Ali Sina of Faith Freedom fame has written this excellent piece on Defeating Islam. Please read it. It makes excellent reading, and eminent good sense.Mark Alexander
Ali Sina of Faith Freedom fame has written this excellent piece on Defeating Islam. Please read it. It makes excellent reading, and eminent good sense.Mark Alexander
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Mark,
Thank you for directing us to this excellent essay by Ali Sina!
This part is hits the target so well:
Think of Christianity as a beautiful sexy woman rapped in ragas. The more you strip her, the prettier she looks. When she is completely naked, you want to make love to her. Now compare Islam to an old witch, ugly and disgusting, but dressed in fanciful clothing and wearing a seductive mask. The more you strip her, the more frightening she looks. Once she removes her mask you want to run away.
We must keep stripping away the layers which hide the evil!
Typo! "This part hits" not "This part is hits." Sheesh!
This is indeed a great essay, Always.
JudahQ:
Ali Sina writes well on Islam, but his take on Christianity is a farce. Christianity is a worldview based on historical evidence and rational argument. It is a pity that he has to undermind his credibility in Christendom by his assertions that Christianity is mostly fantasy. His message may well be overlooked by Christians for this reason. It is unfortunate he was not more circumspect in what he had to say and simply stuck to the subject of Islam.
As I understand it, Ali Sina is an atheist. One can't expect an atheist to buy into everything Christians believe; otherwise he himself would have to become a Christian.
In view of the fact that he was writing as an atheist, I thought he was rather complimentary about Christianity.
Not all Christians can accept each and every Biblical story. Doubtless there are myths too. As we all know, stories become embellished through the ages. Go whisper a secret in someone's ear and check the story doing the rounds two or three weeks later. See how embellished the secret will have become.
I am not taking sides in this, but Ali Sina can hardly be expected to see things a Christian's way.
Having been brought up as a Muslim, and having taken years to rid himself of the myths of Islam, I can understand if he might feel he cannot warm to any other religion, even Christianity.
There are people who go to church who don't accept everything the Church has to teach anyway. Ali Sina can therefore hardly be criticized for not accepting them, too.
But I accept your view too, because you are speaking as a devout Christian.
In my opinion, in this almighty fight we have ahead of us with Islam, it helps us not to create a 'them and us' attitude with people who are fighting the cause with us. We are all in this together, JudahQ. Let us unite!
As an atheist, Ali Sina criticizes Christianity to a certain extent. But just the fact that he's an atheist and still sees the differences between Islam and Christianity makes his voice important.
We need all the voices we can get!
Always:
As an atheist, Ali Sina criticizes Christianity to a certain extent. But just the fact that he's an atheist and still sees the differences between Islam and Christianity makes his voice important.
We need all the voices we can get!
I'll drink to that!
JudahQ:
I am aware that Dr Sina is an authority on Islam and I have considerable respect for his views on that subject.
So have I.
My comment was one of dismay that he did not confine himself to speaking on that subject without using anti-Christian ad hominems. Many Christians do indeed have a worldly view of the Bible, inadequate skill in Scriptural exegesis, and poor knowledge of Christian apologia. But according to Dr Sina, a Christian is someone with a feeble mind (ad hominem). Such opinion detracted from his essay and may lessen the impact of his message on those whose minds he believes are thus enfeebled.
You obviously read that article from a different perspective than I. Being rather less sceptical about certain aspects of Christianity than I am, you obviously were miffed by things he wrote that either I didn't notice or simply were not bothered by.
Ali Sina, in my humble opinion, should not be criticized for not seeing things from quite the same perspective as a committed Christian; rather he should be praised for extolling the many virtues of Christianity when he is a committed atheist!
He does make some excellent points, and it is also a pity he was not more circumspect. There is no compulsion to be a Christian, but likewise no need to risk offending those he surely wants to be persuaded by his message.
He certainly didn't offend me. I suppose because there are certain aspects of Christian doctrine which I, too, find difficult to swallow. But for all that, it doesn't necessarily make me less good as a Christian.
One shouldn't judge other Christians at all, for it is up to God to judge them; but if I do at all, then I don't judge them by how much theology they understand; rather I judge them on how near to the Christian ideal they live their lives.
It is perfectly possible to know a heck of a lot about Christian theology and still be a bad Christian. The important thing is surely how well Christians put the principles of Christianity into practice.
I certainly do not feel either slighted or enfeebled by Ali Sina's judgements. He is entitled to his views.
JudahQ:
Your points are taken.
I agree 100% with Judahq's interpretation of the article. I wish I could've said it as well as she did. I also enjoyed her rebuttals---Well done Judahq!
Heather:
So glad to know that you are alive, well, and kicking! :-)
Your presence has been missed!
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