Muslims, go to a Church to learn about Christianity? Christians, go to a mosque to learn about Islam?

Question

It's great we have a chance to ASK each other about each other's religions here. Much of the time, the questions are loaded, and are not really intended to learn, but to "teach".

So often, I see so-called questions like "Christians, do you know what the _____ says about Jesus?" or "Did you know there are scientific miracles in the ______ ?" or "Muslims, why does the _____ support the use of terrorist tactics to support Islam?".

What do you think are the advantages of learning things from a biased outsider?

How much time does your mosque/Church devote to talking about the "errors" of other religions?

How much time does your mosque/Church spend on training it's members how to refute the beliefs of others and replace them with their own?

sen b would rather not talk about what happens in the real world. I see a clear denial there. I wonder if she's intentionally hiding something, or is just ignorant to what is going on around her.

Vader, it's not the size of the saber that counts, it's how you use it. Don't make me get out of this chair!

Abbas seems to have ignored the question and used this as an opportunity to soap-box about a COMPLETELY unrelated topic.

This is called diversion and distraction, and is a common tactic used when someone would rather not risk exposing something. What's there to hide?

Answer 1

You can SEE the use of learning from a biased outsider right here....absolutely none. I don't think these people even tried to understand the question. The best thing to do is study for yourself I think. As for my church talking about the errors of other faiths, I honestly can't remember one sermon based on that. The only time I remember being trained on how to witness to others and possibly change their beliefs was when we went to the fair and had a booth with info about our church. Unfortunately, don't think a LOT of churches spend time on how to refute the beliefs of others.

Answer 2

As a Muslim your not describing any Muslims or Christians i know.

Contrary to what you obviously believe i have never had a discussion in Mosque about what Christians believe or do. We are too busy with our own worship to be focusing on others.

Christians and people of any faith or no faith at all are welcome to visit mosques and ask anything they like. We have TV shows which Christians, Jews, Hindus etc are often there to discuss community issues, politics, faith etc and we all do it with a respectful non judgmentally way.

You seem to think there is an issue there when the reality is there simply is not.

PS i have been in many churches and i dont recall a christian personally refuting my beliefs or visa versa. Training? Boy are you living in hairy fairy land. Does not happen simple as that.


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Funny how all the "non muslims" now what happens within the walls of Mosques when the reality is they have never set foot in one. Plonkers!

Yeah LOL I'M the one in denial. You just dont like hearing the truth. You WANT the predjuce, stereotype to be true but SORRY that is not a true discription of any mosque nor church i have ever been in, in 37 years.
Maybe the "mosques and churches" YOU have been in have. Could you give the adresses perhaps? No? Ok thought not!

Answer 3

i really feel bad when i hear such thing about Muslim b Cox if we [Muslims] spread Islam by sword it would be very less effected now the ans and with reason


the first one who get that point about Islam would be prophet Mohammad how could it possible that he take sword and tell the people come on my side or i will kill you this is terrible man think


scone point
i want to say why now Islam is spreading so fast in Holland and France Germany America and other big country who is going there among terrorist there is dept in these issue try to cover the whole story from t.v-CIA hires a terrorist group to assassinate Sunni and tribal leaders in a bid to spark tensions in southeast Iran, an ABC report has said.

According to the report, which cited US government sources, the CIA has been in close contact with Jundallah's leader Abdel-Malik Regi since 2005.

The terrorist armed group operates from Pakistan's province of Baluchestan, just across the border from Iran, and has carried out kidnappings and terror raids in the Iranian province of Sistan, in which scores of civilian lives were lost.

Soldiers and officials in Iran were also the target of some of the attacks carried out to try to cause conflict between Sunnis and Shias.

Iran had earlier said the United States harbors and trains Rigi's terror cells to carry out terrorist operations.

ABC News recently uncovered more details of the connection between the CIA and the terrorist group.

Jundallah has admitted carrying out an attack in the Iranian city of Zahedan in February involving an explosive-laden car that ripped through a bus belonging to ground forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, killing at least 11 people and injuring 31 others.

According to Pakistani government sources, the CIA's covert terror campaign against Iran was on Vice President Dick Cheney's agenda when he met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf two months ago.

The US-sponsored attacks are part of Washington plans to provoke ethnic and religious violence in Iran.

The United States supplies cash and weapons to the group to resort to terrorist methods.

MP/PC/DB

Answer 4

I would love to go to a mosque sometime. There's none in my area, as far as I know. But I'll go to the Buddhist monastery or the Shinto shrines anytime! I can't tell you I've ever heard my Church denouncing other beliefs, but we do love to poke fun at our own!

Peace to you.

Answer 5

Typical ploy. Rather than try to prove the validity of their own beliefs they attempt to poke holes in those of others. I guess the theory is that if they can prove that the other guy is wrong then they must be right....right?

Answer 6

What a farce! Muslims hate non-believers (infidels) and Christians annoy the crap out of everyone else!

I learned everything I needed to know about Islam from 9/11!!!!

Answer 7

yoda your Jedi mind powers won't work this time. besides my saber is longer than yours

Answer 8

the day that happens the devil be servin iced tea on a skating rink.

Answer 9

And that's what's wrong with major and minor organized religions.

Answer 10

I wish humanity was one united "religion". Maybe all this BS would come to an end.