Muslims as compulsive liars

Submitted by RJ (United States), Jun 13, 2007 at 12:16

It isn't that Muslims are compulsive liars. The problem is that lying to your enemy is not considered bad in their culture as it is in ours. We have to be careful that we do not filter Muslim beliefs and practices through our Western Judeo-Christian mindset.

We react to the violence of what we call "radical terrorists" but from the perspective of the "terrorists" themselves they are not terrorists at all.

For example, if someone broke into your home in the dead of night and threatened to kill your spouse and children wouldn't you try to do whatever you could to protect yourself and your family? Including a violent reaction against the intruder?

In the eyes of the Muslim, people who do not believe in Allah are the equivalent of the intruder breaking into your house. Since Allah is the only God and Allah created and owns the world, then this entire planet is Allah's house and the Muslims are Allah's family. The existence of unbelievers is the same as allowing someone to break into your house and take up residency there. This is what fuels the Islamic machine.

In Christianity, we believe that God hates sin and there will be a day of Judgment for those who do not believe and refuse to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ. The difference between Christians and Muslims in this area is that Christians leave judgment in the hands of God while warning people to repent. Islam does not leave such judgment to Allah, instead they help him out by killing the unbelievers [i.e the intruder] and cleansing the house from defilement.

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