The reality that many simply cannot fathom is that there are just some people that we cannot coexist with, people who either want to murder us or enslave us. Apparently, 76-year-old Richard Lakin, former principal at Glastonbury’s Hopewell School, never learned that lesson, but promoted the myth of “coexistence.” He was murdered by Islamic terrorists from Palestine while in Jerusalem recently.

The Algemeiner reports:

An American-Israeli man who was critically wounded in a Jerusalem terrorist attack two weeks ago died Tuesday morning.

Richard Lakin, 76, is the third victim of the attack, in which two Arab terrorists boarded a bus traveling between the capital’s Jewish neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv and neighborhood of Arab Jabel Mukaber, and opened fire on the passengers. Once they were out of ammunition, the terrorists began stabbing passengers.

Haviv Haim, 78, and Alon Govberg, 51, were killed instantly, while Lakin, who sustained a gunshot wound to the head and a stab wound to the chest, was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem in critical condition. Ten other passengers sustained moderate-to-light injuries in the attack.

Lakin was hospitalized in Hadassah’s Intensive Care Unit and underwent several surgeries in an effort to save his live, but doctors were ultimately unable to stabilize his condition.

There are still those in the united States who follow the dangerous path that Mr. Lakin followed, believing that Muhammad and his followers are those that seek peace with everyone and are not engaged in Islamic domination of the world. I’ve been over this time and again and it seems that the same people never listen.

Take a look at the plethora of quotes from modern day jihadis who are emphatic that Islamic jihad is an unholy war to dominate the entire world.

Mr. Lakin marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and was even a Freedom Rider, but he was still promoting coexistence with Islam while in Jerusalem. According to TPNN, “Lakin moved to Jerusalem with his family in 1984. He taught English to Israeli and Palestinian children, performed in musicals and never missed a peace rally.”

One of his last posts to his Facebook account read:

“I have a strong sense that these ‘random’ terror attacks are being orchestrated by the Northern Branch of the Islamic (Brotherhood) Movement in Israel. Their goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and of Coexistence between the Arab and Jewish communities.”

Mr. Lakin seems to have been a good man, but his problem was that he misjudged the rattlesnakes he was attempting to lay down with peacefully, and it cost him his life. Others noticed that problem concerning Lakin as well.

“He was just a deeply optimistic and hopeful person, and refused to be deterred by the grim political reality here,” said Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman of Kol Haneshama, the Jerusalem synagogue where Mr. Lakin was a longtime member. “He wasn’t oblivious to the reality, but it didn’t affect his basic existential nature. He could not imagine a solution wasn’t possible and that people couldn’t learn to live together.”

People can learn to live together, but they must be of the same mind. Sure, we all have differences, but cultures and people’s exist together because of common ground. The West has long claimed Christianity and pointed to the God of the Bible and His law as where our foundation is (our common ground – common law). That is completely incompatible with Islam, as well as Communism and a host of other isms and false religions. Until we regain that mindset to recognize that all religions and all isms are not equal, this will continue to be a battle that will be waged.

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A bunch of his buddies knew of me…they called me a “murderer.”

A casualty of war is kindness, not because the soul does not want to comply, but because some heartbreaking rules cannot be broken.

His buddies did not understand, that for the safety of everyone on base, she had no choice but to follow the orders given. She was not a monster, nor was she being cruel, she wasprotecting him and all of his buddies. The Army Base at Al-Asad, Iraq had a firm ‘no dogs policy’, rabies was an epidemic in the country. The only dogs permitted were the trained, service K9s. He and his buddies never saw her private pain. She felt too much shame to meet his tear-filled, blue eyes.

