It seems to me, that we conservatives, those of us who have actually read the Koran, are taking our hands-on knowledge of the Koran and insisting that all or most American Muslims [do] practice the more violent sections of their religious book with no regard as to what they actually believe.
Christianity has a similar problem. Many if not most Christian believe that the Old Testament is a part of the New Testament, at least as far as historicity is concerned. Me? I believe the Old Testament are the scriptures for the Jewish faith. As far as I am concerned, The New Testament is the end of the Old. Problem solved.
At any rate, the fact of the matter is this: most American Muslims simply ignore any instruction that calls for violence against their fellow man.
That is what is wrong with the billboard: It ignores the personal faith of several million American Muslims. They were raised "Muslim," and have come to ignore those passages that demand death to the Jewish/Christian unconverted population. I am one who is willing to allow them this inconsistency. Having said that, I do not trust them so I keep my distance, but this is a personal issue with me, and, does not violate their rights as American citizens.
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.” (Matthew 5:17)
ReplyDeleteJesus endorsed OT
While on Earth, Christ ministered exclusively to the Jew. See Matt 15:24. As a Jew, ministering to his Jewish brethren, he fulfilled the law as to obedience and obeyed the law as to sacrifice for sin.
DeleteIn fulfilling the law, he destroyed the wall between the Jew and the Gentile, and in doing that, he, the Nazarene, abolished the law for the purpose of setting mankind (Jews and Greeks) aright and united. Go to Ephesians 2:11 - 18. This passage presents His mission.
Obsfucating the issue. Jesus endorsed the OT.
DeleteHow silly. You know how to speel the word but you have no clue as to how to use it, at least, in the context of my part of the discussion.
DeleteFor starters, there is no "endorsement" of Old Law by Jesus if you mean "endorsement" in the typical sense. In Matt 5,6,7, Jesus compares the Old Law with his thinking . . . . hardly an endorsement of "the Law as written." Secondly, he died for the world throughout all time, but, ministered to the Jew only, while on earth. His death marked the end of the Law. If you are going to quote scripture, you really should take time to figure out the biblical context. You forget, when it comes to scripture, you have no background and I have a PhD level of formal knowledge.