Why People Die for a Lie?

Why People Die for a Lie?
On Christmas day, a Nigerian man stepped on to a plane full of 300 strangers... with a plot to kill them... His explosive device hidden... in the most popular pair of underwear revealed this year across the world... His vision of doom and despair, on that cold Christmas flight to Detroit, was foiled when his explosive device failed to detonate. Northwest Airlines, I am sure breathed a short sigh of relief but our security in the air continues to be compromised...

What kind of religious "hocus pocus" calls for its believers to "kill" those that aren’t followers? Why would the mission of a "God" be to have a believer load an "explosive device" in his underwear, sneak it through security, board a plane, and kill all 300 passengers (men, women, and children) because they do not belong to the same denomination?

This is extremism... and is not just seen in the Muslim culture... we have extremist "Bible thumpers" who believe in killing doctors who do abortions and members of the gay and lesbian communities.

Many people take the truth of the Bible and add their own fiction to it... to make it juicier and more adaptable to their standards. Take for example the movie Titanic which is based on a truly historical tragedy. The fictional story of Jack and Rose was added to the saga for dramatic interest... to keep the watchers attention... because such a tragedy on its own is not as captivating and terrifying as it can be if we identify with the characters.... Do you think that the Hollywood producers are the only ones who know this secret?

Of course not, so does the enemy, Satan, the terrorist of all terrorists... he is the brains behind the guerillas and traitors and death plots... he is the leader of Sadam to his maddening hole... he is the dictator and the quiet whisper in the mind of the radical bomber... It is not God that is ordering the "hits", it is Satan... We may blame God... but he is the gentle "giant" we run to... in prayer... and unrest... ask any person on that flight what they did when they saw a fellow passenger wearing an explosive device... I can almost promise you... they prayed...................

Why did Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab disappear from his home, join a religious extremist group, travel to London, then to Yemen, than to Amsterdam, then to Detroit... and in a year’s time... set out to commit an act of violence on such a religious day in America? Hmmm... Is it hard to figure out? To destroy our tradition... to destroy our foundation... to make us question even more if our religious holiday is worth it... is it worth dying for... is God worth dying for? Shall we lay down our swords and give up... fold... throw in the towel... Never! America unites... not severs... under pressure... we did so on 9/11... As a nation...and we shall continue....


In a quaint private conversation with Jesus before ordering his death, Pilate asked Jesus “so..... You’re a king?" and Jesus stated "you are right"... Pilate was entranced by Jesus and wanted desperately as Umar Abdul-Mutallab wanted to know.... "What is truth".... Is it blowing up strangers? Is it being used by radicals? Is this man Jesus a king? Is he the real thing... is Allah my master...? Does he exist... all these questions of truth that bounce off of our empty hearts... decisions... that we must make... with answers that lap a football field in differences and deviations...

How do we separate fact from fiction? Truth from lie? Allah vs. God? Killing vs. Religion... Many of us are content to let everyone do studies for us... we will review our topical index or Wikipedia article... or newspaper headline... or Sirius news channel or let our pastor work for his paycheck... but we are not willing to study for ourselves.. How will we grow if we are not saturated with the "rain water" of his own words... we are so thirsty... Umar was thirsty... why would someone die for a lie? Unless... they believed the lie...

We must speak the truth.... Time is short... we do not have time... to waste anymore... on sweet candy-coated words that tickle the listener’s ears... it is time to put on the battle gear... it is time to fight Satan for top-spot... We do not have time to care what people think about us... or how stupid we may appear for holding on to our faith... we must tell our friends and family that it could be too late... they do not have much time to decide.. They need to draw a line in the sand... accept God in their heart... and follow Him... plain and simple... we must not deny his presence in our country, in our lives, on our coins, in our hearts... why do we shun who we pray to in the chaos????

Umar is a lost soul who has believed the misinterpreted words of the Muslim Bible... With dark eyes and an even darker heart... he strolled on to a plane leading to a nation celebrating a day of gifts and giving... His gift? A bomb.... What is truth? To him? Death... destruction... evil... because he has sold his soul to a CAUSELESS hope... where every eyewitness... points to his guilt...

The Bible on the other hand states in 2 Peter 1:16 "For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of His majesty".

Don’t fall for the lie... the world will sell u.... that you are a worthless article of space that is preoccupying a room that could be used by someone more deserving... You cannot cop out of responsibility because you are a "religious nobody"... meaning... nobody knows that you are religious...loll... Work to improve... Give God whatever you have... and NEVERsell out to the radicals.......