“The soldier on the other side of the examination table sang a lullaby to the skinny, shivering puppy he cradled in his arms. She could only see the soldier’s eyes beneath his dirty helmet. They were filled with tears. The soldier explained that he found the dog in the desert, and it reminded him of one he had back home in Kentucky. He had brought the pup back to the base in hopes that it could be nursed back to health.” (excerpt from:Today’s Woman, October 2015 issue)

Sergeant Jessica Montgomery had no choice but to euthanize the puppy. The soldier thanked her, gently wrapped the small body in a towel, and went to bury it. She never got his name, she never had the chance to even fully see his face, however, that day in2010 changed her life. HE changed her life. To this day, she wakes from dreams of that fateful day, his sweet, Kentucky accent crooning softly to the little creature. The heartbreak and anger of not being able to do a damn thing to save THAT puppy. A puppy that would have brought comfort and joy to a soldier, in a combat situation, far from anything that even remotely resembled home.

Jessica told me, “They [his buddies] were outside their building smoking, which was right next to mine, the next morning. They called me a “murderer”. [His unit] used Mraps, Rhinos and Humvees in a convoy every day to clear routes of IEDs.”

In an effort to help her find this Army soldier, I asked Jessica what she remembered about him: “…his Kentucky accent. I met him once. He was in full battle rattle. Blonde, I think, but he was still wearing a helmet. I saw no tattoos or scars. Blue eyes. I’m sorry. I was too ashamed to look at him…I never saw him again.”

What was so remarkable about this chance encounter between a soldier and an Army Veterinary Nurse? How did it change her life? That night, Jessica made a promiseto herself, that she was going to do whatever it took to help save the innocent lives of animals. She was inspired by the soldier with blue eyes, softly singing to a puppy. Fate sometimes has a way of working things out, Jessica has kept that promise, in of all places, Louisville, Kentucky. She is the Executive Director of the Louisville Metro Animal Services.

“We are not the bad guys. Euthanasia of an animal is a last resort on my watch. There are so many other options and avenues~rescues, transport to other shelters for adoption, foster programs~that allow for an animal to leave this shelter alive.” (excerpt: Today’s Woman)

“I asked Jessica if she chose Kentucky because of the soldier, “I got interviewed for KY by phone. Then was told they weren’t hiring after all. So I interview for CA. Liked them, they liked me. Flew to CA. Was signing a contract when I put the pen down for some reason. The phone rang. It was KY. I said thanks, but no thanks. The day went on and I had a sinking feeling. I had a dream of him, again. I hadn’t dreamt of him in years. I called KY the next day and here I am. I made a promise in Iraq and it all came flooding back in my dream. Easy choice then…”

Then she asked me the $64,000 questions: “Is this even possible? Finding him? Or am I just kidding myself?”

My answer was a resounding, “YES, Jessica, it IS possible, but are you prepared to face finding out he died over there?”

The very idea of this woman getting her heart broken sickened me, but I had to ask the question, she replied, “Yeah. But I want to visit his grave then. And tell him anyway, about the person I have become. Because of him.”

I realize that I have not given YOU, the public, much information to work with, but it is ALL we have. I am asking all of you, if you or a buddy was stationed in Al-Asad, Iraq in the fall of 2010 and worked in a convoy similar to the one described by Jessica, to please contact me at the email below. If you were one of this Army soldier’s buddies who called an Army vet nurse a “murderer” because she put down that puppy, please contact me at the email below.

Both of them served this country with honor and heartbreak. Two lives could be dramatically changed just by sending a simple email to: alasadiraq2010@yahoo.com

Please share this to every veterans’ group, military publication, Facebook page/group, hell, I don’t care, send it to Dear Abby and Miss Manners!! Just share this so the missing piece in Jessica’s life, that was lost over there, is found.

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Brandi is a white, single, heterosexual, conservative, Christian woman. She is considered to be an “equal opportunity offender” and passionate patriot, who wishes to speak out on behalf of her country and fellow conservative Christians.

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SATAN PRAISED AS “WICKEDLY COOL” IN YET ANOTHER LIBERAL MEDIA ANTI CHRISTIAN MANIFESTO

(INTELLIHUB) — Fresh off a recent attack on Christians in which he compared God to a rapist, anti-Christian zealot Jeffrey Tayler has written yet another hate piece, this time literally praising Satan as a “decent, noble person” for fighting the “tyranny of the lord”.

