Posted on 03/15/2006 4:25:25 PM PST by Dark Skies
He is going to catch it.
Call the politically correct police. The truth is out!
My son-in-law is a Muslim (from Pakistan, naturalized American citizen). He is not religious at all as nearly as I can tell. From what I know about, and through, him and his family members and friends, I agree with your statement. Islam, when taken seriously by its adherents, is a serious danger to the West.
I totally agree that if it were not for the Crusaders taking out Islam in Europe, they would all be sticking their butts in the air, chopping heads and stoning women daily.
I understand that. My point was that people who are bent on destruction will use whatever tools are available. The tool de jour is Islam, tomorrow it will be something else.
The point is, Islam per se is no more "evil" than Buddhism or Hinduism or any other non-Christian religion, and that there are just as many non-violent Muslims as non-violent Shintoists, for a variety of reasons.
No matter how He "explained" it, you cannot get away from the fact that accepting Him as Lord is the requirement, and the only requirement, for eternal life.
I believe islam (true islam) has shown itself to be quite evil...provided, of course, one believes that evil exists (and I, for one, do).
God does not have levels of "evil" and "wickedness." All non-believers are wicked and evil. In His eyes, the Hindus are everybit as evil as the Muslims. Arguably, as a % of the population, the Muslims are fairly moderate compared to, say, the Shintoist Japanese.
Graham should speak of authority or condemn to Muslim. As a priest, we should go there and rescue their soul. We need unite all the people to pray over to them. Remember, Kingdom of Heaven welcome everybody. Weapon can kill their faith. Only pray can smash their hatred in Heart. Remember Jeses say "...nobody are call good, only my Father..." Why he didn't claim he is good. Jesus is HUMBLE! We must sit down and discuss what went wrong with THEM! GOD bless you all!!
as long as graham only sticks to the word of God, anything he says will be sharper than any two edged sword.
When an arab kid blows himself up in a pizza joint he may imagine he is sacrificing himself, and thereby he shows he missed the point of Mt 9:13 and denies Christianity altogether.
Darn right. We need a lot more of it.
I think a lot of preachers have confused turning the other cheek with appeasement. Jesus never appeased.
I'm failing to see the point. EVERY Arab kid doesn't blow himself up when he is "dissed." (In fact, an incredible profile of some 400 AQ and Pale suicide bombers showed that most were upper-middle class, well-educated, and came from intact families. The point is, their parents obviously didn't teach thim this oddball interpretation of the Koran.
Both Revs. Franklin Graham and Pat Robertson are 100% correct about islam. Good for them for speaking the TRUTH about this hate-filled cult of death.
I am from small town GA but spent my career in NYC (loved it but didn't always love the choices I made).
Older and wiser now.
I actually am a native New Yorker. I lived in Savannah for a couple of years and am now back in NY (Dutchess County) studying nursing (to be lisenced as an RN).
Grrr...argh...make that "licensed". Duh!
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