tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892279374914021716.post7224413577571087842..comments2021-08-09T18:30:37.052-07:00Comments on Quincy Wheeler's Blog: Five Reasons Christians Should Read Khaled HosseiniQuincy Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17883297875831197985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892279374914021716.post-26180111707890214482015-09-05T08:07:15.086-07:002015-09-05T08:07:15.086-07:00Caleb, thank you so much for your well-thought out...Caleb, thank you so much for your well-thought out comment. I intend to go back and reread the Koran and examine my approach to this issue. I am aware of the incredible darkness within the Koran, and the tremendous violence perpetrated by Muhammed. It was NOT established as a religion of peace and love, and I should have made that clear, here. My point is that the practice of Islam today and the interpretation of the Koran by many devout Muslims is often times a practice of peace and love. They reinterpret their religion by some of those earlier passages you mention, and discount the later passages and the oppression found in their history. THAT is what I think we should acknowledge and for which I think we can show appreciation. Thank you for your correction, brother.Quincy Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883297875831197985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892279374914021716.post-34238602776995664622015-09-04T12:37:02.371-07:002015-09-04T12:37:02.371-07:00Quincy, I need to disagree with you a bit on point...Quincy, I need to disagree with you a bit on point 2. I certainly can't say I'm more informed on Islam and its roots than you are but I have researched it and have personally found nothing but evil in its ideology and theology. Not only because it leads its followers away from Jesus but because it actively encourages them to do evil in "god's" name.<br /><br />In the Quran you can find countless directives to do evil of every kind: Murder, Lying, Conquest, Rape, Slavery. While it is true there are sections (particularly in the earlier chapters) that speak of peace and tolerance these are made hollow by the horrific actions of Muhammad himself and his claims to divine justification for those actions.<br /><br />History also shows that while both Christianity and Islam have had their good and evil claimants, Islam has always been an evil influence dragging its practitioners toward barbarism and hatred. Christianity on the other hand has always been a force for good, dragging its adherents (however slowly) toward peace and love.<br /><br />I want to be clear that I'm only talking about Islam itself, not individual Muslims. The majority are almost certainly decent people trying to live as best they can. Most human beings, Christian or not, desire to do good because of the innate calling of the Holy Spirit. Any good or beauty that exists within the Islamic world is due only to this desire and is in spite of Islam.<br /><br />To sum up my thoughts I would say that Muslims are children of God with a spark of the divine just as each of us are and that we as Christians have a duty to love, understand, accept, and witness to all of them in the best way we can. But Islam itself is an evil akin to Nazism and Leninism and to ignore that fact would be a mistake.<br /><br />One final thought is that I would be more than willing to admit if I am wrong in any of my thoughts here. I have stated things definitively only because its easier than adding a lot of "from what I've read..." and "based on what I know..." and "I think..." statements. While I have researched Islam's history, origins, and theologies it has not been exhaustive or total.Caleb Franknoreply@blogger.com