8:12 I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them 

Bukhari, V1 B52, #220 Allah's Apostle said, ".....I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy)....."

Surah 33:26 "Allah took down the People of the Scripture Book. He cast terror into their hearts. Some you slew, and some you made prisoners. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods.....

How can you deny that followers of Muhammad are called to conquer the world, as prescribed in the Quran and Hadith, and as displayed in the 150 years of Islamic imperialistic conquest of the Islamic First Jihad all the way up into France and Austria?

Surah 9.111 Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in..... the Qur'an.....

Surah 9.29 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. 30 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!

Bukhari, V1 B2 #24 Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle..... then they save their lives and property from me.....

Surah 33:26 "Allah took down the People of the Scripture Book. He cast terror into their hearts. Some you slew, and some you made prisoners. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods, giving you a land.....

Ishaq:204/ Tabari VI:134 "'Men of the Khazraj, do you know what you are pledging yourselves to in swearing allegiance to this man.' 'Yes,' they answered. 'In swearing allegiance to him we are pledging ourselves to wage war against all mankind.'"

The historical record of Imperialistic conquest cannot be denied throughout Islam's 1400 year history. Particularly the imperialistic conquest of the first 150 years of Islamic Jihad and today during this Second Islamic Jihad. Islam's books are why Muhammad's true followers are not becoming "radicalized" as some suggest, but rather becoming more like Muhammad and his fundamental, orthodox, followers as detailed in Islam's books.

https://youtu.be/t_Qpy0mXg8Y

How do you eplain the fact that Dr. Abdul Fatah Idris, the head of Al-Azhar University, the largest, most prestigious and most highly regarded Islamic school in the world, states specifically that "fighting the infidels and breaking their spine through all possible means - are permissible according to Sharia."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HXj0hVUKyo

So were you honestly just not aware of all this, or are you engaging in taqiyyah?

https://www.quora.com/q/wtyftkwqyizpijrf/Moderns-Greatest-Ethical-Disaster/comment/2276129

"Many people accuse Muslims, Jews and Christians for the laws (punishments) of prohibiting adultery and illegal sex. They portray the evildoers as innocents and try to condemn preventing laws of stoning and lashes because it may hurt evildoers."

This is a false accusation in regard to "punishments" in Christianity for adultery, that would give non-Christians the wrong impression, so it should be clarified. It might be a good idea to read the Gospel before being tempted to make any further accusations against it.

GOSPEL OF JOHN

John 8:4
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Since you are advancing the punishment, do you consider yourself without sin enough to qualify you to do the stoning? What about those Muslims that do pick up stones?
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Omar Salah
Original Author · 13m ago

Leviticus 20:10,13,27 ESV:-

    ""If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them."

    "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.""

I don't know about your Christianity sect but I was talking about Christ himself. He didn't abolish the law of previous prophets and asked not to change any law.

Luke 16:18 ESV:-

    "Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery"

Christianity history have punished people while the performers are sinners.

In Islam we don't perform these kind of punishments. Maybe one or two punishments during a year while preserving the killing of millions of children or destroying homes.

It's called "Proactive Preventing Law".
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I wrote "This is a false accusation in regard to "punishments" in Christianity for adultery"

I did not presume to speak for Judaism so the passage you quoted from the old covenant was not germane. I quoted an exactly germane passage from the new covenant. How does the verse you quoted from Luke defend your accusation that the Gospel calls for stoning adulterers?

Christians would not stone an adulterer because we all know we are not without sin. Let alone that the Holy Spirit within us would not let us. Even an average atheist would find stoning someone repugnant through simple empathy (which they may not realize comes from God as do all other moral "instincts" that have been ingrained in humanity).

Regarding what men choose to do of their own accord, contrary to scripture, is irrelevant and there has certainly been no shortage of historical examples, even among some that would self-describe as Christians. But I'm sure you would agree that it would be flat out wrong, to judge the Gospel according to the actions of men, rather than to righteously judge the actions of men according to the Gospel. If men's actions are found to be contrary to the Gospel they likely aren't Christians (unless perhaps caught in a week moment doing something they know is contrary to scripture for which they would know they need to repent).

