[Jamestown1630]

I didn’t know about Ahmadiyya - thanks for the lesson. Their thoughts on ‘Jihad’ are in great contrast to what we generally understand:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya#Distinct_teachings

I do know that there are Muslims - (my personal curiosity has so far been limited to Sufism) - who I’m sure abhor the radically politicized and fundamentalist interpretations that have led to these decades of terrorism.

There are highly developed, civilized and spiritually-minded Muslims in the world - they are not all bloodthirsty, ignorant animals. The Islamic world desperately needs those ones to step up with courage and become heroes.

[El Cid]

I worked in Silicon Valley for over 35 years. I can say that the people that I knew were Muslims (I didn’t ask, and generally they did not advertise) were honorable, and gracious, gentlemen. I liked them on a personal level. My problem is with the Koran. Yes, I understand the majority of Muslims ignore what the book espouses, but the Koran says what it says. Cognitive dissonance is the term that I believe is used. They have to keep two sets of books in their brains, and the fear is that they might get bitten with the ‘olde time religion’, and become infected with Sudden Jihadi syndrome.

I don’t have a good answer, but at a minimum, we should bring the Gospel to all.