“Islam is superior to every other way of life”
October 26, 2006 by Laura | Trackback URI
Well, of course he does. I feel the exact same way about Christianity and its potential effect on the whole planet. There’s nothing shocking about that sentiment. If you don’t feel that way about your faith, do you really believe? Isn’t the default belief for any choice that it is superior to the other options? If I choose chocolate over vanilla, it is because in my estimation at that moment, chocolate is better.
The difference, of course, is in the implementation. For all of the hysteria about how America is becoming a theocracy, the truth is that we are further from that position now than in any point in our history, and there’s no danger whatsoever that we’ll reverse course. There is no “Christian Taliban” and there won’t be one. We are more secular now that at any other point in our history. Christians would enjoy a society more in line with our beliefs (again, who wouldn’t?) but there is no movement to gain that ideal by force. We’re not threatening to behead people, we’re not suing to silence opponents a la CAIR, we’re not demanding Christian women’s swim time at public pools, demanding that public school students engage in Christian role-playing or memorize the tenets of the Christian faith, fly the Christian flag over the White House or any of a multitude of actions that would enforce our religious beliefs via the state. And even where we are at war, we are pushing democracy, not Christianity.
There’s nothing wrong with adherents of a faith believing their faith is superior. The problem comes when they demand others agree.
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But aren’t we seeing the seeds of theocracy in the US, when some christian denominations seek to determine policy (education, science, military) in the name of God. Or if some christians organize for the “right” to discriminate against certain kinds of sin at the workplace, in schools, or housing/zoning?
I mean, when I grew up, many Christians saw Jews as sinners (and many still due) and they were not allowed in clubs, to live in certain neighborhoods or attend some schools, or even to advance in certain jobs. Some of this was informal and illegal, but it was nonetheless the act of some Christians exercising their “right” to religion by discriminating against Jews.
Hence I have to wonder about the whole Liberty Sunday movement. Once we finish off the homosexuals, and the abortionists, will the Jews be next? Then the catholics? At what point to we say, whoa taking over secular politics is not what Jesus instructed?
Cite examples, with links please, of Christians wishing to “discriminate” against certain kinds of sin. I’d be willing to bet that in each example you can come up with, a Christian is trying to prevent himself from participating in or advocating something that is against his religious beliefs.
As for the desire to “finish off” certain groups, that phrase suggests killing them. If that is what you meant, again, cite examples of credible (by that I mean not the Phelps or any of their ilk) people advocating such policies.
****-to-prevent-spread-of-disease/" rel="nofollow">Here’s an excellent example of a religious group wanting to “finish off” homosexuals. The problem is (for your thesis, anyway, jprime) that the group is once again, not Christian.