According to more than one Muslim in this forum all person has to do is simply recite the Shahadah to become a Muslim. However a person does not become a Christian until we are born again.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Once we are born again we are filled with the Holy Spirit, that guides our thoughts and actions to discern between right and wrong and good and evil.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

You see, it is Jesus Christ that guides us away from adultery, rather than the threat of violence perpetrated against us by men. Our great God can stand on his own without having to consign men to do His bidding.

I wrote "This is a false accusation in regard to "punishments" in Christianity for adultery"

I did not presume to speak for Judaism so the passage you quoted from the old covenant was not germane. I quoted an exactly germane passage from the new covenant. How does the verse you quoted from Luke defend your accusation that the Gospel calls for stoning adulterers?

Christians would not stone an adulterer because we all know we are not without sin. Let alone that the Holy Spirit within us would not let us. Even an average atheist would find stoning someone repugnant through simple empathy (which they may not realize comes from God as do all other moral "instincts" that have been ingrained in humanity).

Regarding what men choose to do of their own accord, contrary to scripture, is irrelevant and there has certainly been no shortage of historical examples, even among some that would self-describe as Christians. But I'm sure you would agree that it would be flat out wrong, to judge the Gospel according to the actions of men, rather than to righteously judge the actions of men according to the Gospel. If men's actions are found to be contrary to the Gospel they likely aren't Christians (unless perhaps caught in a week moment doing something they know is contrary to scripture for which they would know they need to repent).

According to more than one Muslim in this forum all person has to do is simply recite the Shahadah to become a Muslim. However a person does not become a Christian until we are born again.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Once we are born again we are filled with the Holy Spirit, that guides our thoughts and actions to discern between right and wrong and good and evil.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

You see, it is Jesus Christ that guides us away from adultery, rather than the threat of violence perpetrated against us by men. Our great God can stand on his own without having to consign men to do His bidding.

Excellent reply to "social justice" and our ever shrinking rights to free speech and assembly.

https://www.quora.com/Why-have-so-many-people-turned-against-social-justice/answer/Randy-Kemp-Abdullah-Ibrahim

https://clarionproject.org/govt-grants-islamist-organizations/

The U.S. government under the Trump administration has handed out tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to Islamist organizations, according to research by Sam Westrop at Middle East Forum (MEF).

As MEF noted, "between 2017 and 2018, the amount of taxpayers' money given to organizations either influenced or controlled by Islamist activists more than tripled from $4 million to $13.5 million. Under the Obama administration, the amount given to Islamist-linked organizations averaged a mere $1.7 million each year."

Most recently, in October 2019, the government awarded the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) with $100,000 in federal grant government money.

CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest-ever terror funding case in American history. The government officially ended all partnerships with the organization in 2009 because of CAIR's connection to funding the Hamas terror group.

Yet, CAIR was recently the recipient of the $100,000 Department of Homeland Security grant as part of its DHS's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.

In addition to monies given to CAIR, MEF found that the government  gave:

    $57,000 to the Muslim American Society (MAS). In 2008, federal prosecutors said that "MAS was founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America. Last year, children from an MAS school recited poetry about the killing of Jews
    $100,000 to Dar al-Hijrah, an extremist mosque in Virginia. A 2002 Customs and Border Protection document stated that DAH is "operating as a front for Hamas operatives in U.S." A December 2007 document said DAH "has been linked to numerous individuals linked to terrorism financing."  Al Qaeda leader Anwar Al-Awlaki was DAH's imam from 2001 to 2002. Al-Awlaki's sermons were attended by two of the 9/11 hijackers and Nidal Hassan, who later shot 13 soldiers to death in a jihadi attack at Fort Hood in 2009.
    $41 million in federal grants to Islamist radicals since 2007 (not including grants given in the  last few months).

