Sunday, April 25, 2010

Franklin Graham Intolerant of Muslims?

It seems as if any Christian who makes a judgement regarding right and wrong is going to be called intolerant. Franklin Graham's statements regarding "true Islam" may have been a generalization about the way that all Muslims practice Islam, but they cannot be used to label him as intolerant of Muslims and it cannot be argued that teachings of such practices do not exist within Islam as well.

Jesus would condemn the sin of an individual or group of people; however, he also loved them, ate dinner with them, considered them friends.

Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse have seen first-hand the effects of people's sin in this world considering they are the ones who come in to clean up the mess. They have helped millions whose needs have risen from the consequences of morally wrong actions. Is this intolerance or love?

It appears as though sooner or later Christians' right to freedom of speech will be taken away because our beliefs regarding sin will be deemed offensive and hateful. And as the freedom of Christians to speak out against other religions begins to diminish because it will be called "intolerance," the freedom for anti-Christian lobbyists will continue to grow allowing them intolerance of the Christian faith.

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