05-04-2009, 05:47 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
<b>'AlShamms'</b>
Quote:I can understand your reservation for "loving" one's enemy. According to the world's view of it, loving one's enemy would indeed seem a useless and unusual activity. The purpose of loving one's enemy, is to show that just as Jehovah showed mercy and compassion for us who did not deserve it, so too, should we show mercy and compassion for those of our neighbors who don't deserve it. It's a spiritual way of showing our thanks to our God.
Even God/Jehovah does not LOVE those who don't deserve it, does he love a rapist? Or does he love believers equally as he love sinners? <b>Then he is unjust</b>!!! The idea of loving <i>ALL</i> as presented by Christians is yet another myth, sorry to say but listen to your Bible.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:<b> thou hatest all workers of iniquity</b>.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (Bible KJV, Psalms 5:1-6)
Please note, the verse plainly says that God <b>HATES</b> the <b>WORKERS OF INIQUITY</b>, it does not say that he hates the <i>SIN</i> or the <i>CRIME</i>, in other words God hates those who sin against him, <b>he hates HIS ENEMIES</b>.
Here is another verse for your reference:
As it is written, Jacob have I loved,<b> but Esau have I hated</b>. Romans 9:13
Paul here was quoting the OT as he said <b>IT IS WRITTEN </b>that God hated someone… here is the reference from OT…<b>And I hated Esau</b>, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness
. Malachi 1:3
As I told you, God does not love everybody as the Christians would make us believe, and so human being too can never love their enemies in the manner Jesus described. That's what M.H Hart said in his book, that this teaching can be found in a perfect world and not here on earth.
The God who commanded you not to receive us in your homes does not love us, the God who tells you not to wish us well, does not love us, and you are still trying to convince us that you love your enemy? Please......
Your Bible clearly states that you should never associate yourselves with unbelievers, and of course Muslims are considered by you as infidles, so i really can't understand your position, whether you go against the Bible's teaching or you did not come across these verses before? Read II Cor 6:14-17 for yourself.
Quote:No, I'm not coming to "spread" the Gospel according to the Scriptures...not me. I come so that when topics about the Christian faith come up, those who are muslim can have an accurate account of what the Bible means and what it means to be a follower of The Way.
I am sorry, but I get my knowledge of the Bible from people who have spend almost their entire life searching and studying nothing else but the Bible and the history of your scriptures, so what have you got compare to them is very little, and yet you are claiming that whatever they said about the Bible carry no weight and that it is better for us to be educated through you. i am sorry but this makes no sense to me at all.
Salam
Wael.