Just last week, Clarion Project reported that a new bi-partisan bill designed to protect houses of worship may inadvertently empower Islamist vigilante groups like New York's Muslim Patrol.

https://clarionproject.org/govt-grants-islamist-organizations/

https://freebeacon.com/issues/more-than-120-members-of-congress-issue-letters-of-support-to-leading-anti-israel-group/

"More Than 120 Members of Congress Issue Letters of Support to Leading Anti-Israel Group
Congressional support for CAIR likely to generate concern in pro-Israel community

More than 120 members of Congress privately issued letters of support to a controversial Islamic-American advocacy group known for its involvement in one of America's most prominent terrorism financing cases, according to a copy of these official communications obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group with deep ties to the anti-Israel movement in America, touted its support among congressional leaders during its 2019 gala conference in November in Washington, D.C. Prominent opponents of the pro-Israel community, including anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), headlined the conference.

A copy of CAIR's conference agenda, obtained by the Free Beacon and published here for the first time, includes well over 100 letters from Democratic and Republican members of Congress, all of whom expressed their support for the controversial organization. Democrats issued the majority of the letters, with only two coming from Republican members of Congress."

much more including complete list at link

https://freebeacon.com/issues/more-than-120-members-of-congress-issue-letters-of-support-to-leading-anti-israel-group/

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encouraging post by exmuslim
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https://www.quora.com/What-is-good-about-Zionism

Alexandra Markus, Israeli, living and working in Jerusalem
Updated Apr 14, 2017

    Jews are the most oppressed people in history. We are fifteen million of us in a world that has many bones to pick with us for theological reasons or otherwise. We need a sanctuary where we are the majority and allowed to live our lives as we choose. We need a way to escape persecution - it's a social justice imperative.

    The diaspora has always been fickle. Jews are massacred by virtually every host country every hundred years or so. The holocaust. The pogroms. The farhud (which happened before Israel's founding), and of course the 850,000 middle eastern Jews who were expelled forcibly with all their wealth confiscated. And of course all over the world throughout the centuries where hundreds or thousands of us are burned at the stake as the scapegoats for the latest national problem because cultures can't take responsibility themselves.

    Arabs have 23 states. Muslims have 57. Christians have over 100. Jews have one: Israel. Let us have our tiny dot the size of New Jersey.

    Opposing Zionism is hypocritical and antisemitic. Those who think only the Jews have no right to a state but everyone else does are antisemites, they might not realize it but they are. Even the Jews who are antizionist are so because they have an inferiority complex and are subconsciously worried about what would happen if Jews take up more space than many would like. Post-holocaust PTSD. They think we should lay low and continue to be subjugated minorities as long as we are alive, and they think Israel's existence pokes the bear.

    People who claim to oppose all nationalism strike me as suspicious when I don't see them also opposing France and Italy's existence but opposing Israel's. Yes, Jews are to Israel - and Judea - as Italians are to Italy. We are an ethnoreligious group, not just a religion. You can be a Jew and not believe in the religion at all if you are Jewish by blood. The religion is basically just a portable form of our culture that originated in Israel, and learning the religion means learning our history, folklore, and cultural norms.

    Israel was where the genesis of our culture and religion took place. Anyone who knows anything about orthodox aka traditional Judaism knows it's basically a love affair between a people and a land. Jewish rituals are based on living in Israel, and there has been a yearning to return for all those in exile. Next year in Jerusalem has been said for centuries if not millennia by all Jews in exile.

    Zionism is the first indigenous movement that resulted in the return to our native land. It's a huge empowerment for a constantly persecuted minority. We are indigenous to the land. There have only ever been Jewish states on this land - when there wasn't a Jewish state it was always a colony of some far off mother country (Babylon, Rome, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Great Britain) who don't have the connection we have. The only time Israel was a mother country and not a colony was when it was ruled by the Jews. It is our only mother country, the only land that's ever been ours. And our ties to the land are ingrained in every aspect of our religion and tradition. Our language that we've kept for all these centuries is even a Semitic language that fits in well with the region, and proves at the very least linguistic indigenousness. Meanwhile, archaeological evidence abounds of our ties to the land that run deeper and more consistently than many people think.