The article, published on the infamous clickbait rag Salon.com, further proves that there is indeed a war on Christianity being waged by hard left zealots who absolutely despise Christians themselves and want nothing more than to fully remove the religion from the country.

Tayler starts his article off by hailing Satan (no this is not hyperbole, he literally hails the lord of darkness) before insinuating that Christians have an actual mental disorder for believing in god.

All hail Satan and the Satanic Temple!

But first, some words of explanation.

The faith-deranged, day in and day out, in the current century and in those past, have furnished and continue to furnish us with examples of the inherent iniquity of their disorder, a disorder that has, especially in recent times, insinuated itself into and dangerously infected our already-ailing body politic, and all in the name of the (supposedly) Good Lord Almighty.

Take note of the extreme paranoia inflicting Tayler here as he somehow believes that Christianity is leading the narrative in this country when in reality a vast majority of the media consider most Christians to be evil bigots.

Tayler then provides two examples that are apparently supposed to be his words of explanation for why he is openly hailing Satan in a mainstream news piece. First, he notes the horror of Jeb Bush speaking at Regent University before then detailing a horrific example of human beings using the church to commit evil deeds as if this somehow confirms his apparent strongly held belief that being religious makes you an ignorant person.

After adding in some potshots at Islam (Tayler is an equal opportunity religion hater) Tayler gets to the crux of his hate piece which is to openly heap praise on Satan and the founder of the Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves, while promoting Satan as a sort of folk hero fighting the tyranny of Christians throughout the world.

However, let’s suppose the Lord did exist. His ghastly roster of atrocities aside, He would be mankind’s sworn enemy, if only because He plans (per the Book of Revelation) to destroy the majority of us in an orgy of fire and brimstone, sparing only His toadies and sycophants. We would thus be entirely justified in fighting this purportedly omnipotent foe, and we would need all the help we could get.

Who might be up to the task? The only one with experience in combating the Almighty, His archenemy, Satan.

Satan, at least according to the literature, has proved no slouch in fighting the Lord, thwarting His allegedly love-filled but in fact baleful designs on us, and enduring banishment from his ethereal homeland, all because he refused to submit to divine tyranny. You know the story: God supposedly booted Satan out of heaven for leading a revolt of his fellow angels outraged by God’s undemocratic, Hague-worthy governance and disdainful trampling over their rights.

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Satan, so the story goes, refused to accept the terms of his exile in hell and decided to get even. He ascended to the world and espied the Lord’s first two newly assembled naïfs ambling about in Eden, happy with what can only be termed a fool’s paradise, unaware of their unclothed state, so ignorant they could not tell the difference between Good and Evil.

To Tayler, and his apparent supporters at Salon, god is mankind’s “sworn enemy” while Satan is their ally in combating the Almighty. But remember, only crazed right wingers think that the liberal media is conducting psychological warfare on Christians throughout the country.

“THIS IS A DIRECT EXAMPLE OF A POPULAR LIBERAL WRITER GUSHING OVER THE GREATNESS OF SATAN; YET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BELIEVE THAT NO ONE IS ATTACKING THEIR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY?”

The piece continues to praise Satan for his wonderful attacks on god before quoting Milton, who the writer believes presented the story of Satan in such a way that made him out to be “wickedly cool, admirable and heroic.”

Careful readers might have noticed I took the last instance of Our Heavenly Father’s malfeasance not from the Bible, but from Milton’s incomparable seventeenth-century literary masterpiece, “Paradise Lost.” (Read it for the wondrous language, second only to that of Shakespeare, and for the back story on Satan, who makes ridiculously few appearances in the Bible.)

Whether Milton intended it or not, his opus presents the story of Satan’s revolt against God in such a way that Satan comes out looking wickedly cool, admirable and heroic in fighting the “tyranny of heaven,” resisting “Free and to none accountable, preferring/Hard liberty before the easy yoke/Of servile pomp,” and gifted with “the courage never to submit or yield.” Satan comes across as, well, diabolically clever, not one you could slither past in some sort of reptile costume.

