The ‘hate crime’ of the 21st century: spreading the gospel
Whilst “religious tolerance” might look noble on paper, when the rubber meets the road, the wheels come tumbling off. Case in point is the article titled, African Crossroads: Spirituality vs. Religion, which appeared in the press recently. The author puts on the hat of “religious tolerance” whilst simultaneously demonizing The Bible and the Christian faith. The author writes, “The Old Testament is replete with commands to slaughter all the people of another faith – all in the name of God.” This particular attack on Christendom has become almost nauseating. Visit http://www.comereason.org/, search for, and read the article, Is the God of the Old Testament Different From the God of the New? Readers can draw their own conclusions. The author goes on, “God Him/Her Self has not yet appeared to us face to face to confirm whose opinion is right!” This is a lie, for God has appeared to us in the form of Jesus Christ. In John 8:58 we read, “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” “I am” was the most divine name of God in the Old Testament (Exodus 3:14). The Greek pronoun for “I” is translated “ego”. The Greek verb for “am” is translated “eimi.” “Eimi” means to be, to exist eternally or to have timeless being. So taken together, “ego eimi” would mean “I exist eternally” or “I have a timeless being”. One of the greatest Greek scholars, Dr. A.T. Robertson, said this about John 8:58, “after translating it [I am], Jesus claims eternal existence with the absolute phrase used of God.” So Dr. Tafari, the Lord Jesus asks, “but whom say ye that I am?” (Matthew 16:15).
Proponents of “religious tolerance”, by default, imply that Jesus and by extension Christianity is lying. This in turn makes them intolerant of the Christian faith, nullifying their “religious tolerance”. The Lord Jesus sends the author this message, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18). But of course since “as wool” implies white, the Bible promotes Euro-centric domination over the black man, right? Exactly the kind of reasoning we’d expect from someone who considers Emile Durkheim a “great sociologist”. The same Emile Durkheim, who argued that fundamental categories of space, time, number and causality were social in origin. Please explain how time and space can be social in origin? Come now, let us reason together saith the Lord.
Proponents of “religious tolerance”, by default, imply that Jesus and by extension Christianity is lying. This in turn makes them intolerant of the Christian faith, nullifying their “religious tolerance”. The Lord Jesus sends the author this message, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18). But of course since “as wool” implies white, the Bible promotes Euro-centric domination over the black man, right? Exactly the kind of reasoning we’d expect from someone who considers Emile Durkheim a “great sociologist”. The same Emile Durkheim, who argued that fundamental categories of space, time, number and causality were social in origin. Please explain how time and space can be social in origin? Come now, let us reason together saith the Lord.
