Posted on 09/18/2006 5:03:05 AM PDT by 7thson
I want to say first off that I do not mean to be critical or hurtful of Christianity or the Bible. My remarks in no way are meant to be derogatory to any Christian religion. So please, if you take offense, I do not mean to cause offense.
Reading some of the posts concerning the Pope's statemetn of last week got me thinking of Islam in general. How many Freepers have read the Bible - Old and New Testament? Has it struck you how the Muslims are acting now is basically how the Jews and others acted in the Bible from thousands of years ago. Take Jesus and the way he was handed over to the Romans. The pulling of the beard, striking him in the face, spiting on him, hitting him when he is tied up and blind-folded. How Saul was hell bent on killing Christians until he had his Road to Damascus moment. Over the next 2000 years, Christianity has stumbled along but basically tries to do right. IMO, I think Islam cannot follow the same path because the message preached is not one of love and forgiveness but of hate, murder, and forced conversion. I suppose I have nothing really new to say or to add what others here have been saying. Will there ever come a time when people have enough of Islam?
Your confusing Judaism and Christianity.
Islam can't follow the same path because it's a Satanic death cult, not a religion.
Uh... it can't follow the same path, because it isn't Christianity.
You got it in one!
On the contrary...your conclusion about Christianity is that it has tried to do it right.
I don't see your remarks as critical of Christianity.
The blood and mayhem of the Old Testament was not based on general orders from G-D but were limited by time and place and targets. It did not pertain after the Israelite conquest and occupation of the Holy Land. You cannot liken that to the Jihad of the Mohammedans which is limited only to the Human population of the world. The Christian command to go and spread Christianity was specifically to be accomplished by peaceful means of persuasion. Spread the Good News and all that. Neither Christians nor Jews are commanded to convert or kill all others. There is no comparison.
Please explain. I was attempting to compare actions from the Bible to actions used today.
Mel, is that you?
Neither is Hindu or Buhda, but you do not see them killing nuns, burn down Christian churches, flying planes into buildings, etc.
I don't remember anything in either Testament dealing with locking young girls in a burning building, refusing to let them out because they didn't have head to toe coverings on, and watching them burn to death...Saudi Arabia.
Or, gangraping a Masters Degree candidate because she had too much education...Pakistan.
Or, why go on? There is no comparison. They may be acting as tribal, totem, pagan, taboo believers, but it isn't in the same context as Judeo-Christian history.
Islam is just plain evil disguised as a religion. It is the reverse mirror image of Christianity. It does not turn the heart or will. It merely turns reason into a fixed set of incompatible beliefs that become unreasoning, unthinking reflexes. A man cannot look at a woman because it causes sexual arousal. Notice the man's attitude, heart, and mind are not engaged. Just the genitals and the evil that women cause.
I hit that point about 5 years ago.
Good point - history records that millions of innocents have been killed under orders from the popes. But it was the men who were evil not the religion nor it's Messiah.
shalom
There is no inherent evil in Christianity as set forth in the New Testament, flowing from the words and character of Jesus. However, there have been those who call themselves Christians who have practiced evil "in God's name." In contrast, the Muslim faith seems inherently evil...demanding the death of infidels on the pages of its "holy" book. I don't see how anything good can flow from that. It is stuck in medieval times w/all of its barbarism and ignorance.
Your last statement is what I agree with. It is evidently plain to see. I can understand the media not wanting to promote that message. I can understand why politicians are loathe to promote that message. I cannot understand why men of faith are loathe to promote that message. I have been of the belief for some time that our WOT cannot be won if we do nothing to replace their ideology. Are we promoting Christianity in Irag and Afghanistan?
*snicker*
That is the principle difference between those faiths and Islam.
Are you trying to say I am anti-Jew? That is laughable. I used the Jews because they were Jews back then. I do not think God was attempting to subplant Judaism but was trying to push the Jews back onto the path he wanted them to follow. My incomplete thought was that the Jews back in Jesus time acted in the same manner as the Muslims are today. Yet, over the centuries, the Jews ceased acting like that. Though they are not Christians, why have they exceled over the centuries and Islam has not? I believe it goes back to what another poster stated - Judaism does not call for forceful conversion.
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