Love thy neighbors, even thy enemies. Do you love Bin Laden? Then you can't be a Christian if you don't.
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I have to agree with the previous poster that no, Christians do not love as they ought.\nThe fact that we fail however, does not negate the commandment, or mean that we don't make it our goal in life to love even our enemies with a perfect love.\n\nNow, this begs a question, what does loving your enemy look like in real life? Does loving your enemy mean that you put yourself in harms way by trusting them not to hurt you? I don't think so. Does it mean to have warm gooshy feelings for them? again, I don't think so.\nLoving your enemy means that you wish the best for them, as a Christian, the best we could possibly wish for someone is that they too would come into the relationship with God that we enjoy. If that is rejected, the next best thing is that they enjoy good things in this life because they will surely have nothing to enjoy in the afterlife. (Luke 16:19-31) Not only does loving your enemy mean that you wish the best for them, but it also means that you activly engage in things that will directly benefit them.\nIn the case of Bin Laden, I also have to weigh out the fact that I am commanded to love the other 6 Billion people on the planet, and since Bin Laden is actively engaged in harming many people (he has never done anything against me personally), I should support efforts to express love to my fellow-man by putting a stop to Bin Laden's activities.\nPersonally, I desire to see Bin Laden come to a saving and redeeming knowledge of Jesus Christ, but failing that, or until that happens, the most loving thing I can do is desire to his terrorist activities halted by whatever means possible.
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Well said.\n\nI'm not a religious person but damn it, our country is traditionally christian.\n\nI respect your tolerance.\n\nSo should others.\n\nGod bless.
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Of course you should still love. Mad respect for not letting anything stand in your way. How about Osama Bin Laden do you think he feels love from the west? It's hard to hate when you encounter love. \n\n As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: \n Just as darkness cannot end darkness; only light can.\n Hate cannot end hate; only love can. \n\n I'm not sure how many people actually accuse Bush of hating but many do realize there is a great divide in this country and even more pronounced ones in the world. Love is a good starting point for a remedy. Good question.
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Our founding forefathers were Christians. This great country was built on Christian beliefs.  We will always be one nation under God and those whom that offends should GTFO & find another place to live.  I hear Bin Laden has room.\n\n"Funny how those who cry tolerance, refuse to tolerate and those who cry to be heard, refuse to listen."
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If people think that only Christians can have love for others, then I hope they would think I was a Christian by my actions.\n\nHowever, I am NOT a Christian.  I am a Hindu.  I hope they could know that I was loving by my actions.
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Like the Bible says ' love thy neighbour as thyself ' .
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Because Muslims do not have a love relationship with God the way Christians do. He is not their loving father, but instead he is a judge. Don't lynch me just yet... my best friend was Muslim when I lived in AL and we'd talk about this a lot.  I went to her temple, read any book she wanted, I ever read the whole Qu'ran, but I am a Christian because I need someone to love and I need someone who will love me back.\n\nIn her temple, I heard a "sermon" (I know i'm using Christian terminology here- my apologies) and the guy told this story: One very pious woman who prayed daily and faithfully did everything she was supposed to, let her cat outside on a leash.  She did not feed the cat or give it water and it died.  This woman was damned to hell.  Another woman who was living loosely saw a thirsty dog and had compassion on it and gave it a drink- and she went to heaven.  His point was that Muslims never know which actions will damn them to hell, so they must be good all the time.  It is fear based. You could do the right things your whole life, then mess up once and God can damn you and not even let you know!  \n\nLook at their heaven.  A christian sees heaven as a final oppertunity to recieve the fullness of God, we get to spend all the time we want with Him, fellowshipping with Him at banquets, worshipping Him.  Muslims think that heaven is full of virgins waiting for them, among other things- why get excited about this?  Think about it.  Why would you need something other than the presence of God to get you excited about heaven?  It's interesting to think about at any rate.\n\nBasically if you do more good than bad- you're OK.  The problem arises when some actions hold more weight than others.  Sadly their God has not clearly written out which actions these are and how much they cost- like "if I feed the homeless this week will it make up for the fact that I kicked the dog on Tuesday?"  They don't know!  No one knows how much each sin and each merit costs.  Their salvation is not secure- it's a constant state of proving your worth to a Being who finds you unworthy anyway.\n\nThe difference is, Christians do it backwards.  Instead of working to get to God so we can try and be near Him like they do; we are given God freely (the Holy Spirit) when we accept Christ's sacrifice.  So we're given God at the get-go, and then we get to spend time with Him because we love Him, not because we're trying to prove something or get into heaven.  Our salvation is secure when we accept that we'll never be good enough to get to heaven, so a sacrifice is needed.
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Jesus said "Love your enemy"\nNot "Kill your enemy".\n\nYou will make more enemies with hate.\nYou will eliminate more enemies by winning them over with love.
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Osama bin Laden said in one of his tapes that the Muslims would eventually defeat Israel because "we love death the way they love life."  These suicide bombers don't kill themselves because anybody took their land.  They do it because somebody talks them into believing that after they commit their atrocity they will go to heaven and get 72 virgins to rape at their pleasure.  The 9/11 hijackers were all Saudis and Egyptians -- nobody took their land.  And the Palestinians who strap bombs to their children initially did it because Saadam Hussein offered $25,000 to any family whose child became a suicide bomber.  After Saadam was deposed, Hamas took over the job of rewarding the families of suicide bombers.  It is a horrible, nihilistic practice that strikes at the very heart of civilization.  It is human sacrifice.  The Muslim world should rise up and smash this death cult, and the fact that they don't makes for a strong argument that Islam needs serious reform.
