I employ you to listen to yourselves and to each other. Ask yourselves how Jesus would feel about the things you say and the way you say them. Ask yourself, if your statements, claims, half-truths, and out-right lies, intentional or otherwise, is the way that Jesus set out to spread the Gospel.
In all honesty, if I were not a Muslim and was seeking a religion, the comments and attitudes of Christians in this forum would not entice me to continue my investigation into the Christian faith.
Believe it or not, Muslims are told that Christians are the closest to us in faith.
A a very, very little known fact is that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had such confidence in the "righteousness" of the Christian King of what was then, Abyssinia, that he sent a group of Muslims there for protection when pagan Arabs had set out to destroy the Muslims.
The Christian King did in fact protect the Muslims. He told the Muslims that they were welcomed to stay in Abyssinia for as long as they wanted and, he told the pagan Arabs, with whom he had official diplomatic relations at the time, that the distance between Islam and Christianity was no greater than a line in the sand that was drawn with his staff.
Listen, wherever you go you'll hear the same thing...
muslims are NOT out there condemning the terrorist acts of other muslims
muslims are NOT out there trying to differentiate themselves from terrorist muslims
muslims are NOT out there trying to do anything to catch muslim terrorists
musims are NOT out there trying to prevent further terrorist attacks
Why not???
Your hypocrisy is stunning. You ally yourself with the religion of holy war and terrorism, and tell everyone else about how to be Christlike? I guess it's a little easier for you muslims. You can raid caravans and have sex with little girls and still be "Muhammedlike".
That's not surprising. Muslims are still protected today in predominately Christian nations, given freedom to build mosques and worship as they'd like. How many churches are there in Saudi Arabia??
"the distance between Islam and Christianity was no greater than a line in the sand that was drawn with his staff.
If that's the case, then why did the Muslims insist on the passages that adorn the Dome of the Rock? You know the ones I mean - they explicitly deny that God could have a son. That strikes at the heart of Christianity.
Let's turn it around: Christianity is just like Islam, except we Christians know that Muhammed was no prophet. You still maintain that it's a thin line?
I'm sorry, but Christian King was wrong. Christianity has no part with Islam...NONE. Islam may not co-opt Jesus in a sloppy "Hey, we think you're a good man and we actually like you" kind of way. Jesus is LORD and there is no other.
He is the Gate you must pass through to find safe pasture with God. You'll have to make a choice. You can't have Jesus Christ and keep Mohammed.