Comments on Ambassador Watch: Orlando - and the COG predicament

Similar, IMO, to the Orlando Gunman was the pilot ...

2016-06-16T17:09:40.234+12:00

Similar, IMO, to the Orlando Gunman was the pilot of EgyptAir Flt.990:
He was about to be fired for sexual failings contra his employer & Faith:
Perhaps he saw a short-cut to Paradise by killing 100 Americans['Infidels']
- and going down a Martyr himself in the process.

In 2015, Jamaican cleric, Abdullah al-Faisal, told his followers that killing is the only sure way for sinning Muslims to avoid Hell: "Some people are so sinful, after living in Dar ul-Harb (the West) for many years, the only way they can go to Paradise is for them to die on the battlefield fighting for Allah. When you go to the battlefield and you kill the kuffar (non-Muslims), they shall take your place in the hellfire."

Building on Christian mythology, ISLAM is very exp...

2016-06-16T16:33:45.599+12:00

Building on Christian mythology, ISLAM is very explicit on horror of HELL and the difficultly of avoiding it:

Well established conservative Hadiths give a legalistic pathway for 'flawed' followers to avoid either partial time, or eternity there:

The way is by Jihad, taking out X number of 'Infidels' as you go down - and this is important - in Martyrdom. Thus the key phase for the Orlando Believer is the final - and I mean FINAL - firefight with the S.W.A.T. team.

Jihadists have a reaction pattern that is off the ...

2016-06-16T06:08:18.735+12:00

Jihadists have a reaction pattern that is off the scale, as evidenced by suicide or homicide bombings. I believe what we are seeing in Orlando is the result of a jihadist discovering something about himself that is totally anathema to his belief system, his reaction to this, and his attempt to take it out on the organized culture which caters to people of his orientation. He probably never imagined that the inner workings of his mind would become public knowledge following the attack and his death. Most likely, he assumed that the magnitude of his actions would mask his sexuality, if he even thought that far ahead.

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Human sexuality seems more something on sliding sc...

2016-06-16T01:46:01.053+12:00

Human sexuality seems more something on sliding scale in reality than all male or all female. It is the religious programming that seems to define the non existent clear cutness with healthy doses of fear , guilt and shame to keep the mind under its control. The New Testament is a book written by single men who claim to be experts on everything from childrearing to marriage and male/female relationships . Seems a bit out of focus to me. Jesus who it seems was never married and not even around very long in a normal life of relationships gets to set the standards on such things quoting a Father who never seems to have had any relationship but one with a young underage virgin Middle Eastern girl and then just briefly and using his third member of himself to do the job. Weird. lol. Let's not even think the Apostle Paul had good or healthy view of relationships.

sigh....

Thanks, well said.

2016-06-15T21:17:47.026+12:00

Thanks, well said.

It appears that the shooting was a result of anger...

2016-06-15T15:26:36.890+12:00

It appears that the shooting was a result of anger (the same as in the Terry Ratzmann murders and those of Chuck Harris).

The Churches of God need to begin addressing both the anger in their churches and the alcoholism.

When they get those under control and begin to set some sort of example, then they might have some credibility to make comments (as long as they also eliminate lies, deceptions, arrogance and hubris).

They have quite a laundry list of problems to resolve and until they do, they should remain silent about the problems of the 'world'.