Re: [RC] Fwd: (gracEmail list) behind Muslim hostility (2)

[David R. Block]

The guy is a somewhat unorthodox Church of Christ fellow. He is basically a universalist when it comes to salvation. Everyone is saved. I do not know what his exposure to Islam is. David   To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.--Thomas Jefferson   On 10/10/2010 8:15 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote: As usual good message, but when you look at details, he hasn't really studied Islam, either,   see comments in text in BF     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   In a message dated 10/10/2010 6:03:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, david.r.bl...@verizon.net writes: To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.--Thomas Jefferson   -------- Original Message -------- Subject: (gracEmail list) behind Muslim hostility (2) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:59:00 -0400 From: Edward Fudge <edw...@edwardfudge.com> To: David Block <david.r.bl...@verizon.net> gracEmail® Edward Fudge BEHIND MUSLIM HOSTILITY (2) Click here to view any of 1100 past gracEmails on 100 popular topics. Several million Muslims in countries across the Middle East hate America. One of their complaints is that the American culture portrayed in movies and on television is corrupting the morals of their youths. Of course, millions of Americans bear no resemblance to the media version in question, but our world neighbors do not know that. In fact, the media stereotype of Americans as a people consumed with drugs, sex, and booze--or, equally misguided, with materialism, self-centeredness and entertainment, violates and contradicts Christ's call to us as his disciples also. When I make a Muslim's acquaintance, I think it good to point that out (while also listening respectfully as my acquaintance explains that not all Muslims are terrorists). The chance that we will have a Muslim acquaintance is increasing steadily. Although Muslim activists claim to represent six million or more U.S. Muslims, experts say those numbers are grossly exaggerated. A 2009 Pew Report is likely close to reality in saying that 2.5 million Muslims lived in the U.S. at that time, or one person out of every 125. The ratio in the U.K. is greater by 350%. Are Muslims by definition dangerous terrorists? Absolutely not. The Qur'an calls for jihad ("struggle"), which to pious Muslims describes the ongoing struggle of each individual to do what is right and not the wrong. Terrorists who equate jihad with murder do violence to their own scriptures. Horse poop. There are, by one count, 162 jihad verses in the Qur'an, and of these as many as 113 demand that able-bodied Muslim males should commit acts of physical violence to further the cause of Islam. This is indisputable and to say something else is to put one's ignorance on display. Which is anything I like to say about the author since what he wants to tell us is essentially for the Good.   As a teenager, I once observed a fundamentalist Baptist preacher leading the invocation for a large outdoor rally of the Ku Klux Klan. Scripture speaks of "our battle" and urges us to "fight the good fight," but whatever wickedness is done by the KKK, armed militias, or hatemongering "preachers" cannot rightly be blamed on the Bible or on genuine Christianity. Nor is it fair to put upright, reverent Muslims in the same class with murderous zealots who misuse the Qur'an for their own purposes. (continued) This is to misconstrue the actual meaning of the Qur'an. Who has he been listening to ? Why is he willing to express the equivalent of Muslim propaganda on behalf of Muslims.? More to the point, why doesn't he get some good scholarly literature ( Spencer, Pipes, Warraq, etc ) so that he actually knows what he is talking about ? No way in hell can the Bible and Qur'an be equated, they are drastically different, and to make such an equation is completely unjustified.   Billy R.   You are currently subscribed to edwardfudge as: david.r.bl...@verizon.net Add edw...@edwardfudge.com to your email address book to ensure delivery. Forward to a Friend  |  Manage Subscription  |   Subscribe  |   Unsubscribe -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org   -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org