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Religion, all religions, can be taken to extremes. One extreme is strict adherence to God's laws/ commandments. We need the law. Without the law we fall into lawlessness and chaos. We also need a just God because without that there is no strength in the law.

Muslims say they believe in God. If you believe in God let me ask you, do you believe only God is perfect? Christians believe that only God is perfect. Because people are not perfect they cannot hope to live up to the perfection of religions that require strict adherence to law. Like Islam, Christianity has the law, but it also has forgiveness in the person of Jesus.

Christians are told not to judge. Because only God is perfect, when we judge ourselves righteous and condemn another for being sinful we have become self righteous. How can people ever be righteous if they are not perfect? If people are not perfect then it would follow that we must all be sinners. Interestingly enough this makes us all equal in the eyes of God. When we condemn another for their sinful behavior we agree with the law that says sinners are deserving of condemnation, but at the same time aren't we are also condemning ourselves because we, like them, are not perfect and therefore also sinners? When we do something wrong that is deserving of punishment don't we hope for leniency and mercy for ourselves? Knowing that, should we not then show this same love and forgiveness toward others that we wish for ourselves? When we claim we are righteous then pass judgement on others aren't we setting ourselves up on the throne of judgement, a seat reserved only for God?

The end result of christianity is love. The bible gives us two commandments. That we love God and that we love our neighbors as ourselves. Even if we don't know or understand the law as presented to us in the commandments most everyone can understand what it means to be loved. We also have the person of Christ who is our perfect example and embodies these two commandments in all that he does.

Religious extremists often demand strict adherence to the law. The law does not allow for forgiveness. Religions that only have the law use their religious laws to justify their right to condemn another and because people are not perfect a reason can always be found to judge others as less righteous and therefore worthy of punishment under the law. Those who are condemned may very well be guilty of having broken the law -in large part because people are not perfect. Those who follow the law may seek to prove themselves righteous, yet being imperfect and therefore also falling short of the perfection the law demands; they can never find righteousness through the law. They are then apt to seek self righteousness by pointing out the faults of others and meting out punishment. They are always looking for faults in others to condemn so they can feel righteous. In Christianity Jesus is the forgiveness for an imperfect world. Born of God and not of man he was perfect/righteous. He died. He did not deserve to die under the law. He died in our place to fulfill what was required of the law that we might live not under the law, but under grace, God's love and forgiveness.

Yesterday I was listening to the news that was coming out of Syria where many people are being killed by muslim extremists. One of the attackers had scribbled on the wall the saying, Kneel or Die. Just who do they think people should kneel to? God or themselves? Extremists will hold a gun to the head of others demanding that others believe or die. Knowing that you are going to die may make believers out of some, but I doubt God wants those kinds of believers. Which do you believe God would value more: Praises offered to him that have been forced by threats and coercions, praises that make a big show of piety and offerings in order to prove how righteous a person is, or praises offered from a humble heart full of love and respect for God?

Was it religious self righteousness that drove Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to kill an eight year old boy, three young college girls and a security guard with their homemade bomb?

Here is wikipedia's definition of jihad: Jihad: an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihad translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Within the context of Islam it refers to struggle against those who do not believe in Islamic God (Allah).

Jihad is commonly misunderstood as "Holy War", Jihad means "to struggle in the way of Allah"... Jihad is an important religious duty for Muslims...There are two commonly accepted meanings of jihad: an inner spiritual struggle and an outer physical struggle. The "greater jihad" is the inner struggle by a believer to fulfill his religious duties. This non-violent meaning is stressed by both Muslim and non-Muslim authors.

The "lesser jihad" is the physical struggle against the enemies of Islam. This physical struggle can take a violent form or a non-violent form. The proponents of the violent form translate jihad as "holy war", although some Islamic studies scholars disagree. The Dictionary of Islam and British-American orientalist Bernard Lewis both argue jihad has a military meaning in the large majority of cases. Some scholars maintain non-violent ways to struggle against the enemies of Islam. An example of this is written debate, often characterized as "jihad of the pen".

According to the BBC, a third meaning of jihad is the struggle to build a good society."

It would seem to me that jihad is extremist muslims' excuse for justifying their constant warring and exacting punishment on believers and nonbelievers. I fear for them that they are setting themselves up on God's seat of judgement.

Religious extremists, in their zeal to obtain righteousness for themselves under the law, can exact their punishment for misdeeds at any time. People are not perfect, only God is perfect. There can be no sense of peace only a fear that religious extremists may turn their judgement on you next.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

You can find religious extremists in all religions. I follow Jesus. He is my peace. I find it truly amazing the way God, through his son, has set up his plan of forgiveness, love and peace.

The recent arrest of Crawford and Feight, who wanted to kill muslims with radiation, shows just another example of self righteousness. As you can see you can find extremists in followers of all beliefs. It is interesting what U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said about the incident, "This case demonstrates how we must remain vigilant to detect and stop potential terrorists, who so often harbor hatred toward people they deem undesirable." Regardless of their beliefs there will be people who will judge others as undesirable, and worthy of punishment and/or death.

Islam, especially jihad, seems to me to promote this violent behavior. I believe islam to be a violent religion. That is just my opinion.

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