The Cause of Terrorism

CNA-News from September 28, 2001:

The world is preparing for war. Troops are being assembled, and plans are being worked out. It is only a question of time until weapons speak out in the fight against terrorism.

Especially as Christians we have to ask ourselves: Must this be? Is there really no other solution? Is this a solution at all?

Christ gave us an answer already 2000 years ago: To answer violence with violence does not lead to a solution, but on the contrary, to even more violence. “The one who takes up the sword will perish by the sword,” said the Nazarene. This is a clear statement.

But what can one do against the terrorism that recently killed around 6000 people in New York.

In a recent radio program, the Original Christians in Universal Life pointed out that one must first ask, wWhat are the causes behind the terrorism? Why is there so much hatred and aggression in the Islamic world against the western world?
When we look back in history we find a part of the answer. During the Crusades, for instance, Christians waged war in the name of God against Moslems. They cruelly murdered tens of thousands of people, including civilians.

We Original Christians believe that a person’s soul can incarnate not only once in a human body, but over and over again. The Early Christians also believed in the reincarnation of the soul. If this is true, then the hatred of many Moslems against the so-called Christian world is partially explainable. It is possible that in many souls the memory lives on of the terrible events of that time, which they still attribute to Christ. For no one has explained to them that the Churches have reversed Christ’s teachings into the opposite of what He taught and that the killing of people, no matter out of what motive, violates the will of God.

But we can also find causes for this hatred in recent history and in the present. Western nations have often occupied Arab countries, exploiting them and forcing their lifestyle on them. And most of all: The Christians were not and are not a good example. Neither colonialism nor socialism has been able to solve the economic or social problems in underdeveloped countries. And the capitalism imported from the west cannot do it either. Where are the Christians, who live brotherliness and justice as an example?

And so, the governments and church leaders of the western world all have reason to ask the countries of the Earth for forgiveness for everything that has brought suffering into the world in the name of Christianity. If such a sincere request for forgiveness were to be spoken out, followed by corresponding action, then peace would surely still have a chance in the world. Then the breeding ground for future terrorist strikes would also be eliminated.

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