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I am a Christian now, but I am reading the Qur'an. a large book . The Message of THE QUR'AN so I may understand better.I pray for all people. I love all people. theres One God. one Spirit of God. and a soul in each of us. and many religions. in my fathers house or many mansions, theres a place for all who love and trust God and try to truly do Gods will by following the guidance of the Holy Spirit within them,May God continue to Bless you and care for you and guide you in the Spirit. and by the way, if most Islamic people were terrorists with the billions of followers we would all be dead.Peace, May some day there be Peace. I pray this in Gods holy name.Allah . Sugmod. whatever people wont to call the higher power which I call God.theres many names for God. I sure dont think he cares what name we call him.as long as we love him. and ask for his guidance.
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Before 9/11, I've never heard of a follower of Islam who hated Christians. Therefore, I think it's just a select few. And, if you like a place, why should your decision be dictated because the main religion is not your own?
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I choose to repent too. It is hard to love your enemy but the only way is to pray about it. I try to never do harm to any one and if I do I try to make amends if possible.
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What's your point? Are you happy with Jesus (pbuh) in your heart? .......... good for u - i hope you are. Am i happy with Allah in my heart? ........ yes i am\n\nend of story\n\npeace and blessings :)\n\nEDIT: all of you who bash me for stating my belifes - remember ''love thy neighbour''
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they just probly want you not to follow Jesus but to follow what they believe. I as well am a Christian and i get attacked as well but instead i fight back if they're gonna attack. if not then i dont bother to attack at them.   I agree wit you on lettin everyone believe what they want cause its their life.  Its not their job to change our lives and make us believe in what they believe in.
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The Prince is not a Muslim and neither am I. But he, like myself, apparently wishes to learn about the Muslim faith in order to understand the people. It is through learning that misunderstanding and prejudice can be defeated and peace is possible. He wants to promote a positive attitude between Muslims and his own faith, just as I do. Not all Muslims are Godforsaken animals like Osama Bin Ladin. What is wrong with the Prince being a diplomat? He will be King one day and if I were a British citizen, I would want our King to use diplomacy and to promote peace. When our Towers collapsed, it was then that I took an interest in Islam and Muslims because I just wanted to understand the culture. I knew in my heart that Bin Ladin was not a man of God and I did not wish to condemn all Muslims nor Islam. It would be a grave injustice to do so. I remain Christian and I now have many Muslim friends and they are wonderful, caring, peace loving people. I too believe that the cartoon of Muhammed should be condemned and that it was a horrible, disprespectful thing to do. How would the English feel if someone did something like that to the Queen? While I'm sure it's happened, I'm quite sure that it offended people. Even as an American, I would be offended if someone did that to the Royal family as I am of British descent. If you wish to judge the Prince, then look at both sides of the coin. I commend Charles and the people of England for not condemning all Muslims as so many around the world do. Education and positive relations between cultures are the key to peace in my book. To remain open minded is to remain open hearted and God knows we need that now.
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Hey, Thanx!!Merry Christmas to you too! Although i dont celebrate christmas(I'm Muslim) I wish all my christian friends a very  (early) merry christmas.......\nall i'm asking for is sum peace of mind , throughout life.....
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i'm not religious at all, but i agree with you on all points. God seems to be love, but it's the followers that seem to abuse the message.\n\nprobably out of fear they condemn everything that strikes them as weird, with a bible in their hand.\n\ni'm from Holland, a country that is (thank god) very liberated to the gay people. But even there, i see the narrow-mindedness of gay-bashing. I have some gay-friends, some of them are even married to eachother. \n\nSometimes i even have the feeling that their love must be more pure than any hetero-sexual love, because the homosexuals had to do many hard steps to be with their loved-ones. The coming out, the elling it to the parents, living in doubt for years before coming-out, being ridiculed by society day in day out....\n\nmost people condemn homosexuals, because a group of them is very open about sex. these people that condemn that, never seem to realize that that same homosexual had to hide his feelings of sexuality for years and years, untill he came-out. It must be the same as people living in a land where a dictator rules, and they finally got rid of the dictator. these people we see always cheering on the streets the first day, feeling relieved, yet still insecure of the future.\n\nwith coming out, it probably feels like that. a feeling of relief, and at the same time the feeling of 'and now what'. I can't blame them for wanting to scream their sexuality of the roofs, after having to hide those feelings for years.\n\nIt's society, and specially christian society that does these people harm. I always wonder how christians would feel if i told them that their act of love is a sin. i always wonder if they would be able to stop sinning, as they always tell the gay-community.\n\nit's sick!\n\nchristians make it hard on this big group of people, who obviously don't deserve that. \n\none of my gay friends is married and would love to adopt a kid. i know he's great with children and i know he would make a very good father. He just chose, by himself, that he would never adopt a child, because he doesn't want the child to grow up in world where the child will be teased at school for having two fathers. \nThat is, in my opinion, the greates act of love i ever seen. giving up a dream, in the interest of a child he never even met. It's also a sick act, because it's caused by a judging society.\n\nand i can go on and on complaining about all this. i even asked a lot of quetsion about the subject in this Q&A-thingy, trying to disprove that the bible condemns homosexuality. But i found out that these zealot-christians don't even read, listen or think, they only judge based on an old book.\n\nif i truly admit: seeing two guys kissing on the streets is like a grose thing to watch. i can't help that, i truly find it grose to see. but at least i also try to look beyond what strikes me as grose, and see the true love that two human-beings can have for eachother.\n\ni actually wonder what homosexuals ever did to christians, to deserve this treatment. i can't figure that one out.\nthese christians always say 'we love the sinner, but he hate the sin' or whatever. In that way they try to justify their own condemning. i really don't see what gives them the right to even call it 'sin'. \n\nLove can never be a sin. Never!\n\n(sorry for the long answer, but during the typing i got just as angry as you got during asking this question, i guess)