Comments on: What will stop ISIS

By: Rev Jackson Agbor

Rev Jackson Agbor — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:03:21 +0000

The problem with most Westerners is their over simplification of complex issues with deep spiritual implications. This attitude influences even government policies. For a nation that has been blessed like USA to take the kind of anti-God, anti- Israel and anti-Bible positions that are presented in your media is to say the least ingratitude. You did nothing special before God to be so blessed. Wake up America! We are in a spiritual battle! ISIS and their cousins Boko Haram are the devil doing overtime. May God open the eyes of the American people like He did Gehazi’s. God bless America!

By: Bshaug

Bshaug — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:51:37 +0000

The Atlantic article is informative and indepth but it has many unsubstantiated claims. Read the Quran and the Hadith and you will see where it is wrong in some places. This is definitely a heart issue tied to religious beliefs. We are praying for the believers there- what a horrific situation! There is no explanation for the movement’s (ISIS) growth and anti-Jewish sediment but a spiritual issue.

By: Roberta M

Roberta M — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:57:24 +0000

Nicole, thanks for sharing that link. The article IS very long, but a “must read” as far as I am concerned. We can all draw our own conclusions from it.

By: Ruth Kramer

Ruth Kramer — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:20:39 +0000

In reply to Nicole.

Nicole, thanks for sharing your opinion. The issue of the radicalization is multi-faceted and economically complex. We don’t argue that. The point Tom Doyle is making is that the only thing that changes people who are part of these movements is a radical heart change. Take Saul of Tarsus, for example. He was a zealous persecutor of Christians–yet God changed his heart and he became one of the most outspoken of the apostles as Paul. For those living in those regions who are sharing the hope of Christ, they’re seeing and reporting change in people that is supernatural. He’s identifying the crux as spiritual warfare and calling all followers of Christ to pray for the hearts of the extremists to be changed like Saul of Tarsus.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:54:21 +0000

Both those answers sound a bit simplistic, honestly. There are a lot of deeper issues behind ISIS. I know this article is really long, but the author does a great job of digging into it, including interviews with some of the radicals he could reach.

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/