truthseeker63
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This makes me angry the West is saying they are not at war with Islam/Muslims yet they allow Christian Missionaries to go to Afghanistan and to Iraq ?
Missionaries Rushing to Iraq
By Austin Cline, About.com Guide December 28, 2003
Evangelical Christians want desperately to convert Muslims to Christianity. They feel that they have a golden opportunity in Afghanistan and Iraq because of the relative power of Western military forces there and the dire need of so many people for basic necessities like food and medicine - necessities which can be delivered in one hand while the other hand holds out a Bible. These Christian groups are starting to feel the need to rush, however, because they fear that once the Iraqi provision government assumes authority next year, they could be shut out.
Islam-Online reports:
The evangelical missionaries, who believe that Muslims and Christians do not worship the same God, are championing the future missions along with the International Mission Board (IMB), the missionary arm of the Southern Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination in America. ... In public, the groups put the emphasis on their delivery of food parcels and their medical work. However, their internal fund-raising materials emphasize mission work... "Children starved of attention and I could tell some of them have not eaten well. But their biggest need is to know the love of Christ," said Jim Walker, one of the Baptists. ... Describing Islam as "false" and "antichrist" religion, Hanna, along with other missionaries, went on training courses on how to proselytize Arab Muslims before visiting Iraq.
Now, there is nothing necessarily wrong with trying to convince a member of one religion to consider switching to a different religion. These attempted conversions do not, however, take place in a political, social, historical, or cultural vacuum. There are a lot of considerations here that go well beyond the simple question about whether one is to be a Christian or a Muslim.
Arabs in the Middle East have only negative associations when it comes to Christians marching in with an army to convert them. Many are already upset over the presence of American troops, but the presence of American aid workers trying to tempt people to apostasy (punishable by death) will only exacerbate the hostile feelings. The presence of missionaries should be tolerable, but the presence of aggressive proselytization in a culture that does not traditionally permit such a thing and which is still reeling from decades of tyranny and a recent military invasion is a poor idea at best.
http://atheism.about.com/b/2003/12/28/missionaries-rushing-to-iraq.htm
Missionaries Rushing to Iraq
By Austin Cline, About.com Guide December 28, 2003
Evangelical Christians want desperately to convert Muslims to Christianity. They feel that they have a golden opportunity in Afghanistan and Iraq because of the relative power of Western military forces there and the dire need of so many people for basic necessities like food and medicine - necessities which can be delivered in one hand while the other hand holds out a Bible. These Christian groups are starting to feel the need to rush, however, because they fear that once the Iraqi provision government assumes authority next year, they could be shut out.
Islam-Online reports:
The evangelical missionaries, who believe that Muslims and Christians do not worship the same God, are championing the future missions along with the International Mission Board (IMB), the missionary arm of the Southern Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination in America. ... In public, the groups put the emphasis on their delivery of food parcels and their medical work. However, their internal fund-raising materials emphasize mission work... "Children starved of attention and I could tell some of them have not eaten well. But their biggest need is to know the love of Christ," said Jim Walker, one of the Baptists. ... Describing Islam as "false" and "antichrist" religion, Hanna, along with other missionaries, went on training courses on how to proselytize Arab Muslims before visiting Iraq.
Now, there is nothing necessarily wrong with trying to convince a member of one religion to consider switching to a different religion. These attempted conversions do not, however, take place in a political, social, historical, or cultural vacuum. There are a lot of considerations here that go well beyond the simple question about whether one is to be a Christian or a Muslim.
Arabs in the Middle East have only negative associations when it comes to Christians marching in with an army to convert them. Many are already upset over the presence of American troops, but the presence of American aid workers trying to tempt people to apostasy (punishable by death) will only exacerbate the hostile feelings. The presence of missionaries should be tolerable, but the presence of aggressive proselytization in a culture that does not traditionally permit such a thing and which is still reeling from decades of tyranny and a recent military invasion is a poor idea at best.
http://atheism.about.com/b/2003/12/28/missionaries-rushing-to-iraq.htm