At the request of my father, who was 'fearful' after reading Dr. Jeremiah's book (especially chapter 4, Islamic Terrorism) and asked me to give my opinion, I read chapters 1 and 4. What intolerant rubbish!
Rev Jeremiah should be ashamed of himself. Here are a couple of the outrageous
things I read: 1. page 74 "1.4 million Muslims in America" is followed on page 80 with the ridiculous statement that "15-20%" of Muslims want to become suicide bombers! That works out to 250,000 Americans? What imaginary world is he living in? We'd have 50 attacks a day! Even rural America might have one every decade or so.
2. page 91 his childish comparison of the Bible and the Koran. Doesn't he know
that the Bible was not written down for 30-60 years after Jesus' death? Although I
think my faith has grown in recent years, it does not include an intolerant literal
interpretation of the human document we call the Bible. We see "through a glass darkly..."
One doesn't have to search very hard in our Bible to find some horrible
stories (?myths) about God ordering the murder of women and children (Numbers 31:17)
and "brothers, friends, and neighbors" (Exodus 32:27). I'm sure a hysterical Muslim
imam could take those passages out of context and paint an ugly picture of Christianity.
Fortunately, the vast majority of Muslims, like the vast majority of Christians, are sensible,
tolerant, reasonable people. "Three cups of tea" is a much better response. For 10% of the cost of the bombs and bullets and young lives we've used over there..........
I don't think this fearmongering will have a significant effect, but I still greatly resent it. So I didn't read and cannot comment on the other chapters of the book.
I'm going to put his book into the recycling bin, in hopes that the next time the
paper emerges, it can be put to better use than it was this time.Get more detail about What in the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore.
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