Why Mecca?

[Steve Consilvio]

Peace.......


Steve, what I find interesting is....I understood every question. And I was going to say you're asking questions that the muslims cannot answer. They do not know the Christ of the Bible nor do they know the Holy Spirit as evidenced by Yusef's comments. Now, this is in no way ment to be disrespectful to Yusef or any other muslim here....it's just a statement of fact. Much like how I've seen muslims say the non-muslim cannot understand the Qur'an if they do not read arabic. That being said let me address Yusef.

Well, I think Muslims do know Jesus, and many Christians know Muhammed. They are of the same spirit, as we all are. Sacred texts would not make us different, for a book is just a book, but the Word of God is the Word of God, no matter by whose hand it is written and in whichever tongue. Love and mercy is the universal virtue.


That said, there are many Christians who fear their Muslim and Jewish brothers, and many Muslims who fear their Christian and Jewish brothers. The excuses and reasons are all empty words, for the fear is not God speaking through them but the dark one. The dark one spreads fear, and he tricks the righteous into being unrighteous. For whom else would be better to seduce? Those that live in sin and depravity have already been conquered, thus where goodness gathers the dark one follows.


All men are unique. Some can be seduced with fear, others by their pride, and others by greed. There are three ways that men fall, and fall he does in some combination of these three.


My question is very simple: What makes something "holy"?


Is not the body a temple? What can be holier than the human form? (See Michaelangelo) Yet, men say that one temple is holy and another temple is not, simply because of the ideas in the person's head or their habit of worship. So man himself is not holy, only certain behaviors make him holy? That is preposterous. A child is innocent and can be taught to pray, but that does not make them wise in faith. If a monkey were trained to pray would its soul be given Grace? Of course not.


Thus what is holy has nothing to do with man. Man cannot make something holy, not can he disgrace something holy. He can, however, make himself holy or disgrace himself, as he so chooses. And how does he do this? He does it in how he treats others.


For thousands of years the hypocrites have boasted that they pray to God better than others, in all religions, but how do they treat others? Do they promote Love or War? Respect or Disrespect? Trust or mistrust?


How far do we travel down this road before we question where we are going and where we have been? I see many sins in my mirror. They do not belong to my religion, my clan or tribe or sect, my team or home court. I am an individual in a relationship with God, and the habits and mishabits of tradition are no comfort nor absolution. I cannot push a button and be redeemed, so why should praying in a certain way bring redemption? God is not an ATM machine of pre-programmed sequences. It is man that creates reasons and excuses. Even men who have witnessed miracles have remained stiff-necked.


For how many more thousands of years will we kill each other over "holy" dirt and colored dirt? We dig gold out of the ground only to lock it in a vault. It had no vaue in the ground; it has negative value when we hold it. Are these other things that we hold onto any different?