Where does this notion of dialogue with evil come from? It originates, in my opinion, partly from the concepts developed in the so called French Enlightenment period blended with a little cockeyed romanticism. In response to the perceived overbearing concept of the divine right of kings, a new view of man sprung up in the in18th century age of science and reason which said that man was born good, a so called 'noble savage'. I used to lecture my college students on the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau whose influential 1762 book, The Social Contract, stated that 'man is born free and everywhere is in chains'. Rousseau wrote that all men are good by nature but are corrupted and enslaved by kings and tyrants. This thought led to the French Revolution and the overthrow of the French monarchy. Unfortunately, the good noble savage when freed from royal authority proceeded to then butcher thousands of his own countrymen in the Reign of Terror. This happened because, as the Bible says, man is not inherently good but is by nature a fallen sinful creature that needs a Savior We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God.

This, what we call today, a secular progressive viewpoint, permeates Western Civilization. First of all, it results in nobody taking personal responsibility for their actions. Your mommy, daddy, husband, wife, grandpa, teacher, boss, Twinkies, dope, alcohol, or the infidels, made you do it. Since the notion of man as a sinner has been removed from societal discourse, then your misdeeds must be caused by something else because you all are basically good people. Secondly, this kind of mindset, leads one to believe that all problems can be worked out by just talking. People are of course basically all good and you can work out your differences. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful above all things.

It says in the Koran that one is not to lie unless one is defending Islam to an infidel. How can one then expect a dialogue to honestly resolve differences' Look at Arafat. He lied for a living. Look at Usama bin Laden or the President of Iran or the head of Hezbollah or of Hamas or the President of Syria. They all have repeatedly told us falsehoods. How can we expect an open dialogue with such unrepentant people to resolve anything'

Last year, Fox reporter Steve Centanni and his cameraman were kidnapped by Islamic terrorists. They were forced to 'convert' to Islam before a camera. They were coerced to read propaganda statements about how peaceful Islam really was while guns off camera were pointed at them. Once again, these fanatics lied to the viewing audience. How can one talk to people who try and convince you that Islam is a peaceful religion at the point of a gun, and if you don't convert they will kill you' One Muslim cleric just called Britney Spears a prostitute and told her to covert to Islam or he would cut her head off.That's peaceful!