Back in my BPI years, a colleague, Alex, introduced me to this website, Answering Islam. She had a relationship back then with a Muslim guy who loved to argue against the tenets of Christianity. The website was her primary resource when researching for ways to counter some of the more ridiculous claims by the guy.
I recently stumbled across the website again when I was watching the news about ISIS' Japanese hostages. Feeling negative, I remembered this site and pored through the more current articles about Islam.
To be honest, I was motivated to visit this site because I wanted to know why this religion is repeatedly becoming a springboard for men to become anarchists, murderers, rapists, pillagers, and robbers. In other words, I wanted to know why Islam was the root cause of so much evil today.
Instead, what I got was an affirmation of my religion and the Christian faith.
True, Christianity has its own share of sins throughout the course of history. But the one thing that has kept the church guided and in constant course correction is the enduring example of Jesus Christ. Despite our many faults and shortcomings, Christians across centuries have nevertheless sought to follow the teaching of Jesus Christ to love God and neighbor.
Love is for Christianity what submission is for Muslims. And amidst the violence wrought by radical Muslims across the world, Love, not apathy nor hate, is how we will answer them in the end.
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