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Originally Posted by Peregrino
Richard - I'm with you.
Hollis - Father Botros isn't about apologizing for Islam. In fact, his entire approach is based on using the teachings/writings of Islam to attack the fundamental beliefs of its faithful. Given what Islam has done over the last 1400 years, it's pretty easy to see where he's coming from.
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I know a number of Coptic Christians, who are also very well versed in in those aspects. I am also familiar with much of what they have gone through in the persecutions inflected upon them in Egypt.
Personally I don't agree with his tactic on a public level. Besides going after Islam he is also attacking other religions, which should be his ally. A sermon on the pulpit maybe what the people in the pew needs to hear but how it comes across to others needs to measured if it is going to be directed to others.
My view on Islam isn't what is important, I believe, we need to avoid this kind of trap that the extremists will use against us. Why provide them with a weapon that can be used against us? I am not interested in fighting 1 billion people. Books don't kill people, people kill people.
I think I am on the same page as Richard. 1st and 2nd sentence to the Declaration of Independence