What About Islam Though?
It's a heresy that I'm not too worried about right now
Several friends have been asking about my views of Islam. They are saying that Islam is a big threat to life in America, and the Christian way of life.
The thing is though: both the entire Western media establishment AND the globalist governments are all saying that Hamas is a terrorist organization and that every single Palestinian is complicit in an effort to destroy Israel.
At the exact same time, the same establishment is saying that Western nations have to take on yet another wave of refugee settlers from Palestine as a result of the Israel/Gaza war.
They are saying both things, mind you. And expecting you to overlook the contradiction.
Are the Palestinians all terrorists? Or peaceful victims of a genocide? Aggressive jihadists? Or religionists of peace?
The main point: the media and the Bidens (people who hate you) are telling you that Muslims are both things at the same time.
Maybe they’re lying? About one, or the other—or both?
Not only can both things not be true, I actually believe both claims are false.
I don’t think Hamas poses an existential threat to Israel AND I also don’t think importing Muslims into America is wise or ethical in any way. Both parties are harmed.
As for the Palestinians—they are both less harmful to Israel than advertised (most are just kids and women) AND more harmful to the West than advertised (so stop the importations).
Very simple! No more interventionist wars. And no more moralizing about refugees.
I not only do not support the Israeli/American genocide against Gaza, I also do not want any Palestinians to move here.
You won’t need any podcasts to convince me that Jihad and terror are bad. I already agree. Most people agree. Actually most Muslims agree.
What I want is for the Palestinians to keep on living where they already are, while also not being killed while they do that. Benjamin Netanyahu disagrees.
Two Theories About the Hamas Narrative
Setting everything else aside: what should we conclude about our rulers saying both that every Palestinian is uniformly complicit in the actions of Hamas on October 7, AND also that the refugees have to be welcomed gladly by Europeans and Americans?
There are two main ways to parse the contradiction:
The establishment (Biden, Netanyahu, lackeys) really believes that all Palestinians are Hamas-level terrorists who will destroy Israel if allowed to do so, but the establishment doesn’t care if such terrorists land in America, so long as they are forced out of Palestine for Israel’s sake. The upshot of this view is that Israel is indifferent to the fate of Americans, if not actively looking to harm us. If this theory is true, it implies that we should firmly reject any calls for giving the Palestinians refuge in America, since they are confirmed terrorists.
The establishment is only exaggerating the virulence and scope of Hamas in Palestine as the public rationale for a genocide they intend to perpetrate by hook or by crook. The upshot of this theory is that the Biden administration has absolutely no right to be arming the IDF’s sickening war, let alone their slaughters against primarily minor-aged civilians. This theory also raises questions about Israel’s true motives in slaughtering all the Gazans, and it begins to look like a land grab.
Note that the first theory rules out hosting the Palestinians as refugees, a refusal which I think should be certified into federal law, and citing the official statements of the Israeli government as the justification for such refusal.
The the second theory rules out America’s arming Israel, a prohibition which should also be made into law, since the alternative means cooperating with a textbook case of civilian genocide.
Either new law would be a huge moral victory for everyone; passing both would be a coup. After all, I oppose both immigration and genocide. Meanwhile, either new law (or both) would at least be logically consistent.
The only American policy combination that violates all logic is the current mix of refusing either to chill out in Gaza or prohibit new refugees. Because if the Congress would stop sending both arms and money to Israel, the war would end next week. Or if we put out a moratorium on all new immigration, we could…well we would still be cooked, but at least we could stop digging.
In telling us that all Palestine is Hamas (and therefore must be destroyed at any cost) AND that Palestinian refugees are fleeing a genocide (and therefore America is required to welcome them with open arms), the establishment shows that it enjoys lying to Americans AND harming us; if it can stimulate both vices at once, all the better.
Of course both border security and military isolationism are each already explicit and implicit throughout American law and tradition—it’s just that our rulers have no honor, let alone any commitment to logic. If they had the former, they’d be Christians. And if they had the latter, they would shrink from telling the public that we have a moral duty to welcome the very hordes which they keep insisting are huge fans of roasting babies and beheading Israeli maidens with shovels.
Islam?
To be clear: Islam is a heresy.
It’s just that Islam isn’t in the top 50 current concerns I have as a Christian in 2024. I’m far more absorbed by figuring out a way to emancipate the American government from its total enthrallment to a foreign government and its agents in Washington.
But as long as we’re discussing heresies, though: Judaism is another one to ponder.
On the one hand Islam teaches that Jesus was a prophet—true as far as it goes. But Islam also denies that Jesus died on the cross, let alone that he was resurrected. So far, Islam is looking like a very wicked religion. Fine.
But on the other hand, what does Judaism teach about Jesus?
I’m not going to tell you. You will have to just google it. Suffice to say: it definitely teaches that the Messiah is coming in the future, and that Jesus was not Him.
