Why Won’t the Church Use the G-Word?

Religious leaders from the Pope to television evangelists keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. We are told that Islam advocates many of the same life-sustaining rules and ideas as Christianity and Judaism. That most Muslims are peace-loving, are children of God and want the same things out of life we do. We are told that we have a religious duty … and an American duty … to open our hearts and our borders to Muslims fleeing from the violence that is tearing their national homes to s

Religious leaders from the Pope to television evangelists keep insisting that Islam is a religion of peace. We are told that Islam advocates many of the same life-sustaining rules and ideas as Christianity and Judaism. That most Muslims are peace-loving, are children of God and want the same things out of life we do. We are told that we have a religious duty … and an American duty … to open our hearts and our borders to Muslims fleeing from the violence that is tearing their national homes to s…