TV Evangelist Pat Robertson and Muhammad – Do They Think Alike
By Michael Bresciani (03/17/06)
The information age has produced two very distinct groups of people. It
could be said that one group is a bit more grounded and better informed
than the other. What makes the difference between these two groups?
One group of people is sailing up a roller coaster ride of emotional
rises, falls twists and turns driven by daily news flashes and bits of the
latest gab from around the globe. The other group spends the time to get
the history or the background of a matter and through some open minded
consideration and comparison, often arrive at a more balanced and honest
view of any particular issue.
The most cursory examination of Pat Robertson’s remarks about the
inspiration of the Islamic religion would lead to the fact that Mr.
Robertson was far from the first person to entertain this possibility. Far
more shocking is the fact that the first person in history to think that
the visions of Muhammad were satanically inspired was the Prophet Muhammad
himself.
Muhammad, born in Mecca in 570 lived through a turbulent childhood being
passed back and forth from his mother to his nurse Halima. On one of the
occasions when Halima returned Muhammad to his mother, she voiced her
fears about fits and other behavior that made her think that he may have
been demon possessed. She finally returned the care of Muhammad to his
mother when he reached the age of five. But the thoughts she and others
had about his possible connection to evil spirits did not end there.
Muhammad was disturbed by the moral decadence around the hub of Mecca and
began pondering what might bring the Muslims to recognition of a greater
power and a return to a more moral life. That compunction drove him to the
caves around Mecca where he began to meditate and search for a connection
to that higher power or God.
He had many dreams, visions and revelations as a result of his search,
however, those visions troubled him so much that he was driven to the
brink of suicide. Muhammad was the first one to doubt that his revelations
had anything to do with God at all. He thought his visions were a product
of the “Jinn” or satanic spirits.
We can thank his wife for talking him out of that doubt. She told him that
the visions were truly inspired by divinity and should be made known to
the world. There is little doubt also that Muslims would give credit to a
woman for starting Islam, considering the status women hold in that
religion, but by all accounts she should be credited with it. He was
inclined to take no credit for it at all.
A basic fact almost always overlooked by Islam or any other religion in
the world is that “not everything that is supernatural is Divine.” Can
Satan give people visions and revelations? Let’s just say you can bet your
life on it. And that is what you would have to bet but what price is the
losing?
As for Pat Robertson’s remarks about Islam not being a peaceful religion
it is certain that he is far from the first to come to that conclusion as
well. Rev Franklin Graham the son of evangelist Billy Graham was one of
the first voices to go on record after the events of 9/11 in New York
City. If the adage that “deeds speak louder than words” is true then the
radical Muslims who perpetrated the infamous deed were the first to go on
record saying Islam is not a peaceful religion. Subsequent acts of terror
spawned by radical Islam all over the world have kept that message alive
and well ever since.
Over 600 homes and many churches in the town of Tentena a province of
Central Sulawesi were burned down or destroyed by jihad driven Islam. The
group called “Laskar Jihad” in that region is said to be bent on the
destruction of all Christianity since November of 2001. Over 15,000
Christians have fled the area since then. In Indonesia alone over 9000
Christians have been killed or uprooted since 1999. That’s a heck of a
record for a so called “peaceful religion” Is anybody listening?
How can the most educated generation in the history of the world not
notice that the Islamic jihad is part of the message of the Quran itself?
It is the doctrine of Islam and is central to all Islamic view and
behavior. If the constitution of the United States had as one of its
tenants the destruction of every other political system in the world
wouldn’t somebody notice that? If the Bible had a New Testament call for
the death of anyone who wouldn’t believe it, would any one take note of
that? Yet we are asked to ignore the very essence of the writings of the
Quran in favor of a promise that after all “Islam is a peaceful religion.”
There is a word for this juvenile notion and in keeping with its juvenile
premise lets just say that word is “baloney”
Muhammad went into a cave and since he came out people have been dying all
over the world but never so much as lately. Jesus went into a cave as a
dead man and came out alive and with a message and a promise of life to
anyone who would believe. Wow, what a blatant contrast. But will that
change anyone’s mind on a large scale? No, it will not, but on a one to
one basis it has been changing minds and hearts for centuries and it will
continue to do so till the end of time. But don’t be discouraged even
Jesus knew that the world would turn their backs on his greatest
accomplishment and said …”If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Luke 16:31
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