As to Ashar’s comment, I would gladly agree. Christianity is different and against human nature. The very idea that God would love totally depraved creatures so much that He would take on their likeness, and die in one of the worst ways ever known to man to save them, is totally unique. That’s part of what sets Christianity apart from every single religion on earth, including Islam. As to your premise, that is absolutely out of context. The Bible also has laws for things like that. Try reading the Old Testament for starters.

In Christ, Philip

Sincerely, Philip Spencer

You say that Jesus-Follower’s comments are his own, and therefore, you cannot be held responsible and neither can other Christians, yet you insist that I as well as other Muslims be held responsible for the comments made by other Muslims AND associate Islam with them as well. I think any reasonable person can see the hypocrisy in that.

My experience has taught me that many people will project themselves as being respectful and willing to learn about Islam, but their beliefs and intentions are quite the opposite. Jesus-follower is an example. In the above posts, he projects himself as some innocent guy who just wants dialogue with Muslims, but if you are familiar with his previous posts, you would know that that is just a smoke-screen, that he is not interested in dialogue, but to attack and defame Islam and Muslims. Now, I am not accusing you of being deceptive in your intentions, but I found it quite odd that you are insistent on Muslims “watching their tongue” so to speak, yet you do not say the same about your fellow Christians. If you had done that, I guarantee you that I would not have responded with suspicion and criticism. I am not angry at you, just disappointed. As I have made clear in many of my posts, I do not defame or attack Christianity or Christians in general, but when it comes to individuals who resort to bigotry and lies, I have no sympathy or respect.

Peace be upon you.

Concerning the Crusades and the Inquisition, if you are referring to my comment to Jesus-follower, perhaps you don’t realize that it was he who accused Islam of being responsible for the murders of many people, simply because the people who were responsible claimed to be Muslims. My response to this absurd statement was that people claiming to be Christians have done terrible things too, like the Crusades and Inquisition, and of course the Rwanda genocide. Read the whole statement before you make absurd allegations. I was not the one who accused Christianity of doing horrible things. It was your “brother” who resorted to such idiotic statements. And of course, in typical fashion, you failed to condemn that as well. Bravo!

Concerning your “brother”, you should know that this is not the only topic he posted on. He has posted elsewhere, and it was already clear from his rhetoric that he was a self-absorbed, nasty person. That was not “emotion and sheer disdain” lol.

I should tell you that I have many Christian friends, so I do not regard Christians as “hate-mongers”, although there are many. What struck me as odd about your initial response was that you were pointing the finger at Muslims for using what you call “defamatory names” but you did not condemn the language used by the missionary which this article dealt with, especially since it is supposedly not in line with the way a Christian should act. My point is that you should condemn your brethren for using “defamatory names” regarding Islam and Muslims, before you criticize Muslims for responding to such trash.