Tuesday 4 January 2011

The Curse of Religious people!

Radio Five this morning was discussing the fact that so many English women are converting to Islam. During the telephone 'phone in' a convert called in to tell that he started reading about Islam and realised that this was the way forward in that it provided a coming together of personal life, public life, legal life machinery and government.

The, extremely zealous, convert spoke excitedly about how Islam was more than a religion but was a way of life and how, having come from the Roman church, he was now engaged with something enabling and real.

I have to say that the reason that we're seeing 'English' women convert to Islam has lots to do with the fact that they appear to be marrying men who are, generally by birth, Islamic. It's interesting that a conversation with an Islamic religious leader led me to understand that these women were actually often more active and faithful Muslims than the men that they married, something he thought was good for the children of the marriages but a sad reflection on the men of the faith!

The reasons that the male convert gave are all very valid when one considers that Christianity generally is regarded as something that people do on a Sunday! This is not just the view of the general population either it transpires, for, after discussion with a member of a certain denomination recently I found that they'd been told that what was important was being in church once a week regardless. This was the focus and witness of being a Christian!

What a load of rubbish (See how restrained I can be!).

We will be looking at this topic over the next few days and hopefully we will find something that serves Christianity (and hopefully me and you) well.

Bottom line is this(I'm going to shout, be warned):

Christians are Christians twenty-four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year for every year that they live. It is not what we do but who we are and if we have people who teach, or are happy with, the 'one day a week' principle then they need to be corrected or removed.

Jolly idiots!

ps. I learn't whilst in the Elim Pentecostal Church that Jolly can be transposed for every and all expletives (so insert that which you feel fits best!).

Pax

4 comments:

Angus said...

Anyone who condones the one hour on a Sunday approach to Christianity is obviously part of the problem rather than the solution in your book.

How would you address this and how far do you think it goes?

Also, do you think that we should see the conversion of English women to Islam as a threat, a problem or something to be welcomed?

Thank you for your blog - i look forward to your response.

UKViewer said...

I wonder if people converting to Islam is a threat or blessing. At least they are finding God in some form, just one which we might not recognise.

I agree that you are a Christian 24/7=365. What else can you be. You are either a Christian in full, any other version is less than you are called to be.

I will be interested as Angus is to see how you think that issues might be solved. Just mulling over the old saw of you can take a horse to water........

Simon said...

Hmm, if Islam is "finding God", then I have to wonder what idolatry even means any more.

Islam teaches that Jesus did not die on the cross, that he wasn't buried, that he did NOT rise from the dead and even that he wasn't the Son at all. This is a denial of the Gospel and this is a denial of the Lord himself.

Converting to Islam is just another way of expressing one's natural hostility toward God and I think Christians should be far more concerned with approaching our Muslim friends with the truth of Christ rather than merely settling with the absurd idea; "at least they have found God".

Upnorfjoel said...

Watch how fast these English lady "converts" run back the other way as British muslims move closer and closer to Sharia.

Not to worry ladies. Christ will always take you back...