    Zionism allows us to practice Judaism fully, Jerusalem for Jews is like Mecca is for Muslims. All our holy sites are here in Israel. Many mitzvot - commandments - can only be done in Israel. The religion is deeply tied to the land. Zionism allows Jews to practice Judaism fully and live Jewish lives, never being disadvantaged for being observant as we are everywhere else.

    Jews are very happy to be here. Let us have our happy place where we can be ourselves without fear. Please. It's a tiny piece of land but it means the world to us.

    As a Jew who made Aliyah - or chose to move here (Aliyah means elevation, or moving up) - there is no better feeling than being among my own, in a culture that feels like a giant family and looks after one another. I also feel like my soul has found its source, a feeling that is so special and incredible for me that I won't get anywhere else because of the special connection we have to this land. It's hard to explain but it's so saturated with meaning for me.

From Steve Cioccolanti
https://www.quora.com/Is-Google-search-engine-biased/answer/Steve-Cioccolanti-1

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https://www.quora.com/If-the-members-of-the-Islamic-state-believe-they-are-true-Muslims-then-why-do-they-burn-people-alive

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-America-always-targeted-by-terrorists/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/How-would-you-describe-the-world-after-9-11-compared-to-how-it-was-before-9-11/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-shocked-you-the-most-about-9-11/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Who-created-the-5-pillars-of-Sunni-Islam-and-the-Usul-al-Din-Furu-al-Din-of-Shia-Islam-and-when-were-they-created/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Does-Allah-love-the-Arabs-the-most-since-theyre-constantly-in-war-and-face-hardships-24-7/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Will-Qassem-Soleimani-s-assassination-lead-to-war-How-do-you-see-events-unfurling-over-the-next-few-months/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-makes-Muhammad-credible/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-think-the-statement-one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans-freedom-fighter-is-true-in-some-way/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Was-Qassem-Soleimani-a-terrorist/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Did-the-UN-make-a-mistake-when-it-gave-the-land-of-Israel-to-the-Jewish-people-Why-or-why-not/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-will-Irans-response-be-for-the-U-S-killing-General-Qassem-Suleimani/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Qasem-Soleimani-killed-What-was-his-role-in-the-conflict-between-Iran-and-the-USA/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-did-General-Qasem-Soleimani-do-that-is-considered-terrorism-Is-his-assassination-an-act-of-war/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-leftists-mad-about-the-killing-of-the-Iranian-general-If-Im-honest-the-only-mistake-I-see-is-that-we-didnt-kill-as-much-of-their-command-staff-as-possible-and-then-invade-as-soon-as-possible-thereafter/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/which-Islamic-country-would-allow-me-to-criticize-prophet-Muhammad/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/If-Israel-took-out-Hamas-and-a-new-peaceful-leader-emerged-wanting-to-make-peace-would-it-work-Would-Gazans-Palestinians-want-this/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/If-raising-tensions-lead-Israel-and-Iran-into-war-then-what-would-be-Saudi-Arabias-roll-on-this/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-legal-actions-can-Iran-take-against-the-USA-for-killing-its-General-Qassem-Soleimani/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Do-people-believe-that-the-United-States-was-partially-responsible-for-the-attacks-at-9-11/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Since-when-do-Americans-stick-up-for-the-terrorist-side-of-Iran/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Trump-claiming-that-Soleimani-was-a-terrorist/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-connection-that-can-be-drawn-between-the-Nazis-and-terrorism-in-the-21st-century/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/How-will-the-assassination-of-Qassam-Suleimani-effect-stability-in-the-Middle-East/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-will-Irans-response-be-for-the-U-S-killing-General-Qassem-Suleimani/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Iran-bringing-Israel-into-its-anger-of-the-assassination-of-General-Soleimani/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Does-Iran-actually-believe-they-could-emerge-victorious-from-a-war-with-the-US-What-could-they-hope-to-gain-if-they-lose/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-competent-person-in-Iran-to-fill-Qassem-Soleimanis-position/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/18-years-after-the-9-11-attacks-are-we-in-a-safer-world/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-Iran-a-country-or-a-terrorist-movement-occupying-a-country/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/In-your-opinion-what-are-the-root-causes-of-Islamic-terrorism/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-General-Qassem-Soleimani-s-Iranian-Major-General-death/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Donald-Trump-order-the-attack-on-Iran-without-an-authorization-of-the-use-of-military-force-or-even-a-consultation-of-Congress/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Does-the-US-military-ever-realize-they-are-the-real-terrorists/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Iran-suddenly-being-attacked/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-reasons-for-Israel-not-building-Solomons-Temple/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-attack-on-the-Bagdad-Airport-a-game-changer-that-puts-America-on-a-collision-course-with-Iran/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-attack-on-the-Bagdad-Airport-a-game-changer-that-puts-America-on-a-collision-course-with-Iran/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Does-Iran-sentence-its-citizens-to-the-death-penalty-if-they-decide-to-change-their-religion-from-Islam/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/How-would-a-nuclear-armed-Iran-change-the-dynamics-of-global-politics/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-time-to-begin-a-campaign-of-mercilessly-carpet-bombing-Islamic-countries-in-the-Middle-East-with-leaflet-bombs-that-open-up-and-scatter-tracts-of-the-Gospel-of-John-Would-this-be-more-dangerous-than-chemical

