Roots of Jaded Ideology

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Sep 2, 2010 at 16:24

In this latest exposition and responses, which are attempting to grasp the ever changing face of militant Islamism and how it will shape shift into the next spectre of political realities, there is one aspect of it all that has never changed; yet that seems harder to recognize than whether there are quasi-British/American citizens of south Asian descent in the western world or elsewhere ready to do harm in the name of their ideology. To take a line from a notorious gaming intrigue, it is resident evil-though it is not a game-in the hearts of those who have rejected the truth.

We are finding in this world that more and more, that humanity is losing its grip on a reality, that good used to be sought after and life enjoyed with others walking along the same path. There were times in history where seeking after a common good seemed the best approach, yet always ending up having to fight to protect that common good, sometimes losing it for good. We are at that threshold yet again, but can we lay the whole problem at Islam's feet? Let us see.

Evil thinking and the destruction of that which is good seemingly appears always around the corner, ready in an instant to thwart any efforts to promote the common good. Then comes the argument: define the common good (always, there will be someone that will resist anything that infringes on 'personal liberty' to do whatever the human heart desires). Couch it in some religious ideology and it becomes evident that the human heart can be lulled into the thinking that if it has a religious mantra, then it must have reasonable logic that can be followed, no matter the resultant negative effect.

Quoted here is a title and influence on world history (Clash of Civilizations) in which we see changing developments that, though modern in their applications, are ages old in their inception.

Is it only just recently that women continue in their struggles to maintain status as an integral core of the family? No.

How have we lost the truth that in true family cohesiveness, a good wife is central and necessary to maintain that sector of any society that desires to last to the next generation? She is to be partner to her husband in the common endeavor, and not a slave, seeking the common good. Failing to correctly treat woman in a proper context is one element of resident evil. It is a tool of the Advesary to divide the family.

But if a woman is brought up in a societal setting that belittles and berates their women hood, what does that teach and do to the generations that need women in their pivotal role to teach the children truth, decency, love, and common morals of treating everyone in love of brotherhood? Instead, why are we called to remember the mothers of instruments of jihad who recite poetic eulogies of their children who have committed murder, doing so in front of the green flag of their common hatred?

Now, in the context of this forum, this does say the most recent of these atrocities, of the past, and of the ones planned for the immediate future, are propagated by followers of Hamas, the 'Palestinian' cause, and all those of similar ideologies, etc. Have there been others that have used a different cause to promote their form of hatred? To be sure, there are plenty. So why have we fixated on the Islamic variety? Because their evil has risen to the top of its form, to have been successful enough to engage young converts, who have looked at what is good in some of humanity, and then to arrive at a conclusion to despise the good for the sake of ideology. It is evil at its core, infecting these minds for the lack of understanding the truth.

Islam exists because the truth of the Holy Bible is rejected by those who have chosen to follow the dictates of the Islamic Prophet. It is written that a tree is known by its fruit. When we see Islamist ideology being cited as the cause for the actions of those who export their militant form of ideology, then one must conclude they are eating from the malignant tree of evil, rooted in hatred, as does any who do not seek, but have rejected the truth of the love of Almighty God, through Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.

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