Why Is This So Hard To Understand?

Islamic terrorists brought down an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Islamic terrorists flew two jets into the World Trade Center buildings.

Islamic terrorists flew a jet into the Pentagon.

Islamic terrorists tried to fly a jet into the White House.

An Islamic terrorist tried to set off a shoe bomb during a flight.

Islamic terrorists tried to blow up as many as 10 airliners over the Atlantic.

(Are you seeing a trend here?)

Six Muslim men start performing some ritual, in Arabic, in an airport or on an airliner sitting at the gate.

And somehow it's unreasonable that other passengers might be a little concerned? Other passengers are completely out of line for being a bit anxious?

I think it would be truly unreasonable to expect the other passengers to be aware of the facts regarding Islamic terrorists and airliners, and NOT be concerned when a group of men start chanting in Arabic.

Let's get something straight here: Over the course of the last 20 - 30 years there has been a group of people that have perpetrated heinous acts of violence and evil on innocent people, solely because they don't like the way the innocent people behave or what the innocent people believe. Those people have been followers of specific religion, have generally been from a specific area of the world, have been male, and have been of a certain age group. It is NOT racism or profiling or bigotry to be nervous when a person fitting the description just given starts chanting in Arabic. It is self-protection.

The Islamic fascists have a well-documented history of violence against innocent people. THEY are the ones who have established their own reputation. THEY are the ones that have exhibited a specific pattern of behavior. People are not being suspicious because of their skin color. People are not keeping an eye on them because of their religious beliefs. People are sensitive to them because of factual, documented, repeated deadly behaviors in which members of their religion and ethnicity have engaged. This isn't a bias, it isn't a prejudice, it's a reaction to actions taken. It is unreasonable, dangerous, and just plain stupid to ignore that history and act like nothing has ever happened.

People calling themselves Christian have shot abortion doctors and blown up abortion clinics. Throughout history people who called themselves Christians did horrible things. We routinely see leaders who call themselves Christians bilking people out of their life savings or hiring male prostitutes and doing drugs. We see people who call themselves Christians spewing hatred for homosexuals. We see leaders who call themselves Christian sexually assaulting little boys. So am I surprised when people look at the documented, factual behaviors of people calling themselves Christians, and have doubts about the integrity of my message? Absolutely not. Their doubts are well-placed, and it is my job to show them that the evil behaviors of others calling themselves Christians are simply not acceptable, and that true Christianity is all about something else (namely, love, grace, mercy, and salvation).

So why is it so hard for some people to understand that when people calling themselves Muslims establish a well-documented, factual behavioral pattern of violence and death, we recognize it and react to it?

I am simply fascinated by the fact that Islamic leaders, instead of acknowledging and combating the evil in their midst, expect the rest of the world to simply ignore the facts and act like nothing has ever happened.