coercion vs consent, war and peace

THE FACE OF APOSTACY I walked up to the cashier, she was very pleastant, I was friendly, I smiled and paid and left thinking how modest she seemed to be in her traditional muslim headdress and frock……. There is a fear that has come to be associated with Muslims since we identified the 911 hijackers as muslim. Not only do we now fear them but some in our society have come to hate them. The president Barak in his speech in Cairo sensing the antagonism between cultures was trying to bridge the gap. This is quite consistent with the image we had as we listened to the Notredame speech a few weeks ago. The central theme: "finding common ground". Focussing on the things that unite us rather than the things that divide us. An historic examination of the two cultures suggests that the Islamic and Judaeo-Christian religions can be traced back to two brothers, Isaac and Ishmael. The president Barak is consistent in his role : a man of peace, the image is of a father trying to settle a sibling squabble....fast forward from Genesis now to Omega....the revelation is now clear that only the one who started this can end it....shall come in like manner evan as you saw (through the eyes of history) him go. The question for us is 'do we accept the record of history?'   Western civilization based on the religion of Isaac has become decadent. Greed and perversions of all kind have come in the name of freedom. The Ishmaelites on the other hand, have somehow managed to keep a stricter culture more regimented and fierce in its prosecution of wrongdoings. Most Western democracies have lapsed into a kind of anarchy in the name of freedoms. The real problem is the insiduous nature of these cultures. They tend to creep into the more structured "Ismaelite" societies through the channels of modern media and plant the seeds of lust that starts the breakdown of the moral fabric that hold a society together. None of us would deny that Hollywood is the largest promoter / exporter of immoral lifestyles in the world today. So the question for our "man of peace" is will he be able to sign the covenant?   Before this month ends there may be a new leader in Iran. Israel will not be allowed to strike Iran if our president has his way. Now what?....."then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man..." this is a direct quote from the "writings" that comes to mind, there should be no doubt in the mind of the serious student of history that these are highly unusual times and recent events suggest that there may be a certain judgement in the making nevertheless as it was in the times of Noe and this is another direct quote "people will be eating and drinking" being entertained, oblivious to the signs of the times. ------------------------- Obama calls for new effort for 2-state solution (AP) AP - Prodding the international community, President Barack Obama called Friday "for all of us to redouble our efforts" toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states. "The moment is now for us to act," he declared. U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, answer questions during a news conference in Dresden, Germany, Friday, June 5, 2009. Obama visits Dresden, the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald and th US regional medical center in Landstuhl during his stopover in Germany.