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Subject: Islamic View of Crucifixion? |
Bible Note: EdB, I apologize for not acknowledging all of your previous “correct” assessments of Islam. It is brutal. It is hateful. It is wide-spread. Please forgive me, if you feel I wasn’t given you a “fair ear”. I DO appreciate ALL that you have shared on this topic (and, I would like to add, other topics as well). When I worked in the Middle East, the animosity between the Muslims reminded me of the same thing between the denominations of the Christian Churches, both world-wide and in neighborhoods. Egyptians hate Lebanese which hate Jordanians, which hate Libyans etc. etc. Lutherans "don't love" Baptists, Baptists "don't love" Pentecostals etc. etc. That said, I must add, it doesn’t take much to understand that to the “world at large”, Christianity, (remember Ireland?) Judaism and Hinduism seem brutal. And less we wrongly conclude that “it’s only the religious” who are brutal, we can’t forget the “godless” communists’ brutality against its own too. You mentioned that there are 10 Mosques in your city now. That tells me there are numerous Muslims in your “world”. I’m please to read that you acknowledge their need. In my area, the Muslims meet in a small house. Since 9-11, many Muslim (and other “religions”) students which would have come from around the globe – haven’t returned. EdB, why do you think my wife and I “choose” to go to the Middle East? We had always ministered to our neighbors in the south. The people in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador (during its civil war), and Honduras’ interior, welcomed us and the Gospel. In Luke 10, Jesus instructed His disciples to “ask the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers, because the harvest is rich, but the laborers are few.” In the Muslim world the laborers are where the fewest go. If the Muslim world (the 10-40 window) had the same ratio of “Christian workers”, as we experience here in the good ‘ol U.S.A., there would be 5,000,000 “workers” just for the Muslims. The actual numbers are rising, but are so far from efficient. And, just like many “Christians” are that by name only, so are Muslims. We need to reach those who are “radical as Paul was when he was Saul” and also those who merely want to get through this life and hope for the best in the next one. The later is the most of the Muslim world, in my assessment. This is just a thought, but, do you suppose the reason this country has had so many Muslims come here is because God knows they can easier find Him here than they could at home? That, because so many of us didn’t answer His call to go to them, or at least pray that others would go? That the Lord of the harvest merely said, “OK, because enough to get the job done right didn’t go into all the world, I’ll just bring all the world to you.” It’s a scary thought that even when they are right next door, we STILL might not do what He commands us to do. “Love thy neighbor as yourself comes to mind.” And the conviction - “practice what you ‘preach’, Taleb”, does also. Blessings, Taleb |