tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post1096829569509233402..comments2024-02-18T23:52:40.165-08:00Comments on Citizen Warrior: The Danger of "Selling Past the Close"Citizen Warriorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265844262699107352noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503986435514614182.post-49997779602495111352011-02-01T12:51:01.236-08:002011-02-01T12:51:01.236-08:00Someone emailed us this comment:
Thank you. This...Someone emailed us this comment:<br /><br />Thank you. This is an excellent point. And it reminded me of a quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:<br /><br />"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind."<br /> <br />When trying to educate about Islam, we are giving advice in a way - advising a person to re-think their current beliefs and to dig a little deeper for the truth. Those who really have a strong sense of intellectual integrity need to search on their own anyway. That's especially true if it's also their nature to be kind and fair. As you know, many good people put up a wall if they feel we are speaking out of prejudice or if they think our message is hateful or violent - and rightly so. I always say, because I believe it is true, that Muslims suffer as much or more from their own beliefs as the rest of us.<br /> <br />Three weeks ago an Egyptian husband and Syrian wife and their two children moved in upstairs from me. He has starting working in a Evangelical Christian / Arabic ministry in my county. His grew up in Cairo and when I asked him if he had felt safe in Cairo, he said that things had gotten much worse for Christians in the last year and especially since Christmas and New Years. He who has every right to feel prejudice heartily agreed when I said I believed that many Muslims were "trapped in their religion."<br /> <br />Thanks for your excellent work and wise words!Citizen Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265844262699107352noreply@blogger.com