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Muslums and Christians WORSHIP different Gods. In our civilization we afford everyone the RIGHT to worship or not worship however they decide. We are not obligated to "eliminate" those who believe differently than we. Muslums (in THEIR countries) do NOT afford others a right to worship freely a different belief. Parts of their teachings encourage the elimination of all beliefs except theirs. Being part of their belief system, this will NEVER change! "We" must be eliminated! (A cleansing of the earth).
This is a concept so "foreign" to us that we are constantly trying to "argue" our way around it and "get along". There is no way to get along with those convinced of the necessity to eliminate you. Stop trying.
You said, "In our civilization we afford everyone the RIGHT to worship or not worship however they decide."
That sounds good, but what that's really saying is "you worship what you want even if it's going total bunk." Christians shouldn't be such softies. I'm not pro-Muslim, but at least the Muslims stand up for what they believe, although they take it a little too far. I'd like to see a more missionary work and less "worship what you want."
You are a "Christian"?
Doesnt that mean a "follower of Christ"?
I have never read anywhere that during His lifetime on earth CHRIST did anything outwardly to not be a "softie" and insist that someone who believed something NOT do so.
He taught and we "follow" by recognizing that we cannot insist someone not believe what they believe. We uniquely as a country offer freedom to all to believe what they believe.
As His followers, we are to seek paths to hearts and lives to show (most often) through our own lives, treatment of others AND "missionary work" that OUR Christianity is THE WAY. That is not being softies....... it is being followers of Christ.
Have you looked around Temple Square lately in Salt Lake City.Commerce,commerce,commerce supported by the church.Nothing wrong with that but we cannot point a comdeming finger at one without pointing four fingers back at us.
Any one who stands up for what they believe are better off than those who have no beliefs.
1- Muslims do worship the same God as Christians. The word Allah means "God" in Arabic. Arab Christians use the same word when they talk about God.
2-There are only two sects or branches of Islam -- Sunnis and Shi'is. Neither technically considers the other group "infidels", although there is sometimes friction and in some places, unfortunately, violence between them.
3-Sufis, on the other hand, are Islamic mystics. It's about a more transcendental type of worship, and personal relationship with God. Sufis can be either Sunni or Shi'i.
4- It's not true that "Most" Sunnis are Wahhabis. This is a gross exageration. Wahhabism is a particularly conservative form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism is not even really a "group", (at least not in the political sense)-- it is more like a philosophy, or set of teachings, if you will. Although Wahhabis are Sunnis, most Sunnis are NOT Wahhabis. Bin Laden came from Saudi Arabia but he also joined up with the Taliban and radical Deobandi Islam. - more factors in the mix. None of them a majority.
I hope you know what a Christian is.
The persecution of the Christian church has taken on a different form than it had 2000 years ago. Rather than being attacked and ridiculed, the church has become (for most people, but not all) so everyday and normal that the fervor and zeal has greatly lessened and in many cases disappeared. Christians are not as active about spreading the Word and standing up for what they believe as once they were. This doesn't apply to all Christians -- there are still a few who are enthusiastic. Other religions flourish because they are diligent in missionary work. The Christian church in America has become rather stagnant.
Christians in America have become so "tolerant" that we are letting others worship idols and quietly doing our own thing. This is what I mean by being a softie. By the way, whenever Jesus was opposed he never said, "well you worship your God and I'll worship mine."
Any religion or religious adherent that uses any form of coersion, or the threat of it, to gain adherents is evil and has nothing to do with the God I worship, regardless of what it calls itself. One may disagree with the tenets of a religion, but as long as it sticks to words to persuade others to its beliefs, it may be annoying, but it is probably not inherently evil.