Friday, August 8, 2008

Jewish Leader Says Evangelical Leaders Live In 'la la land" By Signing Agreement With Muslims


I couldn't agree with this Jewish leader more. Look at what a coalition of Evangelicals in the U.S. have signed up for from the story at One News Now:


At the conclusion of a recent four-day conference at Yale University, more than 150 Christian and Muslim leaders from around the globe announced the first step of the "Common Word" exchange drafted last November.

A statement released at the conclusion of the conference explains that "the intention behind the Common Word is not to foist the theology of one religions upon another or to attempt conversion."

Markell admits she is very skeptical about a pledge made by members of both faiths to spend one week per year sharing the "positive aspects" of the other's faith. "The mosques would talk about Christianity in a positive light. Christian churches would talk about Islam in a positive light," explains Markell. "...I don't believe there's a mosque in America that's going to say positive things about non-Muslims. And very sadly, I think they're will be evangelical pulpits that once a year will get up and say now here are some positive things about Islam," she laments.
And there you have it in a nutshell. The islamists have once again scored a coup against Christians in America. These Evangelical leaders, or fools as I would call them, actually expect muslims in America to sit in their mosques and praise Christianity? For pete's sakes, people, pick up a Qur'an and read the bloody thing! Christians are infidels and our only place in islam is to either convert to it or submit to it.

Jan Markell has it spot on and I give her credit for saying it. I'm disappointed in the first place with these Evangelicals in that they even shared a religious stage with the islamist charlatains. Not a one of them had the balls to stand up and question whether or not islam is actually a religion. This is further evidence of the dhimmification of America - something we have seen happen in Europe and now, our leaders are falling for the same "bridging" tactic the Europeans fell for. These Christian leaders think they are taking the high road here and reaching out while in essence, they are making their first pledge to bow to islam.


Evangelicals in 'la-la land' over Muslim agreement

The founder of a messianic Jewish ministry says evangelical leaders must be living in "la-la land" if they think Islamic imams will ever say positive things about Christianity, despite the release of a "cooperative statement."

At the conclusion of a recent four-day conference at Yale University, more than 150 Christian and Muslim leaders from around the globe announced the first step of the "Common Word" exchange drafted last November. The Christian representatives included the heads of both the National Association of Evangelicals (Leith Anderson) and the World Evangelical Alliance (Geoff Tunnicliffe). A statement released at the conclusion of the conference explains that "the intention behind the Common Word is not to foist the theology of one religions upon another or to attempt conversion."

According to a Reuters report, participants of the Yale gathering affirmed their support for freedom of religion and mutual respect. But Jan Markell, director of Olive Tree Ministries in Minnesota, has reservations about one particular aspect of the inter-faith agreement. Markell admits she is very skeptical about a pledge made by members of both faiths to spend one week per year sharing the "positive aspects" of the other's faith. "The mosques would talk about Christianity in a positive light. Christian churches would talk about Islam in a positive light," explains Markell. "...I don't believe there's a mosque in America that's going to say positive things about non-Muslims. And very sadly, I think they're will be evangelical pulpits that once a year will get up and say now here are some positive things about Islam," she laments.

Markell says the idea is "unrealistic, to put it mildly." She comments that these "evangelical" leaders apparently do not know that many American mosques are the breeding ground for radicals who are calling for the destruction of America and its takeover by Islam.

2 comments:

Bamidbar said...

Dearest Jan Markell, Director of Olive Tree Ministries in Minnesota-
Christians as infidels? Please produce your proof (from a credible source). I am no expert on Islam, but the Quran says V.2:62 "Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allâh and the Last Day and does righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." You can find more about Christianity in the Quran from Wikipedia, that is if you believe in actually studying this topic rather than going on hearsay or intuition.

‘I don't believe there's a mosque in America that's going to say positive things about non-Muslims.’

Now this statement is utterly sad. I grew up going to mosque at least once a week, and even more as I grew older. My mosque regularly attends and holds interfaith dialogues to bridge understanding, and it definitely sways the opinions of many skeptics on both sides. Every religious conference I’ve been to holds lectures on aspects of other faiths, and never have I heard anything hateful towards other faiths in these congregations. Why would you discourage dialogue and understanding between two groups of people whose religions have much more in common than not? Obviously, there is a great divide in understanding between Muslims and Christians. If you promote ignorance and hate, how are you any different from the ‘Muslim’ extremists that do the same?

Clearly you don’t know me or my mosque or my community, so please don’t associate us with extremists. I’m sure if you did know us, we could work together to promote faith in the world, as the lack of faith is the greatest enemy of faith. I love everyone, I feel unity with anyone that has faith, and I pray for guidance for those that do not have faith. May God Bless us all and give us the insight to achieve peaceful coexistence in this world.

Holger Awakens said...

First off, Shabana..the fact that you resort to "Wikipedia" for substantiation of your so-called religion shows a lack of integrity.

Secondly, you expect me to believe that your mosque has a Jew night every Friday night? Your ideology of hate is based on the destruction of Jews, not embracing their beliefs.

As for your implication that the Qur'an is just chock full of leniency towards Christians and Jews and Buddhists and Hindus...i offer up a portion of Sura 23:

The unbelievers will “groan in supplication” on the Day of Judgment (v. 64), but Allah will not help them (v. 65), because when the verses (“signs”) of the Qur’an were recited, they would turn their backs (v. 66) and scorn the Qur’an itself (v. 67).

So, because on Judgement Day I'll be clinging to my Holy Bible and scoffing at the fictional ramblings of mohammed means your allah won't help me, right?

Let's face it Shabana, what the passage you put here in comments refers to those Jews and Christians that SUBMIT to islam and convert.

Scurry along and try your little islamist propaganda at one of the leftist sites, they may be fooled by you.

:Holger Danske