Answers to Prayers

I have strong beliefs in God - the God of the Jews, of the Old Testament, and of Jesus, His Son and earthly Sacrifice, to allow for our salvation from sin. I pray a lot, and frequently I get answers. Sometimes the answers to my prayers aren't necessarily what I hoped to hear. I got one such revelation last night.

Basically, God granted us all the freedom to choose between accepting Him as Lord, or rejecting Him, either for some other god, or for no god. We have no right to deny any person the exercise of that right, even the worst of the Islamists who wish to impose their ways upon us. We have no right to destroy Islam by force. Whether one is to follow Islam, Judeasm, Christianity, any other religion, or no religion is an individual option granted by God to each of us, and cannot be denied by others. We DO, however, have the right to defend ourselves from others who wish to deny us this God-given right to make the choice for ourselves, and for assuming the consequences of that behavior.

We have the right to fight against militant Islam, both by word and by the sword, as long as we are defending ourselves. We do not have the right to deny the followers of Mohammed from finding the path to hell on their own.