What outcry?

There is an outcry when a pastor in Florida is to burn the Quran, the (holy) book of Muslims. There is an outcry when the Muslims plan to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. The president of our nation showed a lack of judgment and wisdom when he defended their right to build there. Now where is the outcry when the Muslims in Nigeria and other countries persecute, imprison and kill Christians and burn their church buildings and Bibles?

We are asked to be tolerant toward Muslims and (those of) other religions. Muslims, by and large, are not tolerant of Christians and Jews, especially in countries like Saudi Arabia and some others. God gave man a choice to choose Him, but He said, “You shall have no other gods before me.” I, as a Christian, am not tolerant of other religions because they are in defiance of God and are false. They lead people away from God, and they are lost to the devil’s hell. But I will do them no harm, only love and pray for them.

There is only one God, the God of all creation. There is only one way of salvation, and it is in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

I pray for the Christians everywhere who are persecuted by the Muslims and others, and I pray the Muslims and others will come to believe in Jesus and be saved. If all of us who are Christians will pray, we just might see a change in things that are happening.

Eugene R. Thomason
Pell City, Ala.