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MCJ (which has a new url, btw) has posted a piece about some bigoted minister and his comments about Islam. Read the piece and imagine if it had been said about Christianity. He claims that Muhammad was a pedophile, daemon possesed, and that Muslims do not worship the same God as Christians.
There is no doubt that the Prophet’s last wife was 6 when he married her and 9 when the marriage was consumated. This is another case of a 21st century puritan looking back on history through modern eyes with no concept of history or relativity. I am sure anyone caring to could find lots of things in the Bible that would not look too good under modern American morality standards. And then we could look at the behaviour of the Christian faith after its foundation, like the Inquisition, witch-trials, the Crusades (esp the Albi/Cathar one), et al.
This minister is a complete moron to say what he did. He adds nothing to the debate and is, in fact, fanning the flames of hatred. He has a right to say what he wants, and I have a right to call him an arsehole for saying it.
Like Falwell’s post-9/11 comments, these people just hand anti-Christians more cudgels to bash them and all other Christians with…
Bush is wise to stay out of the ruckus, though. It is good to see that Jewish groups were clever enough to condemn this statement from a prominent member of the Southern Baptist Convention. It would be nice to see “moderate” Christian groups condemning this bigot as well.
