Posted on 12/26/2013 5:45:07 PM PST by Olog-hai
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei marked Christmas Day with social media messages tying Jesus into political rhetoric directed at the United States.
“If Christ were among us today, he would not spare even a single moment to fight the leaders of despotism and global arrogance,” he said on Facebook, using the Islamic Republic’s favored term for America. […]
Seldom does a key Christian holiday pass without some Muslim leader making such assertions. The Qur’an depicts Jesus as one of many biblical prophets, but rejects his divinity (teaching that those who believe otherwise are deluded and cursed by Allah) and denies that Jesus was crucified—two central tenets of the Christian faith. …
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I do believe you are right about that though.
That is definitely His way.
My comment is more of a reaction from me personally on how I see that my country has strayed very far, and contemplating that does make me angry at times.
Jesus didn’t fight the Romans of his day he made them Christians. If Iran would give Jesus a try ...
Maybe all Iran sees of america is hollywood and porn industry and what our leaders say and do and who knows what else..... we are a terrible example of a messiah led nation... which is why we are not one.... we are a secular humanist nation...no country with 55 million dead babies in 40 years is messiah led...
They have their own version of “Jesus” from the Koran. Remember the prophecies about false Christs (Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22)?
The Lord of creation does not have to “fight” against anyone nor anything, you clueless 7th-century savage.
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