I have to agree with a few points you have. I've never been comfortable with the hole missionary idea. I like that they help out people with education, heath care, etc. but never liked the idea of them saying "No, no, no. You're God is wrong, ours is right".
What if some tribe from a 3rd world country came here, gave us the cure for cancer, and then said "There is no God. Only Zartanos and he lives on the planet Zarthos. He created all of us. Don't believe me? Read this 2000 year old book then." Somehow I doubt they would be accepted in this country (and UK, Canada, etc.) yet we expect others to do the same. ~~ Dan -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Christian vs. Muslim On one hand I hate missionary scum. I think they should all be hung by their gentiles until they decide to leave other peoples religions alone. On the other hand, sending missionaries to Iraq will simply lend more credence to the Arabs propaganda that this is another crusade. On the third hand, I say let them go. When the local populace kills them for trying to convert them then maybe they'll get a clue. Please note that the above is due to my extreme dislike of missionaries, many of whom have it as their personal mission to convert my people to another religion. I'm not going into whose religion is right or anything in that area. I just don't think that people should be going around saying "worship MY God, yours is wrong" or "worship the one God MY way as yours is wrong" or any way they want to say it. As for the members of the community that are missionaries, they have never tried to convert me in any way, shape, or form and I have not tried to remove their faith through debate. It's a nice balance. :) > I heard something interesting on NPR today. Samaritan's Purse, a > christian charity run by Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, will be > sending missionaries to Iraq. Unfortunately Franlkin has been very > outspoken against the muslim religion. So how will the affect the > perception that this work is about christians vs muslims, a viewpoint > held by a some muslim leaders. Should we restrict who can go in there > during this time? > > Marlon > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
