Comments on: I Want You To Look Just Like Me http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/01/23/i-want-you-to-look-just-like-me/ My rantings and ravings in this interesting world. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Patty http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/01/23/i-want-you-to-look-just-like-me/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Patty Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:21:06 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=64#comment-87 Makes you realize just how often the folks over there are reading our papers and watching CNN, doesn't it? Makes you realize just how often the folks over there are reading our papers and watching CNN, doesn’t it?

]]> By: quicksilver http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/01/23/i-want-you-to-look-just-like-me/comment-page-1/#comment-80 quicksilver Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:05:21 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=64#comment-80 We can't just say "someone needs to stop the influx of Muslims" because that is discriminatory and runs counter to America's most basic tenets. Yes Islam is a threat, and yes it's designed to conquer the world by any means necessary, but in a worldly viewpoint, it is wrong to deny Muslims a life here. Sure we as Christians aren't afforded the same rights in Muslim lands, but that is hardly an argument. My point is, instead of responding with a desire to harm or oppress Muslims as revenge for our own impositions, we should actually welcome Muslims into our land and work to bring them the gospel in a spirit of Christ's love. I think one of the major problems with the pervasiveness of Islam these days is because Christians around the world have been ignoring Matthew 28, also known as "the great commission." I think it comes from this postmodern thought that "your beliefs are just as valid as mine." which certainly is not the case. Islam is a vile and disgusting religion, but that doesn't mean all its adherents are, too. As for the school thing: yeah, they're idiots. :) We can’t just say “someone needs to stop the influx of Muslims” because that is discriminatory and runs counter to America’s most basic tenets. Yes Islam is a threat, and yes it’s designed to conquer the world by any means necessary, but in a worldly viewpoint, it is wrong to deny Muslims a life here. Sure we as Christians aren’t afforded the same rights in Muslim lands, but that is hardly an argument.

My point is, instead of responding with a desire to harm or oppress Muslims as revenge for our own impositions, we should actually welcome Muslims into our land and work to bring them the gospel in a spirit of Christ’s love.

I think one of the major problems with the pervasiveness of Islam these days is because Christians around the world have been ignoring Matthew 28, also known as “the great commission.” I think it comes from this postmodern thought that “your beliefs are just as valid as mine.” which certainly is not the case. Islam is a vile and disgusting religion, but that doesn’t mean all its adherents are, too.

As for the school thing: yeah, they’re idiots. :)

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