Satan is a democrat, Milton tells us, ruling the nether realms by “the popular vote” – in other words, he has to persuade his subjects to support him, and doesn’t just bully them around, as does God. Up in heaven, however, you have to spend “hours in joy and hymning” praising your “Omnipotent/Immutable, Immortal, Infinite/Eternal King,” sucking up His abuse with relish. (No matter what Bush-era attorney general John Ashcroft seditiously said, kings are something we Americans are supposed to loath, no?)

How cute, Satan is just oh so clever and he’s even a democrat!

Tayler then moves on to perhaps the most important point of his article which is the literal rewriting of what being a follower of Satan actually means. This is pure psychological manipulation, using beliefs most moral people already have to then get them to support the Satanic Temple.

Enter the Satanic Temple, founded three years ago and presided over by Doug Mesner, aka Lucien Greaves. The 40-year-old Mesner embarked on his Satanic mission because, as he told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, the Temple “is an embodiment of [his] deeply held beliefs” that answers the “need for a counterbalance against the dominant religious privilege in America today.” The Temple now has forty thousand members. Joining involves not battening on the blood of newborns, but signing up online.

But one fact needs to be made clear immediately: neither Mesner nor the Temple’s other members believe in Satan or anything supernatural.

They are activists encouraging, says their website, “benevolence and empathy among all people,” the rejection of “tyrannical authority,” and the spread of “practical common sense and justice,” and hope to take part in “public affairs, wherever the issues might benefit from rational, Satanic insights.” They advocate the separation of church and state, which means, among other things, opposing prayer in schools and monuments to the Ten Commandments on public grounds.

Ahhh the wisdom of an anti Christian leftist! Greaves and his followers aren’t Satan worshipping scumbags but rather defenders against tyrannical authority and the first line of defense in the oh so important fight for the removal of the Ten Commandments from public grounds across the country!

The next three paragraphs in Tayler’s anti Christian manifesto point to what may become a much used talking point in the liberal mainstream media in order to push more and more Americans away from Christianity while re-branding Satanism as a loving, equality based movement. (emphasis mine)

A few days ago I spoke with Mesner by Skype. (We had met at the Atheist Alliance of America’s conference in Atlanta the previous weekend, where he delivered an address that is well worth a view.)

Articulate and clearly at peace with himself, straightaway he admitted to deriving his admiration for Satan from Milton’s poem and from Anatole France’s novel “Revenge of the Angels,” and called the Lord “the ultimate tyrant.” The church he viewed as “regressive and depraved,” and Jesus as a figure so liable to various interpretations that his name can be deployed by people with entirely divergent aims.

In order to “lead by example,” Mesner told me he refuses to apply to the IRS for tax exempt status, which he opposes on principle. The Satanic Temple’s income comes from crowdfunding through Indiegogo, and Mesner himself does other work to get by. In other words, in contradistinction to evangelists who fly around on tax-exempt private jets and live in tax-exempt mansions, he is not getting rich off his “ministry.”

Satanism, he went on to explain, means secularism, critical thinking, belief in the here and now, gender equality and a woman’s right to do as she sees fit with her body. It means, above all, “holding fast to a sense of ethics, having a good grasp on what your morals are, no matter what society around says.” Which rules any sort of God-based bunkum and mandates humanism.

There you have it! Satanists are actually just feminists who want equal rights for women (something only deranged social justice warriors think we do not already have in the US) and who simply believe in a sense of ethics and morals. On the other hand, those horrible Christians hate women, are racist, and are a threat to democracy.

Hate pieces like the one quoted above are becoming more and more common in the liberal mainstream media even as the same websites carrying anti Christian content insist that no one is out to get Christians. This is the classic definition of doublespeak.

What do you think?

Why is the liberal media promoting Satan while calling for disrespecting all Christians if there really is no such thing as a War on Christianity?

Note: Keep in mind that Tayler’s piece isn’t just the ramblings of a hate monger. It was prominently featured on a high traffic liberal mainstream news outlet that has a history of anti Christian bias. Make no mistake, Tayler’s beliefs are held by a startling number of left leaning extremists throughout every facet of the country.

This article originally appeared on Intellihub.com.