I attended an interfaith event last Friday & the evangelical pastor lamented to me,"America's lost her way because we've forgotten Jesus."
I responded, "As a Muslim I love Jesus too—but when exactly would you say America 'followed' Jesus? Was it during Native Genocide? Slavery? Jim Crow? Denying women equal rights? While invading Iraq?”
Deafening silence.
If you want to show me your faith, first show me your service to ALL humanity—regardless of faith or no faith. B/c faith w/o works is dead.
@QasimRashid NOT a believer!
Indeed, I blogged today an idea for burning churches down: http://brander.ca/stackback#churchburning
...but, damn, even *I* have the standard comeback to that one:
"No society ever measured up to their own religious standards.
But they were following Jesus, who, in their time, lived with Natives, died to free slaves, illegalized Jim Crow, brought universal sufferage. We meet today to consider how to follow Jesus in this time."
Preacher was off his game, being silent.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
Roy Brander🍁