The Untapped Solution to Terrorism (Fundie flushing)

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October 4, 2006

The Untapped Solution to Terrorism

By Gary L. Krupp

There are people in the world, right now, who believe it is their religious duty to annihilate millions of innocent people and take their own lives in the process. They expect to be blessed and rewarded for these murderous and suicidal acts. How did the universal religious message of love, compassion and hope, common to all religions, become perverted to promote murder and suicide? Moreover, how can religion, which forbids murder and suicide, be used as justification for killing millions in cold blood?

Unless something is done, these terrorists will eventually gain access to weapons of mass destruction, placing millions of lives at risk. Governments are taking extraordinary actions to try and prevent terrorist attacks. Billions are spent on defense and Homeland Security, and yet not a penny is spent to address the cause of almost every conflict on earth – religious extremism.

Terrorism looms like a black cloud on us every single day. The extremist, who exists in every religion, is the tail that wags the dog. When a Muslim kills himself and others in a café, or a Jew assassinates the Prime Minister, or a Christian bombs an abortion clinic, killing doctors and nurses, it's the same thing – a perversion of the word of all of the religions. When one of these events occurs, the truly pious typically remain silent, while the name of their religion is sullied and degraded by these misguided acts.

The solution to terrorism, religious extremists and world conflicts is in our hands today. Governments cannot do it alone; they need the religious of the world to be active collaborators to eliminate this blight. It is time that we call upon the leaders of the world's religions to become loud and continuous allies in the battle against those who have risen up from within their own ranks to wage war on humanity, not leaving it up to governments alone to respond to the disastrous effects. Religious leaders must loudly condemn these violations of religious doctrine to their own members, to members of other religions, and to the secular public. It must be clearly known and understood that persons who have used the holy name of religion for violence and death are universally condemned by the religions whose name they have sullied and mocked. The Internet and email are powerful communication tools and should be used along with our traditional print media, radio and television, as well as billboards and leaflets.

Authors Website: www.ptwf.org

Authors Bio: Gary L. Krupp KCSG, founder and president of Pave the Way Foundation, is the only Jewish man in history to be invested a Papal knight by the Catholic Church and to be inducted into the Order of St. John by the Episcopal Church. Mr. Krupp and his wife Meredith founded the Pave the Way Foundation in 2003, dedicated to ending religious hatred and intolerance by removing the tool of "religion" from those who will use it for malevolent purposes. PTWF promotes historic gestures of good will between religious groups to increase understanding and tolerance.


IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE CAN DEFEAT OUR HOME-GROWN TERRORISTS (AND WE ALLKNOW WHO THEY ARE!) THEN WE CAN FIGHT THEM OVER THERE! SO SIMPLE, SO LOGICAL, NO WONDER IT'S NEVER GOING TO DAWN ON THE GOP!