WILDLY OFFENSIVE! I’m a Christian and proud of it and I do not think I need to think of any religion as lesser or evil or anything negative for that matter, to be a good one. In fact, I don’t think any true Christian would ever really embrace that statement or any statement as hateful. Just like the basis for Judeo-Christian faiths, Islam is about love not hate. That pastor needs to read the Qu’ran and some history and get his facts straight. The terrorist groups in that part of the world have distorted it.

Pfft! That’s nothing. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (the church I grew up in) still holds that the Pope is the literal Antichrist and his followers the servants of Satan.
http://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?1518&cuTopic_topicID=19&cuItem_itemID=4369

It is sad to see how the west and particularly people in the US have a bad conception about Islam and Muslims in general.Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance followed by people all over the world from Asia , to Africa , Europe , and here in the US.
The Quran teaches us to be tolerant towards other revealed religions and says:”…who who kills an innocent man is like one that killed the whole Humanity “ and :” who who save a man it is like he saved the whole humanity..”
Such teachings of justice tolerance and brotherhood among religions cant be from the devil.
The views and evil actions of a small group of extremists that give a bad image of muslims doesn’t represent the view of the vast majority of the 1.5 billions of peaceful muslims followers all over the world or Islam which is the fastest growing religion on earth.
Furthermore Islam shares more common views with the 2 other revealed religions which are Christianity and Judaism than differences.
The only main difference between Islam and Christianity is Jesus who is considered as a Prophet of God as Moses and Abraham and all the other prophets and messengers of God in Islam , Jesus has a particular position in Islam and Mary mother of Jesus has an entire sourate, sourate 19th dedicated to her and to the birth of Jesus in the Quran .
Christians believe that salvation can only be obtained by salvation through the Christ and that He is son of God, Jesus never uttered those words he was son of God and said :
“Joh 7:16 Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His
who sent Me.
Joh 12:49 “For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who
sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
Joh 6:38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but
the will of Him who sent Me.
Mr 10:18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good
but God alone
Joh 7:16 So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who
sent me;
Jesus called himself son of man and refused to be called son of God.
“And the devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak; for they knew that he was Christ.” (Luke 4:41)
Some Christians, (not all) claim that Jesus implied that he was God. From the above verses, we
see that Jesus denied being God. It now leaves the Christians who believe Jesus is God to provide just one single verse in the Bible where Jesus says “I am God”. There is no such verse, so we see from the many quotes above, that the House did not belong to Jesus, it belonged to the ONE WHO SENT him.
The Quran, informs us that Jesus was a human messenger of God whose sole mission was to deliver God’s message; he never possessed any power, and is now dead (4:171, 5:75, 117).
Those who consider Jesus to be God, or Son of God, or part of a trinity are “pagans” (5:17, 72, 73). Outstanding Christian scholars have reached these same conclusions (THE MYTH OF GOD INCARNATE, John Hick, ed., The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1977 & THE MYTH MAKER, Hyam Maccoby,Harper & Row 1986). Christianity is the product of Nicene (AD 325).
For more info please visit : http://www.submission.org

All over the world from “Asia , to Africa , Europe , and here in the US”, everywhere you look muslims are rioting, bombing, and killing. In Islamic countries it is against the law to preach the Gospel of Christ. They will kill you in Islamic countries for trying to convert a muslim to Christianity.
These are verses from the Qur’An “Those who believe that Allah has a son must be admonished since this is a monstrous blasphemy and falsehood (18:4-6). Allah has never begotten a son and there are no deities beside him (23:91). Jews say that Ezra is the son of Allah while the Christians say the Messiah is the son of Allah. May Allah destroy them. They are both perverted. They worship rabbis, monks and the Messiah, the son of Mary, as Lords besides Allah in opposition to the monotheistic command given them (9:30, 31)”.
Does that sound like tolerance, and peace to you? The Qur’An says Christians and Jews are perverted blasphemers, who Allah should destroy.
From the perspective of a Christian the Qur’An is a book that teaches antichrist themes. 1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
The Qur’An teaches that God has no son. The Holy Bible teaches that whoever denies that Jesus is the Son of God is an antichrist.
Do the math. The antichrist = satan. The Qur’An teaches antichrist themes. Therefore Islam is of Satan

God himself calls Jesus his Son: Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Anybody with a rudimentary understanding of english can see from the following 2 passages that Jesus allows himself to be called the Son of God, then says you’re right in your assessment.
Jesus healed a man blind from birth: John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Matthew 16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Only somebody imbued with the antichrist spirit could twist the above statements around to a denial of Jesus being the Son of the living God. And, the statement I and the Father are One, is interpreted as the Father and the Son are one God. Jesus the Father, and the Holy Spirit are a Unity. They are One God.

