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Old 10-23-2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilosopherWarrior View Post
Is it my imagination.. or are there two different positions taken by this man?

Maybe it is because of who he is writing TO?
It's not your imagination. I have read articles by several authors just like this man, who claim to be "unbiased" in their views toward Islam and Christianity but who are in fact very suspect. He shows a remarkable bravado toward Islam that tends to feed the very anger that he claims he’s trying to quell. All the while he’s admonishing Evangelical Christians for growing angrier about the numerous attacks and attempts to attack us and how those attacks are supported by Islam. How unbiased is that?

Likewise, in his attempt to admonish Christian Evangelicals for speaking out about the unprovoked violence promoted in the Qur’an he makes the same mistake most Muslims make. The only sources he seems to find to back up his admonishment don’t even apply to Evangelical Christians; such as Old Testament rules of war (intended for the Israelites), the worn out, one sided Crusades (not Evangelicals) argument, and a quote from Luther (Also not an Evangelical). They just don’t seem to understand that it’s ludicrous to use material that’s 500-6000 years old and about totally different people to try to shut Evangelicals up about attacks that are happening today and supported by their Qur’an, the contents of which he never feels the need to defend.

In my opinion, he’s not nearly as removed from Islam as he claims to be. It appears his leaving Islam was for one purpose only, to put him in a position that he believes would make him more acceptable to Westerners so he can have a stronger voice with which to promote Islam. But his arguments give him away and the reason he focuses his arguments on Evangelical Christians is because we're the ones who are most outspoken about our support for Israel and who demand that the so-called "moderate" Muslims who claim Islam has been hijcaked take control of it.
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