[Sally II]

"Islamic "fundamentalism" is not a species apart from other fundamentalisms, including the Christian, Jewish, and Hindu varieties."

. . . and let's not forget the pernicious (and least openly discussed) humanist and athiestic fundamentalism. Or how about Communist fundamentalism? One could argue that some aspects of humanist fundamentalism shares more common goals with islamic fundamentalists than with any other religion. That would explain why they are far more willing to embrace and understand Islam, and why they continue to perpetuate false stereotypes of Christians.

[chance33_98]

And we should not forget too that christian fundamentalism if truly biblical based does not state we should by legal means implement our beliefs - the goal is to share the gospel and change the heart, not to do things by force. If the goevernment allows abortions it does mean we should partake of them (as an example) - and if we do not like the law in our society we would (should) go about peaceful means to change the hearts and minds through prayer and revival.

The islamic method of conversion is a bit more violent at the core. We can easily go back in history and point out the mistakes of leaders who said they were christians and then point to the bible to show they were wrong in their actions - in islam we would point to the koran to show them they were not vicious enough. The CORE is different, and that is where I am looking. Thanks for the post!