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.
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Without reserve
To be a vessel of God
The perfect grace of God prepares a perfect soul that becomes a vessel of God. This vessel carries a wonderful treasure through any turbulent time or raging sea to fulfill that that the spirit of God requires.
*Faith comes without judgment and so should our efforts to guide others. There is no stain from your past that determines your future. If you feel your faith is better than another’s, rethink yours. OWOP
The question is not if one faith is better than the other, but if the USA ever acted based on the faith they claim to be part of.
Maybe slavery, military invasions, racial and gender inequalities are what the spirit of god requires?
I wouldn't know, god never spoke to me. And I am wary of any man who claims to speak in god's name.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.
Benjamin Disraeli
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