Rebuttal

Submitted by Nick (United States), Apr 12, 2006 at 16:20

The God of the Christians is not the god of Islam. Allah is the name of the old Arab moon god and was worshipped in Mecca long before Mohammed arrived. That is the reason cresent moons adorn mosques. The God of the Christians tells us to love all mankind, Allah tells his followers to spread this hateful cult through war and any other means available. The God of the Christians is knowable and one can have a relationship with Him. The god of Islam is unknowable. No, Christ was not a Muslim, sorry, that just doesn't fit any picture of objective realty. Christ taught that people are equal. Mohammed denegrates one half of the human race by keeping women in virtual slavery.

Speaking of slavery, Judeo-Christian civilization wiped out slavery, Islam still practices this degrading custom. Also the Koran is filled with inaccuracies which call the whole work into question. Sorry, the world isn't flat, so either Mohammed was lying or God is stupid and I don't think God is stupid. The sun doesn't set in a pool far to the west each night. Islam is intolerant. How many mosques exist in the West where people are free to worship as they choose without interference? How many churches exist in Saudi Arabia? In a clash between the West and Islam it isn't a clash of civilizations, it's a lash between the civilized world (the West and Islam.

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