Posted on 02/06/2006 5:41:14 PM PST by BlueJ7
Catholic priests in the church marking the spot where Jesus was believed to have been born said that during the five-week siege, Palestinians tore up some Bibles for toilet paper and removed many valuable sacramental objects, according to a May 15, 2002, report by the Washington Times.
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OK, so I just did a quick scan of WND. Between the blinking ads and content fitting for the checkout counter at the local grocery store, I suppose one could find meaningful content. My hope is that FR folks maintain better sources than WND.
Which is a very good point in this particular debate. It's quite clear that Moslems do, in fact, worship Mohammad's picture if it's shown to them.
"But I would refer to the burning bush and Moses bare feet again. Was he committing idolatry? Was the ground God?"
Moses was in the presence of God, manifest through the burning bush. If Moses or anyone else were to have returned to that spot, after the fact, and had begun to worship the bush itself, that would be idolatry.
It's still just paper.
I don't care. My God is more powerful than anything they can do to Him. I don't worship symbols, I worship Him, and He calls me not to be offended by trivia.
Sounds like a garbled tale from the New Testament doesn't it.
Muslim desecration of other religions will never get any press. MSM and their lefty handlers are on the side of the terrorists.
It's still just paper. God's Word is eternal ~ you can, as it were "hold it in your heart".
Try doing that with a book ~ ain't gonna' fit.
it was more an observation that the entire tale was/is suspect, because this supposed reverence would have prevented such a thing.
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I understand that there may be such respect among truly religious Muslims. You show more understanding than I for "the (muslim?)brotherhood" implying that "the tale is? suspect" I vividly remember this event and still feel my blood pressure raise thinking about it.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52445,00.html
If a Christian group had done this to a mosque, there would have been hell to pay. Just another case of Muslim's demonstrated contempt for everyone else on the globe.
. Muslims believe that a Messiah-type figure (Imam Mahdi, or the Mahdi) will appear (or re-appear) at a difficult period of history to restore the faith and ensure the final victory of Islam.
http://www.adishakti.org/prophecies/prophecy_18.htm
Andie74 - and without a shot being fired.
If I found an old Bible and many pages were missing or torn and it was beyond repair, then it would be OK to dispose of it.
If I, in an act of aggression towards Christianity, tore up a Bible and disposed of it in the parking lot of the local Baptist Church, then my that is different matter all together.
My futile act would be viewed by God and I will answer for actions.
Muslims show equal disrespect for the Bible, what it contains. To them it is all trash. If they do not respect your Holy Book, they will not respect you.
So where is the danger there?
It has the message of GRACE and JUDGEMENT and even though it is the only written record, if it is not believed plus nothing else, burn it, use it for toilet paper, it makes no difference concerning these lame and stupid misuses, the Bible has the message and the only message given unto man whereby he must be saved and GRACE or JUDGEMENT will still be the final payday someday depending upon each person's choice and not the silliness of how the Bible as a book was physically treated.
The question that EVERYONE will answer is this - "What did you do with Jesus?" - Repent and surrender to Him in obedience or Reject Him.
One day we will all meet Him, as Lord or as Judge.
I believe that Satan has deceived people through the prophecies of Mohammed and the Koran. Islam is one of his finest tools he has devised to lead people away from the TRUTH.
I do not disagree but I would say, without mentioning the name of the religion, that there is another cult that has inumerable numbers of followers in bondage that also blinds them from seeking the real Christ and His Word.
I believe it. What other religion promises an eternity of debauchery if you die while murdering others?
Islam is the religion of "Beavis and Butthead"...
"You mean we get to like, do chicks? ...and drink...beer? FOREVER!? Yeah, Islam is cool... heh...heheheh..."
see #59
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