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-time-to-begin-a-campaign-of-mercilessly-carpet-bombing-Islamic-countries-in-the-Middle-East-with-leaflet-bombs-that-open-up-and-scatter-tracts-of-the-Gospel-of-John-Would-this-be-more-dangerous-than-chemical/answer/Pete-Waldo-2

The fear of truth on the left is palpable. When confronted with the words of the Google executive, in typical fashion, he attacks the messenger Veritas - and then in classic cowardly fashion blocks me, to prevent me from replying to his ridiculous reply. Perhaps we need to open a hall of shame.
If you are reading this and still use Google, what is your excuse?
https://www.quora.com/Is-Google-radically-biased-against-Christians-conservatives-life-and-truth/answer/Lance-Enchantie/comment/122436622

https://www.quora.com/How-is-America-responsible-for-the-formation-of-ISIS/all_comments/Pete-Waldo-2?__filter__=all&__nsrc__=1&__sncid__=3805216848&__snid3__=6235949883&comment_id=122421800&comment_type=2

https://www.quora.com/Is-Google-search-engine-biased/answer/Steve-Cioccolanti-1

From Quora

"Steve Cioccolanti, Social Media Influencer w 250,000+ subs on YouTube at YouTube
Answered September 18, 2018

Google controls 90% of all internet searches; they decide what you get to see.

In 2012, Michael Roberts a private investigator verified Donald Trump's allegations that Google elevates negative content. He found it does and coined the term "humiliation algorithm" to explain why Google has a financial incentive to humiliate you.[1]

In 2013, a research psychologist discovered the search engine manipulation effect (SEME), one of the largest behavioral change in humans ever studied. These changes of preferences, sentiments, and even election votes resulted from Google's manipulation of search results. Psychologist Robert Epstein has been at the forefront of criticizing Google's bias. He cites a study of more than 10,000 people from 39 countries which suggests Google "has likely been determining the outcomes of upwards of 25 percent of the national elections in the world for several years now, with increasing impact each year as Internet penetration has grown."[2]

Google denies it manipulates search results to alter user sentiments. If there was any doubt remaining about Google's bias, a leaked video published by Breitbart[3] on 12 September 2018 proves Google's top executives despise conservatives, especially the sitting President Donald J. Trump."

https://clarionproject.org/machete-the-size-of-a-broomstick-eye-witness-to-latest-ny-anti-semitic-attack/

"Machete the 'Size of a Broomstick': Eye Witness to Latest NY Anti-Semitic Attack

A machete described as the "size of a broomstick" was used to stab at least five Orthodox Jews in the latest NY anti-Semitic attack, leaving two in critical condition. The attack was the tenth recorded NY anti-Semitic attack since the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah began a week ago on December 22.

