[kellynla]

The ability to forgive our enemies is the difference in Christians and Muslims.

[Cruz]

Islam, the religion of peace.

[StarCMC]

Wow. That’s an amazing story - thank you for posting it.

[BackInBlack]

“The ability to forgive our enemies is the difference in Christians and Muslims.”

Are you saying you agree with the American peaceniks who want to “understand” our enemies instead of pulverizing them?

[CrawDaddyCA]

...the widow of a martyred Christian told reporters she did not want revenge against the Muslims who killed her husband and two others,...

While I admire her faith, this kind of thinking will destroy Christianity. Muslim animals know that Christians must 'turn the other cheek' according to Christ's teachings.

Sorry, when a religion calls me and my family infidels, and threaten to kill or convert us, my Christian love ends.

[RichInOC]

Where I am with regard to that kind of forgiveness is “Please be patient...God’s not finished with me yet.”

[Lurker]

Did the murderers ask for forgiveness and repent?

If they did, then according to Christian doctrine, they must be forgiven.

If they didn't, then this is another empty gesture on the part of some empty headed people who don't really understand Christian doctrine.

And that makes them dangerous to real Christians.

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[HereInTheHeartland]

Christians are obligated to forgive those who seek forgiveness, especially other Christians.
Highly doubtful if these animals would really seek forgiveness.

[grey_whiskers]

The ability to forgive our enemies is the difference in Christians and Muslims.

One other difference.

I don't see Christians making cell-phone videos of such goings-on being inflicted on Muslims.

Surely Bill Moyers or some such would have pointed it out to us in the interests of enlightenment.

(...where are the calls for 'tolerance' and 'diversity' to be practiced BY Moose-limbs, btw?)

NO cheers, unfortunately.

[Wuli]

"Oh God, forgive them for they know not what they do," she said,"

Can you even imagine those words coming from a TYPICAL (most frequently encountered) Muslim??

One would like, in the this troubled world, to say we could, but in all brutal honesty it would be a lie.

[eleni121]

I pray for re-conversion of Turkish people to the Lord Jesus. In many cases they were once Byzantine Christians and were forcefully converted in order to survive.

[Beckwith]

I’m not that kind of Christian.

[Eagles6]

"The letter said persecution of Christians – bombings, physical attacks, verbal and written abuse as well as media propaganda -- moved into the intense range following a decision in 2001 by the National Security Council of Turkey to consider Christians a threat to national security on the same level as al-Qaida."

Yeah, turkey's ready for the eu. They may well deserve each other.

[RDTF]

forgive well, sorta - the idea isn’t to do nothing and let the nutcases kill off all the Christians.

[a_Turk]

>> The ability to forgive our enemies .....

Screw that. Don’t forgive them. Find them, and kill them.

But also, do not send your missionaries there to teach the nations that they are not Turks. That’s indeed what many of them are doing. Fomenting seperatism.

[nmh]

This is VERY twisted.

Christ is God. He forgave those that crucified Him. We are NOT Christ.

When a mortal commits a crime they need to be PUNISHED if caught. I’m all for forgiveness however that is most likely to happen when the criminal is PUNISHED. It is NOT a sin to punish a criminal when caught. To NOT punish a criminal when caught is WRONG and stands Christianity on its head.

[whenigettime]

Ping to keep on my personal ping list. May God be glorified!

[rabidralph]

The difference between Christians and anyone else.

[semaj]

As Christians we are called to forigive those who persecute us, just as Christ did.

Nowhere in God's Word does it equate forgiveness with the meting out of justice. In this case justice calls for the destruction of these wicked people, delivering them into the hands of the Almighty for judgement.

[Alouette]

The time of forgiveness is 60 seconds before the execution.

Did Jesus really mean that people who commit crimes should never be punished?