I was thinking about you all day.
Of course, Hanson is a secular thinker speaking in behalf of a wider "Conservative" community, and not Christianity per se.
You? Me? I was reading this the other morning:
1Jo 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1Jo 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1Jo 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Which brought to mind what is stated in the Qu'ran and Islamic belief:
"They say: Allah has taken a Son (to Himself)! Glory be to Him: he is the Self-sufficient: his is what is in the heavens and what is in the Earth; you have no authority for this; do you say against Allah what you do not know? Say: Those who forge a lie against Allah shall not be successful." - Koran 10:68-69
"....the Christians call 'Christ the Son Of God'. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but intimate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth." - Koran 9: 30 [Ref.]
Thus, we get down to the very foundations of truth, something our "secular Post-modernist" society modeling morally relativism is adrift of. We can safely say that Islam (because we have all studied it extensively) is a antichrist belief system directly opposed to Christianity. Jesus Christ stated simply, '...I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." Joh 14:6. We can safely say that Mohammad is an attempted usurper of Christ's throne.
Therefore, as one man stated it, "Culture is religion externalized, and made specific," the clash of civilizations we see today between the "Christian" West and the Islamic world is rooted in the very conflict we see in the texts of the Bible and the Qu'ran, spiritual, and uncompromising—interfaith dialogues notwithstanding. Rick Warren and others are off the reservation if they think anything but challenging the error of Islam will work.
Resolution? ArmedArchConservative stated it pretty succinctly here. "The natural result of a thorough review of Judaism, Christianity, who share the same G_d, should be - the summary conversion of every open-minded, heartfelt scholarly inquirer from muhammadanism's madness to the eminent sanity, mercy, love, and justice of either becoming Jewish, or Christian."
Islam cannot be reformed, as it is not truth. Truth and error cannot live, naturally, in peace, especially with Islam's aggressive nature that appeals to the basest aspects of the unregenerate nature of man. These people need to come into the true light of the Gospel and be saved. Ultimately, they are in His hands.
Which brings us to the Internet. For example, my site continues to see a monthly increase in traffic, more and more from Middle Eastern countries. Our church's website, from talking to one of the tech guys months ago, continues to see a huge monthly increase as well. Huge.
With the new language tools such as GOOGLE, me, all of us, have a potentially transnational audience (so watch how you post), more so with Free Republic's high profile posture on the Internet (a lot of people from overseas post here) and in the Conservative world.
The Internet certainly is the new American/Roman Road.
In conclusion, this certainly does put all of us in a minority, but a minority that has access to some very effective and far reaching tools with formidable potential, the least being the basics of prayer for America and combat faith in the face of the gathering storm.
It's a great honor to serve with all of you in this great campaign of our times.