@mercy 84 – “Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance followed by people all over the world from Asia , to Africa , Europe , and here in the US.”
Oh really? What about these quotes?
Surely the vilest of animals in God’s sight are the non-Muslims.
(Surah 8:55)
How perverse are the non-Muslims!
(Surah 9:30)
Those with Muhammad are ruthless against the disbelievers.
(Surah 48:29)

@mercy 84 – “Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance followed by people all over the world from Asia , to Africa , Europe , and here in the US.”
Oh really? What about these quotes?
Surely the vilest of animals in God’s sight are the non-Muslims.
(Surah 8:55)
How perverse are the non-Muslims!
(Surah 9:30)
Those with Muhammad are ruthless against the disbelievers.
(Surah 48:29)

Dismas: “All over the world from ‘Asia , to Africa , Europe , and here in the US’, everywhere you look muslims are rioting, bombing, and killing.”
Maybe everywhere YOU look…
“In Islamic countries it is against the law to preach the Gospel of Christ.”
In Israel it’s illegal for Christians to proselytize as well.
“The Qur’An teaches that God has no son. The Holy Bible teaches that whoever denies that Jesus is the Son of God is an antichrist…Therefore Islam is of Satan”
Judaism teaches that Jesus is not the son of god as well. So by your logic, doesn’t that make Judaism of…you know who? But I’m sure you’d never say something like that.

Mordred 08, My Bible teaches me that Christianity is grafted into the root of the olive tree which is Jacob/Israel. On the one hand you’re right. . . anybody who teaches that Jesus is not the Son of God has the antichrist spirit. On the other hand, the Holy Bible teaches me Israel is the chosen people of God.
But Jesus himself called the Pharisees and Scribes of his day a brood of vipers, and in John 8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Mordred 08, as far as I’m concerned anybody, American, Israeli, Islamic, Buddhist, Sikh. . . anybody who denies Jesus is the Son of the Living God, they’re all imbued with the antichrist spirit.
But some how some way, God brings Israel back into alignment with the truth. Don’t ask me how, or why, just know that I, trust that God will gather his people Israel unto himself once again.
By the same token if any adherent of Islam turns and accepts the fact that Jesus died on the cross to take away the sins of muslims, as well as the rest of humanity, they too will be saved, by the blood of Jesus the Son of the Living God.

Can the Dove World Outreach Center be given some kind of award for Most Ironically Named Church?

Some of the most violent acts in history have been done in the name of Christianity, yet I don’t believe that Christians today should all be tarnished by these acts.
Dismas and O Rly: Your quotes make my case that the dogma of religious text can be found to promote prejudice in any religioun; it’s up to the followers to distinguish dogma from a true spiritual path. For instance,
How perverse are the non-Muslims!
(Surah 9:30)
vs.
John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

We muslim strongly believe that those muslims who hate others, kill innocent lives and do other wrong things must be punished. 1.5 billion muslims can’t be evil and who thinks this way may be a racist and how racist people can lead a church. One of the biggest sins in Islam is to hurt other’s feelings. A small uneducated,misguided(most are from Poor or uneducated countries like Afganistan,Saudi etc)group of bad muslims can’t represent the whole 1.5 muslims. I never saw a sign like Christian is of Evil in any mosque even in the poorest nation like Afganistan. Lets pray for peace for this whole world community who are all from the same God like Michael sang”Black or White”. Syed from Bangladesh

I really think John Lennon had the best suggestion in his song “Imagine.” I’m just sayin’…

Relgion and wars
both rome church and Islam have killed christains or people unfairly. When the time is right jesus will judge Islam for their deeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKeinh1nFI&feature=related

@ Your Name
“Your quotes make my case that the dogma of religious text can be found to promote prejudice in any religioun; it’s up to the followers to distinguish dogma from a true spiritual path. ”
Yeah… unfortunately for us, Muslim jihadists disagree with you. Do you then feel these jihadists are blindly following dogma and have strayed from the the true spiritual path? If the majority of true Muslims agree with your interpretation, why have they not spoken out against the jihadists?
Perhaps because another strategy is to pretend that Islam is a religion of love, infiltrate non-Muslim countries under the guise of peace, demand religious equality and the tolerance of Sharia, with the eventual political takeover of the infiltrated country.

I was thinking if an etire country was a christain nation. They need to protect them self from an agresive country. In the eary church there was milatary men. I am sure there is teachings about that. That is something I should look into.

I don’t really agree with that sign. While some of the things that Islm is responsible for may be ” Of the Devil “, Islam certainly isn’t.
And I don’t like the statement ” to be a Christian, you would have to agree with that sign “. That sentiment is one that I find in ” religious ” e – mails I get that imply that I should forward them to EVERYBODY on my address book or else I’m not a ” Good Christian “, & I’m probably going to Hell with everyone else who is Liberal, Catholic, Jewish, Pro – Abortion, Gay, Lesbian, Democrat, or anything that they’re NOT if I DON’T forward them.
ANYWHO…..
This church sounds like it’s trying to be like Westboro Baptist Church, the home of Frred Phelps & his merry band of Gay – haters, who has now gone totally OVER THE EDGE. I don’t think that they’re there yet, but they might want to be.

“The church’s pastor, Terry Jones, has no qualms about the sign”
Sadly, Christianists today have no qualms whatsoever about promulgating hate or bearing false witness against their neighbors. Mr. Jones is no exception, but rather a sad example of not following Christ’s message.