We had a great turn out this last Saturday. Truth Defender's own, Luis Zepeda, and myself got there early to see our fellow brothers in the faith, Tom and Chris, evangelize. This was the first time I had actually gone up to speak, however short that stint turned out. I hope to see more of it this coming week. I met another girl who claimed to be a Christian who asked some very probing questions about God's love and God's justice. (Coming from a Reformed perspective, I love hearing these sorts of questions. It puts me in the hot seat.) Somehow some Christians have this weird notion about God's love that doesn't comport at all with orthodox doctrine (e.g., God either loves all or he doesn't love at all). I didn't give her a hard time, though, but I did ask her questions about justice and what she thinks God's justice superimposes on personal ethics. I wasn't surprised when I heard her answer about homosexuality. Because of her answer, I am finishing up some slides about God's justice.
Louis had a great turn out. There were a couple of female Muslims who were getting out of control. I wasn't surprised by the way they responded. Louis did an amazing job, however, in showing them that calling them "evil" or "sinful" were not strictly speaking his own personal epithets. He showed that it was said by Islam's so-called prophet, pedophile Mohammad. I thought it was pretty funny that she said, "Islaaaam" (the way she said it was so funny. I thought she was trying too hard to make it sound Arabic, as if that added to its truthfulness) is a peaceful religion. Let's not look at Wahabist interpretations, mind you, so that we can infer this kind of buffoonery. Given that Islam's most conservative sect, Sunni Islam, does not grant this interpretation, then I think I will consider them more authoritative than this ignorant yet pop-culture Islam, which is no Islam at all.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES
"The museum said the controversial images—objected to by conservative Muslims who say their religion forbids images of their holy founder—were 'under review.'" (New York Post Jan. 10.) |
If this isn't "worship" in the strictest sense, then I don't know what is.
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