How can they reform if the prophet himself was a murderer?...yet this is the hope of many.
Ignorant as it may be, we Christians don't like giving up on anyone just as Christ saw the potential in all. This could actually be our down fall unless we see mass conversion of Muslims to Christianity in the next fifty years and even that prospect is dismal with the threat of death to any Muslim that converts.
Do you see any way around a massive religious war?
I don't foresee any mass conversions to Islam. I can
see, however, a "clash of civilizations" (the title to a
great book, by the way). I think it will be a struggle
between the values of Western civilization and those of
certain Islamic forces. We tend to forget that to an
Islamic jihadist there is no fear of death if he believes
he is furthering the cause (look at 9/11 and the vast
array of suicide bombers in the Middle East). This is why,
to me, the most frightening member of the axis of evil
is Iran. The very notion of jihadist mullahs with their
fingers on the button is too scary to contemplate. Let's
hope Israel will take them out before their nuclear
weapons program is complete! Historically, sanctions
don't work nor will a bunch of "Inspector Cluzots" from
the U.N. I hope I'm wrong but I just can't see any reform
from within.
No.
Let's do it now, before they get the bomb.