[Eala]

Is Islam now the "in" thing to defend to sabotage America

How perceptive! She has put her finger squarely on the issue.

And I say this having a Muslim colleague for whom I have the greatest respect and trust (and who, just a few days ago, decried to me what is being said and done in the name of Islam) -- and a former Muslim friend (now Christian) who tells me "Islam is the religion of the devil."

Given all this direct contact, it's still not easy to resolve exactly where or what "Islam" is (any more than "Christianity," given the wide differences between fundamentalism and catholicism, East versus West).

But one thing is inescapably clear: The Left has latched onto Islam as a weapon to wield against Western civilization. And the instant the Left has the upper hand and has no more need of Islam, Islam will be tossed into the same dustbin as Christianity.

[grannie9]

You nailed it.. How very true..

[jwh_Denver]

Islam will be tossed into the same dustbin as Christianity.

Think so? I wonder what God Almighty the Creator of the universe and spiritual Father of the Christians would say about some of His people being tossed into a dustbin?

[VOA]

a former Muslim friend (now Christian) who tells me "Islam is the religion of the devil."

After watching "Muhammad, Legacy of A Prophet", my take-home is that Muhammad was a
good businessman, tough as a warrior, shrewd at statecraft in a place
drenched in chaos, and great at landing the babes.
He cobbled together a system to keep rowdy Arabs together as a cohesive group
and grafted on some Jewish and Christian ideals to give him more respectability.

But a real prophet? No, just a formidable man.

Want a real spectrum of the dysfunctionalities of today's world of Islam?
Watch the PBS Frontline special titled "Muslims".
(PBS ran it the night after "Muhammad..."; I guess somebody at PBS headquarters
said it was time to cover their @$$e$...or lose their Congressional funding.)


it's still not easy to resolve exactly where or what "Islam" is (any more than
"Christianity," given the wide differences between fundamentalism and catholicism,
East versus West).

I can't really help you with all the different flavors of Islam...but for Christianity,
you might try "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, in case you haven't heard of it
before. It's a good discussion of the common thread of Christianity.

[tessalu]

I personally have friends who were born into Muslim families and desire to follow Christ, and they are living in Muslim countries under the threat of death. Most Americans can not imagine any country or anything that calls itself a "religion" to be so evil. It just is beyond the imagination of the average American.