Oh yes—“radical” means to get to the root. We should stop gracing evil with the word “radical.”

My church was gracious enough to grant me six weeks paternity leave. With twins, I’m convinced now that, by the end of that leave, I’ll have needed every second of it. I’m grateful to be employed by such a generous

Most Christians are not like this. Most Christians don’t push an agenda that promotes violence, or that would force everyone to live under Christianity. But Christianity is the mainstream, majority religion in the US, and some non-Christians, justified or not, genuinely fear the imposition of a religion they don’t follow.

By today’s standards, in the view of non-Christians, at least, “radical” means “extremist”. Luke made a good point in post #1—“radical Christians” are analogous to “radical Muslims”—they act in the name of religion, but the religion they claim would hardly embrace them. Wildman’s quote is misleading; Rosie was not talking about the average American Christian who follows Jesus. She was comparing “radical Muslims who kill in the name of Allah” to “radical Christians” who would kill—or otherwise cause harm—in the name of Jesus.

Just as non-Christians are prone to misinterpreting Christians, I think Christians can be guilty of the same thing sometimes.

I suggest you read Scriptures where Jesus tells the disciples the Holy Spirit will give them answers when they are brought up on charges. Paul vigorously defended himself against false accusations.

As for Balaam, he could only bless Israel. He was a turncoat, one of the Children of Israel who wanted to curse his own people. In fact, he counseled the enemy how to ensnare the Israelites and cause them to lose favor with God. They followed his advice. God did not look kindly upon his actions. Read the whole story.

It is sad a believer would suggest thanking Rosie for bad mouthing the Body of Christ. If you’ve done this or are contemplating such an action, be advised that it is tantamount to giving her comments your seal of approval.

As for Rosie, I pray she will some day find true freedom in Christ. I will not enable her to think she is correct by thanking her for her abusive comments.

Holding someone accountable for their actions is perfectly legitimate.

Anna

She probably made that comment just to be inflammatory. And look, The View is back in the headlines again. Mission accomplished. Unfortunately I think Mr. Wildmon may just be stoking the fire. I’m on his distribution list and I do send emails and sign petitions when I think our rights as Christians are being threatened. This isn’t one of those times. I do, however, think that ABC must take some action to distance themselves from her unless they are willing to take her comment as being representative of their official position, which is probably not too far off. Did anyone witness their attack on CNN’s Nancy Grace this morning? You would have to have seen it to understand because the “story” in ABC’s website was cleaned up so you can’t tell just how rude and accusatory Chris Cuomo was during the interview.

Rosie is JUST a TV personality, and I would do nothing to restrict her constitutional rights. Our reaction should probably be to pray for her soul and move on (unless you know her personally, then you might witness to her). She is not of the body that we should rebuke her. BUT, the comment was not made in a personal context. It was made as a general statement, as a “truism” per se, in order to help further the causes of “radical non-Christians.” So general statements contradictory to her hateful slur would not be inappropriate. Remember, a lie, if told often enough, eventually becomes accepted as truth.