I do appreciate your response to my post. I tend to express myself somewhat assertively when I feel strongly about a subject. There are times when you wonder if what you are saying is completely accurate. My four years in Saudi and five in Kosovo gave me a background to understand this wave. If I didn't have that then doubts would be stronger and conviction would not be as assertive. Bottom line, we are in deep sh#$@T. The one thing that another poster mentioned was to befriend a muslim and turn them around. True, however, the loyality to family, friends and the Imams make it very difficult for one to turn from Muslim to any other faith. For some it means a death sentence. For others is exile and daily fear of their life.
Thanks,
Tom
Well, you can't beat something with nothing. Islam is a complete social system with deep personal ties within the family and community. On the one hand, we need to pursue and model a kind of Christianity that is also full-orbed and rich in relationships. On the other hand, we need to ask God to discredit Islam globally. Hey, it happened to communism. I grew up under the shadow of The Bomb, then one day the red menace was a joke, a hollow shell, and the people were devastated by the loss of their vector (force + direction) in life. And responsive to the gospel -- I was on a mission team to Ukraine in 1992.
I really think God, out of compassion for the billion or so muslims out there, will kick the props out from under that cult, and I pray it happens soon. OTOH, I pray even more fervantly that we might be ready when the door of opportunity swings open.