Different Views

 

Andrew Carnegie said:

 

 “The whole scheme of Christian Salvation is diabolical as revealed by the creeds. An angry God, imagine such a creator of the universe. Angry at what he knew was coming and was himself responsible for. Then he sets himself about to beget a son, in order that the child should beg him to forgive the Sinner. This however he cannot or will not do. He must punish somebody--so the son offers himself up & our creator punishes the innocent youth, never heard of before--for the guilty and became reconciled to us. . . . . I decline to accept Salvation from such a fiend.”

 

He was an ordinary man and thought differently than Christians think and was as comfortable with his beliefs as we are with ours.

 

When our youth leave the shelter of the local congregation they meet people who believe differently than they believe and are unprepared

 

Consider; devout Muslims have the same reasons for being Muslim as Christians have for being Christian. And yet Christians do not find their reasons compelling. The Koran repeatedly declares that it is the perfect word of the creator of the universe. Muslims believe this as fully as Christians believe the Bible’s account of itself.  There is much literature describing the life of Muhammad that, from the point of view of Islam, proves that he was the most recent Prophet of God. Muhammad also assured his followers that Jesus was not divine and that anyone who believes otherwise will spend eternity in hell. Muslims are certain that Muhammad’s opinion on this subject, as on others, is infallible.

 

Why don’t Christians lose any sleep over whether to convert to Islam? Can Christians prove that Allah is not the one, true God? Can Christians prove that the archangel Gabriel did not visit Muhammad in his cave? Of course not. But Christians do not need to prove any of these things to reject the beliefs of Muslims as absurd. The burden is on them to prove that their beliefs about God and Muhammad are valid. They have not done this. They cannot do this. Muslims are simply not making claims about reality that can be corroborated. This is perfectly apparent to anyone who had not anesthetized himself with the dogma of Islam.

 

Christians know exactly what it is like to be an atheist with respect to the beliefs of Muslims. Isn’t it obvious that Muslims are fooling themselves? Isn’t it obvious that anyone who thinks the Koran is the perfect word of the creator of the universe had not read the book critically? Isn’t it obvious that the doctrine of Islam represents a near-perfect barrier to honest inquiry? Yes, these things are obvious. Understand that the way you view Islam is precisely the way devout Muslims view Christianity. And it is the way atheists view all religions.