>>It does not matter wether you Hindu Muslim, Christian,
Buddist etc., you must have respect at all times. There's a hyme that goes
'........and the creed and the colour and the name don't
matter.......' {that's a part of it}.<<
The hymn is irrelevant because the hymn is wrong.
It does matter. Hinduism, Mohammedism,
Buddhism, and Christianity make mutually contradictory
and mutually exclusive claims. They can all be
wrong, but they cannot all be right. Hinduism believes
in an impersonal and unknowable god-force named "Brahman."
Buddhism believes in an impersonal and unknowable principle which is not a god
in the strictest sense of the word. Mohammedism believes in a personal but
unknowable god; Christianity believes in a Personal and Knowable God.
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Mohammedism all believe that you earn
salvation by doing good. Christianity alone acknowledges the Truth of
God's Word that you cannot earn salvation because you cannot
be perfect; one sin separates you eternally from the Holy God, since God cannot
wink at sin.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end
thereof is death," the Word tells us.
It does matter.
And as far as respect goes, I respect Ali. I respect his
willingness to stand for his beliefs, false and misguided as they are.
But I do not, cannot respect those beliefs themselves,
beliefs which are damning him to an eternal hell. No, sir; that I
cannot respect. That I will fight with my dying breath to make
sure that Ali knows the Truth. Whether he accepts that Truth
is between him and God; but I will
not allow him to pass through this life without at least hearing
it.
>>I would have also being so upset if some one had to do
what Ali did. But I would have thought about a situation like this one, before i
put it in to action. {I learned to do that from my
brother}.<<
Then your brother is wrong.
Truth is not an issue that can be handled lightly. Your
relationship with Jesus will determine your eternal destiny.
Nothing is of greater importance. That's
like saying that you won't do whatever it takes to intervene between your
brother and the drugs that are killing him if he were on drugs; you'd just
"live and let live" and just "love" him. That
is not love. That is spineless, subtle uncaring which cares more
for how your brother perceives you than it does for your brothers
welfare.
Ali is wrong. Ali is dead wrong. But at
least he has the courage to stand for what he believes. Even though his
"truth" is anything but, he at least has the integrity to take it to
its logical conclusion and act on it.
I will leave you with only this: Jesus is
God. And He is the only hope you have. Mohammed cannot save
you; he's dead. Only Jesus can save you; He is
alive. Reject Him if you will; but you will
understand Whom and What you are rejecting. You are rejecting God's free
offer of eternal life in order to pursue pride and self-salvation. If you
do so, you will fail. Do not put your life in the hands of a dead
man; put your life in the hands of the Living One of Israel.
You have been warned. May God bless you with
wisdom.
[P.S.: I'm posting this on my webpage so that others
can read.]