Yeah, it always comes to this. Illogic in the service of name-calling when some one senses he has no argument. So I'm a bad Christian and genocidal into the bargain? I'm a bad Christian because I don't recognize that someone who rejects Christ as The Savior is saved by Christ?
And I'm genocidal because I'm wary of people who revere and follow a “prophet” who spread his “religion SOLEY by the sword, who PERSONALLY raped and slaughtered with his own hands and called for the slaughter of all others who refuse to “submit” to Islam, and who have to the present day driven out all others WHERE EVER they have gained a majority?
Are people who recognized the Communists for the America hating threat that they were and are “genocidal” as well?
Christ died for anyone who would follow Him. Anyone who wants to CAN follow Him. But Christ can't help ANYONE who turns their back upon Him.
I am not saying we shouldn't be careful. I am as suspicious and wary of the growth of Islam in the west as anyone. A review of my time on FR will show that.
You're not really being called names, TB. I'm trying to share my pov. The Great Commission is incumbent upon His followers. Of course we are to be wise about our actions--we are NOT supposed to surrender to the forces of evil. We can agree on that, I am sure. Jesus didn't do that, and we shouldn't either.
Of course, he didn't go in guns blazing at every sinner, either. And neither did His followers.
If I misunderstood your position, I apologize--my position, in part, is that we must distinguish wisely between those with the label "Muslim" and the Islamofascists who wish us harm. There is a difference. I think that is what Franklin Graham was saying, and I am trying to echo the sentiment.
Can we allow for freedom of religion while insisting at the same time there is only one "way, truth and life"? I think history and practical experience tells us yes.