vedaxcool:

when one read the above I see a certain rage boiling in the ex-zionist guy, who might end up being the Andre berveik of Nigeria , this sort of fanaticism is reaching critical levels.

frosbel:

Mohamed Elsanousi adamantly disagrees, saying it’s good for the country to know churches like these are extending a hand to Muslims.

Elsanousi is National Community Outreach Director of the Islamic Society of North America. He says "allowing people the freedom of worship is respectful and strengthens the relationship."

Elsanousi says there are many churches and even synagogues in America where Muslims share space with Christians. “We feel good about it,” he says.

frosbel:

They see it as their Christian duty. But others disagree, saying it extends the hand of fellowship where it was never intended to go.

Two Protestant churches are taking some heat from critics for opening their church buildings to Muslims needing places to worship because their own facilities were either too small, or under construction.

Heartsong Church in Cordova, Tenn., let members of the Memphis Islamic Center hold Ramadan prayers there last September. And Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Va., allows the Islamic Circle of North America to hold regular Friday prayers in their building while their new mosque is being built.

Diane Bechtol of Aldersgate says this is something Christians are called to do: Be neighborly and develop relationships - even those who don't share your beliefs.

"I think it's a tenet of our Christian faith, and that is that we extend hospitality to the stranger,” said Bechtol. “We are a congregation that wants to be helpful to people and if we are asked to help a neighbor in need, that's what we do."

But Dr. Alex McFarland, a Christian theologian and radio talk show host, charged these churches “have crossed the line from respect and tolerance, to , affirmation and endorsement.

"We as the church are called to show love, we're called to help. But to let a building simultaneously be used for the activities of a mosque and also the activities of Jesus Christ, it's just incompatible. And I think it's one more example of political correctness and hyper-tolerance gone awry."

Mohamed Elsanousi adamantly disagrees, saying it’s good for the country to know churches like these are extending a hand to Muslims.

Elsanousi is National Community Outreach Director of the Islamic Society of North America. He says "allowing people the freedom of worship is respectful and strengthens the relationship."

Elsanousi says there are many churches and even synagogues in America where Muslims share space with Christians. “We feel good about it,” he says.

That trend may continue as the Muslim population across the U.S. continues to grow.

Mosque construction is at an all-time high. As of September, there were 1,897 mosques in the United States, a 57 percent increase since 2000.

Several of those building projects have caused friction with local communities. According to the Pew Forum, there are 35 proposed Mosques and Islamic centers that have encountered resistance. The most prominent, the Ground Zero mosque, is just two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

Dr. Jason Hood, an Evangelical theologian, says there are other ways Christians can share the love of Christ without building a bridge too far. "Caring for Muslim refugees is particularly important,” he says, along with "sharing meals and recreational opportunities."

Heartsong's relationship with its Muslim neighbors has developed into an annual Thanksgiving meal between the two faiths, and the use of a joint 15-acre community park.

Steve Stone, Heartsong's senior pastor, wrote in Christianity Today that "No thought at all was given to the political ramifications … The decision was firmly based only on our understanding of the mission and nature of the church." He also pointed out that "there was no trading of theologies. They are Muslims; we are Jesus followers; both of us are clear about that."

But McFarland says it's good to remember the "political ramifications" of Muslim-Christian interaction.

"What if we went to Muslims and said 'Hey, can we use your mosque for the worship of Jesus, the incarnate son of God, the one that said 'no one comes to the Father but through him.' I doubt there would be a lot of reciprocity’."

McFarland says the groups run the risk of creating something called “Chrislam” - a combination of the two faiths that essentially ignores the big white elephant in the room: the exclusive claims of both Christianity and Islam.

Zodiac61:

This post and the responses so far show the evil religions are.
The posters claim to be christians. They are haters.
That is what their god wants - hate those who do not believe the same fables they believe in.

vedaxcool:

One would have expect you to reflect and get to the root of the matter rather than this rash classification accross board.

Most of the christians here have condemned all muslims as terrorists without exception.

Zodiac61:

What exactly has been said that does not reflect the prejuduces of the christians who have posted on this topic?
They have all condemned the behaviour of the pastors of the churches concerned, without reflecting on whether the opening of their churches to persons of other faiths may be considered christian behaviour.
Most of the christians here have condemned all muslims as terrorists without exception.
What exactly do you consider to be rash about my comments?

frosbel:

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frosbel:

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Absolutely and a good analysis at that .

But we ask ourselves two questions :

1. Allowing them chant 'Allah is great' in a church where we believe that he is not (ONLY Yahweh is great ) is confusion gone mad. It is like an agreement that we all worship the same GOD. I appreciate your godless stance , but please understand that a true christian will find this rather offensive , but not essentially provovative as the Muslims would have done.

2. Ask the Muslims a simple question, will they reciprocate this favour, for example in Mecca . The answeer is a resounding no, they will not.

Muslims prey on the weaknesses of the ignorant and weak.

They are Hypocrites !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

frosbel:

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The problem is more fundamental as I mentioned earlier.

It is from our perspective ( Christians ) that shouting the name of a moon god in a church where the Almighty is worshiped is seriously flawed.