Is this to me? I just wasn't sure.
Yes.
I know the basics of Islam; I know that they believe the whole world should be converted and I BELIEVE the Qur'an says something about a mass conversion in the "end times"? And that includes Jews and Christians going to hell supposedly....? I may be off there...please let me know.
I have not taken to do an intensive study of the Qu´ran but rather a read through to get a generalized snap shot. From that and from other writings by and about Muslims I gathered a number of questions that I took to work with me to discuss with the Muslims there. The questions are a fairly clear picture of a people led by a man, their Imam, and they have little to no knowledge of what he teaches.
One thing I was able to get affirmed though is that every Muslim does believe the passages about supporting the Jihad and it took a Christian, converted from Islam to answer that question. All the Muslims I asked became angry at the question and the most I received from any of them was that I must learn to read and to speak Arabic to even begin to understand the Qu´ran, that makes no sense what-so-ever.
From two Islamic converts to Christianity have taught me that any lie told for the furtherance of the Islamic Jihad of the world is excused by Allah. Allah is God in Arabic.) Further more, their entire Religion is a corkscrewed version of Judaism and Christianity mixed together by Mohamed.
Now, if we study Mohamed we discover that he was a bandit and a murderer that dreamed of being a General. That is their most holy prophet, greater than Jesus. And if we look around us a cease to close our eyes to the trouble of our allies and friends in the world we see that the Islamics are capturing England and other nations and that they are imposing Sharia Law there. That is a matter of life and death concern for any Christian or Jew!
Once you get past the lies they tell to build their base population in any country it becomes very clear they will not speak honestly until they are the power in that country and that we, Christians and Jews, are their mortal enemy. It is for me, a difficult thing to be accepting of a people bent on the slaughter of my grandchildren.
Anyway. My point involving the book, and really the point in any of my posts here is that we should just be more accepting. NOT of their beliefs..we are entitled to our own, but there is nothing wrong with respecting a person regardless of their beliefs. If I meet an atheist, I won't denounce him and claim he is living life wrong. Do I vehemently disagree with his life choice? Yes. But I can still respect him as a person, and not let my opinion on his faith cast a judgement on his morals or character.
Then you are at best a Carnal Christian! The last four verses of Matthew are not a suggestion, they are a command! What you say is so infiltrated with the world´s ideology that it is not, at all, Christian.
We are not called to never judge by Matt. 7:1 but rather are called to do exactly that when it is read in the context of the Beatitudes. We are to judge everyone we meet! We are to judge them by the same standard we wish to be judged by! If you do not allow a man to handle your 4 year old daughter in a manor he might choose, you have judged his righteously.
I'm not a Bible scholar; I won't claim to be...but does it not say something about loving your enemies more than your "brothers" because anybody can love their brother? That's all I'm getting at.
I´m not a scholar of any type. I almost finished the Eighth Grade befor I joined the Army and earned my GED. I do, however, read the Bible daily. And I understand the first rule of hermeneutics, ¨Do not ever try to understand any scripture, section of scripture nor book of scripture without the weight of all other scripture resting upon it.¨
And while there are many other scriptures that bare on what you have given here, I´ll just try to bring one to your mind. When Jesus was done with his work and it was time for the Disciples to take their place in the scheme of things he told them to purchase a sword!