Should we in Ireland be concerned about Jihad?

The new covenant, god this stuff is kooky.

I think your right catholics certainly don't believe all the old testament and i believe much of it is meant as allegory to them.

I do think some of the morality contained in the OT is still considered cannon though. At a very basic level I know the 10 commandments(there are actually over 600 commandments) are OT and still hold validity to all christians so its certainly not all just swept aside with the new covenant with Jesus.

There are of course many Christians who do hold that the OT is the literal word of God. Don't forgot the leader of the DUP briefly during last year is a young earth creationist. And they believe the story in genesis to be fact and have dated the earths creation to 3900 something BC.

Ah yes,, the DUP..🙂 As for the New Testament Robbie. Jesus Said " I am the new and everlasting covenant between God and Mankind for all time " So it specifically cancels the old Testament and replaces it. So there you have it Robbie, literally from the Man himself. So feel free to accept it or not according to your own beliefs.

Well for one thing, what we believe in, came from the 12 apostles who travelled with Jesus throughout his time on Earth, and they recorded it, after all they were the "People of the Book", so yes Christian's believe it to be true. Even the translations from the original language, I'm pretty sure that translators of that time were knowledgeable. Besides, its an article of faith, and Christians are bound by it. If you are not a Christian, or are an Atheist, then it does not really matter, does it??

And as long as you're happy to believe all that jmreire sure that's all that matters.

I don't think there is any point in trying to debate logically with a religious person. They have already shown that they accept as fact, things that haven't been proven as a fact. These people will go to extreme lengths in order to support their irrational beliefs so conversing with them on an internet forum in an effort to have rational discourse is very much a complete waste of time.

As a long time established atheist I tell you that you're dead wrong. Religious people are religious because of faith, not because of reasoning and logic, and you can't use logic to argue against the faith. And this is why with some faiths it's easier to convince people to blow themselves up, there is no reasoning and no logic behind it, only the faith that they are doing right by their prophet and they will get their reward in heaven - what is the logic behind 72 virgins, do you really want that? I would rather have just a couple of "experienced" ones :) but I'm not coming from a culture and faith that commands women.

Islamic Jihadists have carried out attacks on Country's who like Ireland, haven't been involved in attacks in Muslim Country's. For extremist Islam, the fact that you are an unbeliever is enough, and where you are from is irrelevant. But how long that will last is anyone's guess. Mr Qaradawi, head of Clonskeagh Mosque is reputed also head of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization banned in many Country's. To say that there has not been an terrorist attacks in Ireland, is not quite the same as saying that terrorist attacks have not been planned and facilitated in Ireland to be carried out else where. For sure that has happened, and the Guardai have several cases on file if you want to check it out, even here on Boards.

Search back through this thread, and you will find what you are looking for. The incidents have been mentioned several times.

Oh, I'm not saying it "Might", snoopsheep, I'm coming down on the side of it will..only thing is "When" Now instead of google go back through this thread, and there's plenty of posts detailing what has been going on in Ireland re Islamic Jihad. You are not the first poster to ask this question,,, there are several before you, and they have all been answered.

She does not need to denounce Islam, but ISIS ?? Now that's a horse of a completely different color... if she were to do that...question is will she??? She is not in Al-Hawl camp now where they kill anyone who renounces isis , and she can claim her life depended on supporting, or to be seen as supporting ISIS, but here in Ireland, that should not apply. Be interesting to see what she will do, Renounce ISIS or not??

She needs to denounce the Jihadi part of Islam, and Islam has many parts, with most being peaceful. The Quran covers everything from love and peace to kill the unbelievers. And that's quite a long list. But the problem is that only God or Mohammad can remove the "Kill the unbeliever's" part. And so we are where we are with Islam,

What would you think for sentence?

That sentence will certainly make other jihadis think twice about relocating to Ireland!

She may have to serve up to 10 months- will definitely miss the late late show 2022-2023 season!

Next time we see her will be in about 2/3 years on CCTV footage of her walking into a packed Croke Park wearing a bulky coat in the middle of summer as an expert points out the wire coming out of the sleeve leading to a button in her hand.

Today's lenient sentence is an epic mistake.