The attack on Saturday night in the New York suburban town of Monsey occurred on the seventh night of the eight-day holiday at 9:50 pm. One of the victims was stabbed six times.

The attacks have targeted Orthodox Jews, men and women, both of whom are easily recognizable due to their style of dress.

Police arrested a suspect in Harlem whose car was seen Saturday night in Monsey at the site of the crime, which occurred at the residence of a Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, a Hasidic rabbi who lives adjacent to a synagogue.

"I was praying for my life," said Aron Kohn, 65, who described the knife used by the attacker as "the size of a broomstick."

    Video from the scene of the stabbings at a synagogue in Monsey where Chassidim were gathered for a Hanukkah celebration. pic.twitter.com/wQhWp9SrdA

    — Motti Seligson (@mottiseligson) December 29, 2019

Meanwhile police recorded multiple NY anti-Semitic attacks during Hanukkah, including:

    Early Friday morning, December 27, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, a group shouted antisemitic slurs at a 25-year-old man as one of them threw his drink at the victim.
    Also early Friday morning, a woman slapped three women in the face because she thought they were Jewish. The woman was later arrested and charged with first-degree harassment.
    Later in the morning, a man walked into the main synagogue in Crown Heights and threatened to shoot someone.
    In the early evening on Friday also in Crown Heights, a Jewish man was followed by eight black teens who punched the victim in the head and knocked him to the ground while one of the teens filmed the incident on his phone.
    On Thursday, December 26, a 34-year old mother walking through the neighborhood of Gravesend in Brooklyn with her son was attacked by a 42-year old woman. The attacker beat the woman multiple times on her head with a purse while shouting anti-Semitic slurs. The mother was able to break free and call 911. A witness followed the attacker, enabling the police to make an arrest shortly thereafter.
    Also on Thursday, a  Jewish man was beaten in broad daylight on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on E. 41st Street near 3rd Avenue by an assailant who yelled, "F–k you, Jew bastard." The suspect, 28-year-old Steven Jorge of Miami, was arrested and charged with a hate crime.
    Early Wednesday morning in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, a young man was punched in the face on 13th Ave near 48th street. The suspect was part of a group of three men who fled the scene.
    Early Wednesday, a 40-year-old Jewish man was punched in the chin by a stranger in Crown Heights.
    On Tuesday, a 56-year-old Jewish man was punched from behind in Crown Heights.
    Early Monday night, two young boys, aged six and seven, were beaten by teenagers in the lobby of a residential building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. One of the boys was punched in the stomach.

On December 10, four people were killed in New Jersey in an anti-Semitic attack on a kosher market.

Editor's Note: The woman who slapped the three Jewish woman was not required to post any bail due to NY's new regulations and was let out of jail. She was re-arrested after punching another woman in the eye. It was unclear at press time of her latest attack was motivated by anti-Semitism.


ISIS Sends Message to Christians on Christmas Day
ISIS slaughtered these 11 Nigerian Christians on Christmas Day (Photo: ISIS video)
ISIS slaughtered these 11 Nigerian Christians on Christmas Day (Photo: ISIS video)

Meanwhile, ISIS was busy in other parts of the world slaughtering Christians. On Christmas day in Nigeria, ISIS terrorists beheaded 11 Christian hostages, saying in a video that the killings were revenge for the assassination of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The video also said the beheadings were a message to Christians around the world that they are all considered targets.

Since 2015, 6,000 Christians have been killed by Islamist terrorists connected to Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. One thousand Christians were killed by the Fulanis in 2019 alone. The violence perpetrated by the Fulanis also account for 12,00 displaced Christians in Nigeria since 2015.

On Christmas Eve, the Nigerian Islamist terror group Boko Haram (which pledged allegiance to ISIS) killed seven people and kidnapped a teenage girl in a Christian village close to Chibok, where in April 2014, the group kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls."

https://clarionproject.org/machete-the-size-of-a-broomstick-eye-witness-to-latest-ny-anti-semitic-attack/