How would you feel if your pastor stood in the pulpit this past Sunday opened what you believed to be his Bible and then started to read passages completely unfamiliar to you. Then in the midst of the reading you hear him say Allah instead of God and you realize he is reading not from his Bible, but from the Quran.
How would you feel and what would you do?
If this didn’t happen to you yesterday, count yourself fortunate because it did happen to a number people sitting in Christian churches across America.
Social activists involved with Faith Shared, a program of Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First were trying to promote tolerance and respect of Islam and counter opposition to the Muslim faith. So starting with the National Cathedral in Washington DC, at least fifty other churches in twenty-six states joined in the effort to host readings from the Quran.
The effort is meant to counter what they refer to as ‘anti-Muslim bigotry and negative stereotypes’ that have been growing in the US. By getting prominent national and local churches to read from the Quran and teach their congregations about Islam, the Alliance believes it will help make Christians more knowledgeable and tolerant of Islam.
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, president of Interfaith Alliance said:
Those that read from that vile book, who didn't speak up against it, sat there quietly or still remain members of those churches;
ReplyDeleteThey will rot in hell.
They should have stormed out of the church.
ReplyDeleteG*d knows I would have stood and rebuked the pastor -- right there in front of G*d and everybody -- before walking out.
ReplyDeleteI'd also have paused at the door to knock the dust from my shoes before leaving.
"Tolerance" is no virtue when it includes the intolerable.
It's bad enough that The Enemy has taken over our schools, our colleges and damn near all the rest of our public institutions. It's beyond despicable that they've managed to take over our Churches as well!
Un--friging-real!
It's beyond despicable that they've managed to take over our Churches as well!
ReplyDeleteNever would have thought.
MEthodists, for sure. Many catholic parishes. IIRC the Episcopalians just split over ordination of open/practicing homos.
ReplyDeleteIt's just incredible.
We need McCarthy now more than ever!
Episcopalians just split over ordination of open/practicing homos.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was raised in this church by Dr. Peters a most worthy soul born in England. My Lord, how times have changed.