What about Mohammed? And his worshippers?
Ignoring the erroneous statement that Muslims worship Muhammad (they don't); I'm not a Muslim. I'm a Christian, and my concern is following Jesus Christ, and being true to what He taught, and abiding in what He has given in and for His Church.
...Basically what you're saying is that Muslims can kill Christians and Jews, rape our wives and children, and all we can do about it is turn the other cheek so they can do it again next time they feel like it. Nope, not happening. We're going to *solve* this problem using hard methods.
Question: Why are you a Christian? Do you care what Jesus said? Do you care about Christianity? I mean the religion of Christianity, the set of beliefs and practices that constitute this thing we call "Christianity" which talks about repentance and forgiveness, which talks about the God who loves us and desires us to be reconciled to Him and to others, which practices love, gentleness, self-control, and crucifying the harmful lusts and appetites of our fallen flesh through repentance. Does any of that actually matter?
Does Jesus matter to you? When, or if, you call Jesus Lord--what does that mean to
you, what does that
cost you? Would you willingly suffer and die for Him? Do you believe He is real--really alive, that He actually rose from the dead, ascended into the heavens, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again? If you really do believe that, then shouldn't He matter? And shouldn't you care about conforming your life to Him? Shouldn't you at least want this?
Would you bleed for Christ? Or even make yourself uncomfortable for Him? Perhaps you find that it is too hard, but do you not at least have something within you that would pray, "Grant me strength to suffer"?
Because this "let's hurt those people over there so they can't be a danger to me" attitude isn't Christian. And if we are so willing to denounce the name of Jesus Christ the moment Jesus makes us uncomfortable, or Jesus becomes inconvenient, then what does that say about us?
What good is Christianity without Jesus Christ? What is even the point in being or calling myself a Christian unless Jesus is what actually matters.
And if Jesus does actually matter, then why are so many Christian so willing to abandon Him at the drop of a hat, the moment it means it might actually cost you something?
-CryptoLutheran