Bryan, why are you so afraid that Muslims are going to give Christian churches Allah Cooties?
I would never participate in interfaith dialogue with a Muslim.
That’s not at all surprising, Bryan, after all the things you’ve said about them.
You have all these Christians out there, these pastors, wonderful interfaith dialogue.
It’s good to hear that there are Christians out there not like you, Bryan — people willing to reaching out to others to share, be kind, understand.
Jesus didn’t just hang out with nice, faithful, orthodox Jews, y’know.
You have pastors allowing Muslims to come in and hold their worship services in their church buildings, which in my mind is just compromising those places spiritually. So there is no way that Christians ought to open their sanctuaries to those that are serving Allah. Allah is a demon God. He’s not the true god. You’re inviting all of the spirits that are associated with Islam, that further Islam, that promote Islam, you are inviting them into your building and compromising your building spiritually in doing that.
Holy Moley! It’s true! It’s Allah Cooties!
But … but wait a sec, Bryan. Isn’t God — the Christian God you worship — isn’t He all-powerful? Isn’t He the only True God? How could a place dedicated to Him, protected by Him, raised in His name, be spiritually sullied by the followers of some monkey moon demon, or however you’re characterizing Islam this week? That actually makes it sound like Allah might be more powerful than Jehovah, Brian, in some cases. In fact, it sounds positively Manichean. Which, of course, would be heretical.
Besides, the true church is where the worshipers gather. Jesus himself taught, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. Nothing that evil, nasty Allah can do about that, right, Bryan?
Of course, the biggest danger of interfaith dialog and Christians reaching out to Muslims and others is that people might actually find common ground. Might find a way to make each others’ lives better. Might find a way to bring the Kingdom of Heaven a little closer. Why, everyone concerned might begin to actually see each other as human.
We certainly can’t have that.
Of course, there’s another preacher who talked kindly about those adherents of enemy religions. Even tried to convince his audience to think of them as their neighbors. Fortunately, some strong, upstanding, protectors of orthodoxy — just like you, Bryan — put him in his place.
On the other hand, Bryan, I can see where you’re coming from. After all, when the only time you ever entered a mosque, you prayed that your spiritual forces would destroy it — well, I understand where you might project that same hatefulness onto Muslims coming into a Christian church.
Stay classy, Bryan!
(via Right Wing Watch)
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Some might wonder why I spend so much time on a dolt like Bryan Fischer. Were he just a no-name idjit spreading his loathesome hate in obscurity, no, it wouldn’t be worth the bother.
But he’s not. This is a guy with columns and radio shows put on by a major conservative organization. who gets invited to speak at major conservative shindigs. This is a guy who’s been visited, on that very radio show where he puts out the fatuous bile like that above, by Republican presidential hopefuls like Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Rep. Michele Bachmann, and Haley Barbour. Other guests have included Sen. Jim Inhofe, Sen. Jim DeMint, Rep. Lamar Smith, and various other GOP congresscritters.
They take him, and his influence, seriously enough to associated with him. That says something about them, and about him, too.