https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxjH5hZYTbQ&t=184s
As an apologist who deals with Islam, I believe that we should be careful about the arguments that we use against them. They should be thought out and well researched. In terms of those blog posts on Surah 5, they actually came after carefully researching the passage through Islamic commentaries and the historical context and even field testing them against Muslims. A good example would be to look at Protestant arguments against Catholicism. Here’s an example:
- Catholicism is false because Hebrews 10 talks about one offering perfecting us all. How does this leave room for the Mass?
- Catholicism is false because Catholic’s worship the Pope.
Looking at these two arguments, we know that one is clever, researched, and articulate. It’s the kind of argument that James White or Ken Temple would present to a Catholic. The other one is based on stupidity and ignorance and no Catholic would ever respect it.
Believe it or not, the second argument has equivalents in dialogue with Muslims. It may not seem as ridiculous to us as most Westerner’s are unfamiliar with Islamic cultures. We need to be proper ambassadors for our faith. I recently wrote about Brittany Pettibone and Martin Sellner being banned from the United Kingdom. A young Canadian named Lauren Southen was also banned at the same time. Why was Lauren Southern banned?
Not long ago, Lauren Southern, Brittany Pettibone and a couple of their homosexual friends set up this anti-Muslim booth in Luton. It had Islamic symbols and the rainbow flag and they said that the Muslim God was a “gay God”? Apparently they did this to show the double standards of some left wing groups. As disgusting and morally depraved as the left is, I have more respect for them than Lauren Southern after this stupid stunt.
Why? Because the left doesn’t masquerade around the title of Christian. When Southern was banned for this stupidity she went on to tell about her Christian beliefs at a talk at the EU, thereby telling the world that she was an ambassador for Jesus Christ yet engaging in such stupidity. She never handed out tracts to Muslims and tried to explain who God or Jesus truly was. She just acted like a clown and said that Allah was a “gay God”.
Let’s do an exercise in empathy here. A Muslim sees a self-proclaiming Christian engaging in this stupidity. Even if he’s not very active in Islam, is he going to be drawn closer to the Christian faith or just conclude that this supposed Christian woman is ignorant, stupid and offensive? I think that all of my readers know the answer.
When many Muslims leave their home countries to come to the West, some of them aren’t very active in Islam. I see this as an opportunity. I’m not saying that we should preach to secular Muslims, over devout Muslims. A secular Muslim or a devout Muslim are both separated from truth and they both need to be evangelized. However, religion is a serious matter. As a Catholic, I believe that there are eternal consequences for following the wrong religion. Muhammad’s religion falls into that category. Most of those Muslims who witnessed the stupidity of Lauren Southern won’t take a second look at Christianity now. She even sounds worse than the Protestants who say that Catholic’s worship the Pope. Shame on you Lauren Southern. Please publicly repent of these horrible acts.
Thank you!! This is important.
These luminaries of the conservatives are dangerous as they carry this mixed message that leaves an odd impression at first, but now that you spelled it out, I see the danger is deeper than the exposed cleavage that bothered me up till now. Even Pettibone places her self in the limelight in a way that does not serve the story she is trying to tell.
I still will pray for them, but I hope that they might heed your warning.
They should take lessons from Edward Pentin. What do you think of him as a journalist?
Hi Maria,
Yes, this is dangerous. I will admit that when I was between 20 and 25 I thought the same way as Southern and Pettibone so I don’t blame them too much. However, I never did anything like this. Let’s hope that they learn the truth in time.
I’m not familiar with Edward Pentin. I’ll look him up though.
God Bless,
Allan
So she was just over here to make a splash and cause bother.
Hi Christopher,
She apparently wanted to expose some leftist double standards so she engaged in a travesty that did so much damage in our outreach to Muslims. Just Shameful.
God Bless,
Allan