Response by Answering Islam to "one-sided" charges
I referenced the Answering Islam website in two of my previous articles and it [the site] was charged with being “one-sided”. Below is their response:
Is www.answering-islam.org "one sided"? Let me answer it this way. Those of us who contribute to the site have a deep love for Muslims and long for Them to know the peace and assurance of salvation that we enjoy as believers In Christ Jesus. My wife and I have spent most of the past 24 years in a country where 99% of our neighbors are Muslims. We love and genuinely care about and our neighbors--both for their well-being in this world and for their eternal destiny in the life to come. It is this same love for Muslims that drives www.answering-islam.org .
Those of us who contribute to the site seek to present the truth in a fair and balanced way. We answer all emails which come to us. We link to scores of Muslim sites. We seek to present solid arguments and evidence in response to the attacks which Islam levels against the Bible and its Good News message, and then let folks chose for themselves what they will believe. For some samples of our answers, see our email dialogs section.
From time to time we receive messages from Muslims who complain that we are being deceptive because of the name of our website. They feel that the name Answering-Islam gives the impression that we are an Islamic site; that we are leading Muslims astray by feeding them anti-islamic material while pretending to be Muslim. Perhaps there are some who think that any phrase that includes the word "Islam" is automatically Islamic. Of course, anyone who understands the English language reasonably well knows that "Answering Islam" is synonymous with "Countering Islam", "Refuting Islam", or "Exposing Islam." They all mean similar things, except that the phrase "Answering Islam" is a more friendly and most polite version. We prefer the friendlier version.
We want a respectful dialog and factual discussion with Muslims. We want to give answers to their questions and responses to the attacks they raise against the Christian Faith. Just as "Answering Atheism" is understood as a presentation of arguments to help atheists understand why it is rational to reject Atheism and accept the Genesis account of God and creation, so “Answering Islam” exists to help Muslims understand why it makes good sense to embrace the unalterable, age-old message of the Scriptures of the very prophets they claim to honor.
Is www.answering-islam.org "one sided"? Let me answer it this way. Those of us who contribute to the site have a deep love for Muslims and long for Them to know the peace and assurance of salvation that we enjoy as believers In Christ Jesus. My wife and I have spent most of the past 24 years in a country where 99% of our neighbors are Muslims. We love and genuinely care about and our neighbors--both for their well-being in this world and for their eternal destiny in the life to come. It is this same love for Muslims that drives www.answering-islam.org .
Those of us who contribute to the site seek to present the truth in a fair and balanced way. We answer all emails which come to us. We link to scores of Muslim sites. We seek to present solid arguments and evidence in response to the attacks which Islam levels against the Bible and its Good News message, and then let folks chose for themselves what they will believe. For some samples of our answers, see our email dialogs section.
From time to time we receive messages from Muslims who complain that we are being deceptive because of the name of our website. They feel that the name Answering-Islam gives the impression that we are an Islamic site; that we are leading Muslims astray by feeding them anti-islamic material while pretending to be Muslim. Perhaps there are some who think that any phrase that includes the word "Islam" is automatically Islamic. Of course, anyone who understands the English language reasonably well knows that "Answering Islam" is synonymous with "Countering Islam", "Refuting Islam", or "Exposing Islam." They all mean similar things, except that the phrase "Answering Islam" is a more friendly and most polite version. We prefer the friendlier version.
We want a respectful dialog and factual discussion with Muslims. We want to give answers to their questions and responses to the attacks they raise against the Christian Faith. Just as "Answering Atheism" is understood as a presentation of arguments to help atheists understand why it is rational to reject Atheism and accept the Genesis account of God and creation, so “Answering Islam” exists to help Muslims understand why it makes good sense to embrace the unalterable, age-old message of the Scriptures of the very prophets they claim to honor.
