Muslims: Evil or Misunderstood
To stop any outrage first off, let me first tell you where I stand. I am a Christian who believes in God. Do I believe that this country should adopt the Muslim ways and customs? NO. But I do believe that we still live in a country of freedom of religion and that everyone one should still be free from persecution to practice what ever religion they choose to practice. I also believe that just because I do not believe in another person's ways , does not mean that I can show them disrespect. With that said I am going to walk you through the basics of the Muslim religion.
First off Muslim is an extension of Christianity. Muslims believe in God, they just call him Allah. To the Muslims Jesus was a messenger of God. Unlike mainstream Christians who believe he was the son of God. Not to different so far from what mainstream Christians believe. After all Jews don't believe that Jesus was the son of God either. But the majority of this country don't fear Jews right?
Now let's look at the six basic beliefs of the Muslim religion and lets see if it differs to much from what we believe.
1. Muslims believe there is only one God. ( Which they call Allah)
Ok God has been called many things to even Christians but it still remains that he is God and that there is only one.
2. Muslims believe in all of the sacred texts. The Bible, Qur'an and the Torah.
Christians believe in the Bible. Mormons are Christians and they believe in the Book of Mormon. So once again Muslims really don't differ that much.
3. Muslims believe in God's messengers.
A lot of Christian religions believe in prophets.
4. Muslims believe in angels.
Hey so does the majority of this world. Can't call them insane on this point either.
5. Muslims believe in Judgment Day. Heaven and Hell.
I remember Sunday School's teaching of streets paved with gold in heaven and fire and brimstone in hell. Every sector of Christianity has it's on take on heaven and hell.
6. Muslims believe that everything is predestined by God. (Allah)
Hey a lot of people believe in destiny. So not to far off the beaten path on this one either.
Now that I have shown you the six basic beliefs of the Muslim religion and compared it to mainstream Christianity , lets talk about what has most people in an uproar. Muslims and Terrorists. There is a big difference between Muslims and terrorists. Muslims are human beings that practice this form of religion. Terrorist are evil people hiding behind the name of a religion to justify their actions. These evil people do not represent the whole of the religion. Terrorist have one agenda. To make people live in fear. By hiding behind the Muslim religion and doing horrible acts in the name of Allah( which is just another name for God, by the way) they are able to fuel the fear that they so desperately want to instill in other people.
How many people died in the name of God and Christianity during the Crusades? Countless. But as Christians we do not fear other Christians and hold them accountable for what those evil people did to other human beings. Looking at from that angle how can you hold a Muslim accountable for what a terrorist did? Muslims did not crash those planes into the World Trade Center. Hateful, evil individuals did that.
Seeing now how similar the Muslim religion really is to Christianity, can you now still hold hatred for them? Or fear them when you see them on the street? Don't let the terrorist win the game they are playing. Yes Muslims have different customs and ways of doing things. I bet I don't do things like you do and you don't do things just like your neighbor does them. So what people that is what makes this country so great. The freedom to express ourselves in our own way.
It is time this country banned together and spoke with one voice. That one voice shouting out at the terrorists and oppressors of the world and saying I will stand next to my Muslim brethren to fight against you. I will no longer allow you stand behind any religion and justify your crimes. Once this can happen then the terrorist can finally be beaten. But we as individuals in this country have to drop our fears, racism and hatred of other religions and all of us stand together as Americans.
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42 Comments
Post a Commentdont brun quran...but for curb our dog" pooh
allah = pig...so muslim not eats they god
No single person can be judged by the act of an entire group. Haven't you been to school?(i doubt it) If you have(i doubt again) you should remember how your teacher would punish your entire class for the misdeeds of a small group or single person in the class...anyone educated nows not to be racist
@antimuslim......only 6% of the worlds terrorists and are Muslim-influenced, around the same number are Jewish-influenced, and most are either Christian-influenced (no offense) or other. Besides, the KKK claims to be doing their deeds in the name of Christianity but nobody sees all Christians like that.
Just for the record, I'm a linguist and a learner of languages. I would like to point out that the Aramaic word for "God" is "Elahh" and the Hebrew word is "Elohim". The Bible always refers to God as "Elohim" in the Hebrew. In English, we translated that word as "God". In Arabic (notably Turkish) Christian Bibles, the word is translated as "Allah". Allah is not the name of a god (specifically the moon god, as many believe), but a generic term for "god". Yes, I own a Turkish Bible (Christian), and it refers to the Christian God as Allah.
for one thing your uneducated! NEITHER are real but they both are the same Allah and the christain God in both religions. READ A BOOK I mean READ LOTS OF BOOKS
This is one of the most uneducated, ignorant 'explanations' of what a Muslim is that I have ever read. In NO way are Allah and God the same....for one God exists and Allah is a figment of a pagan religions imagination! Get an education and try again!
Dr. E
They are evil and stupiid. Why do they keep wearing that crap that conceals WMDs so easily ? !!!!!!!!!!!! Send them all home. By the way, there are no virgin Muslims - they are screwed when conceived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they said that not all MUSLIMS are bad but most of the terrorist are MUSLIMS ????????? and trouble makers violent uncivilized lunatics.
The aurthor of this article is not very well informed. To make an obvious error in stating that Mormons are Christians, which they aren't, made me disinterested in reading the rest of the article. There are essentials to the Christian faith which Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses do not hold to. I believe Mormons may call themselves Christians, but they are not. They most likely do this because the want to be accepted as being mainstream Christianity. JW's know they aren't Christians that's why you'll never hear them refer to themselves as such.
What makes a lie a good lie is it's relative closeness to the truth but at the same time not holding to the essentials that make the truth "The Truth".