Does this accurately demonstrate the relationship between the Church and Muslims?

Question

"One cometh from the east, O Church my mother,
His sword drips blood; his mouth is curled with hate.
Shall I bar this approach, and every other? She said: "Swing wide the gate."
He dares inside, directed by the devil, Whose words are written on the winds of hell."
She spoke: "Death has not sealed him in his evil; Point out the place I dwell."
"I am your child," I cried, "your robes enfold me.
Give me a spear and I will run him through."
"He also ia a child of mine," she told me, "Whom love must claim anew."
"His hand is on your door, soon you can never
Escape him. Speak! I hear his fearful tread."
"Though I can weep, though I can bleed forever, I cannot die," she said.
He entered in. I saw the sunlight flash on The steel as her bosom it was pressed. I saw her face, all beauty and compassion, Above the sword he buried in her breast.- "Besieger at the Gates" by Jessica Powers

wow u people are strange. this is a beautiful methaphoric poem describing how a christian desires to protect the Church from her enemies but the Church really desires the conversion of all people, and teaches us to love our enemies.
While muslims are tuaght to crush enemies, the Church's relationship with muslims is one of love. I thought this demonstrated beautifully how a christian loves their enemies. i now see that that is too deep for you people to understand.

there are 3 peopel in the poem: Mother Church, the duaghter of mother church, and the invaider.
the duaghter of the church, is arguing with her mother to let her kill the aproaching enemy, but through a lesson of pure love; mother Church teaches her duaghter to love her enemies, and let her enstranged son come to her, even if her embrace is returned with a spear.

Why can you not understand?? its obvous in the poem that the "invaider" is not evil! the mother church explans in the poem that he is just lost! trying to do the right thing, but being influenced by the wrong!
i thought this poem was very straightfoward.

perhaps i should have said "enemies" instead of "muslims"
although i though to a muslim, if u are not muslim u are already veiwed as an enemy?*confussed* also i thought it would be a proper methaphor for all the churchs that have been exploding mysteriously recently...

Answer 1

no i am sorry but it does not.
the muslim faith is a false faith from a false prophet this man they follow was a child rapist a murder an dictator and in fact if you knew all he did you would come to the only possilbe solution and that is to know that he was evil pure evil
the church that is the believers of jesus christ do not wish to spread there faith by the sword as the muslims do.
we seek to spread our faith by peace truth love and knowledge combinded with freedom of choice.

Answer 2

You know I truly havn't read this, fore one because I'm in a hurry. Based on what I could find out from the others, and the first line of what you say, You seem to imply that muslims are swords men fighters, and are so evil/dangerous. (correct me if i'm wrong). But I would like to say that myself being a muslim, going to almost every arab country, and in them, I've gone to all mosques in the cities, and have heard the Friday prayer speach (Khutbah) in most of the arab countries. I want to acknowledge to you that in all I never herd of 1, and yes I'm saying 1, time where the Clerik (Sheikh), spoke of cruel punishment, terrorism, and baisically all the bad things you here about muslims on Fox News. They all talked about the same issues (needing a solution for the Palestinains, charrities, the life of Mohammad PBUH, and either stories from the Qura'n or modern say reselutions needed for peace). I could vow to annyone that us muslims are indeed extremley peacefull and we have been. Durring the time of the prophet te jews who btetrayed us, we never touched the woman and children. Durring the time of the Ottoman empire, muslim and jew would live side by side peacefully, and in fact it was the Golden Era for the jews. Also in the time of the prophet the (Kufar) in Mecca came to attack the muslims, but once saw our great #'s, they surrednered. And guess what? we never touched them, but accepted them into our society peacefully. You see over the years the ideology beind Jihad has been misinterpreted by poloticions, for political gain. And what I would liek to say us that us Muslims, as a society, are truly peacefull. And if u want to talk about the civil war in Iraq, that's a whole different story, because us Americans created these two factions, again for political gain. I have seriousle ave done over 100 arguments with this subject, and have never been defeated. In u want to try me go ahead and mail me, ill be happy to enlighten you!

Answer 3

Actually I think upping the meds is probably needed.

Unfortunately, I think that's how many see the relationship.

Answer 4

Not all muslims are bad people! Not all of them hate. They pray to the same God we pray to!

Answer 5

Sounds like you should cut back on the medication.