Seattle Officials and Islam

Washington officials warm up to Muslims

Governor Jay Inslee leads protest against President Donald Trump

Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant has a long history of leading protests using taxpayer money.  She is most outspoken against President Trump.

One might wonder how this Muslim relationship is going to shake out with Seattle's Mayor being openly gay.  He is married to Michael Shiosaki who works for Seattle Parks and Recreation.

Revert, Convert or Pervert

The Three Verts

When someone hears of a person becoming a Christian we usually think of the person being a convert.  In Islam the word revert is what is most often used.  So what is the difference and why do they use different terminology?  The difference is in how one is viewed in their pre-faith condition.  Both consider the pre-faith condition as being lost but in what way?  Based upon various biblical texts the Christian is understood to be born in a sinful state because of what we have inherited through the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden.  David writes in a psalm, "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me" (Psalm 51:5).  In his letter to the Romans Paul wrote, "Therefore, just as one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because of sin" (Rom. 5:12) he earlier had written, "for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23).  For this reason Jesus said we must be born again.

The Muslim concept is quite different.  They do not believe that God's prophets, including Adam sinned nor did we inherit this problem.  They believe we are all born sinless and become sinners through false teaching and actions, therefore we must be reverted to our condition at birth.  That is done by faith in the God of Muhammad and by confession of his prophethood.    The Christian believes ones heart is changed by God at conversion, whereas the Muslim changes his own heart through a series of words accompanied by religious works.

Even if we could agree on the concept of God the Christian could never agree on the Muslim means by which one becomes righteous.  Apostle Paul explains "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" (Eph. 2:8&9).  The Muslim will often make claims of righteousness based on how much of the Quran he has memorized, by the prayer bump on their forehead from so much time on their prayer rug or how many times they have been to the Hajj in Mecca, etc.

Considering that Muhammad's religion was dreamed up over 500 years after Christ and rejects the Deity of Christ as well as the blood atonement we would consider it a perversion of the religion of Abraham rather than simply another expression of the faith.

The Quran goes to great length to boast the character of Muhammad.  Speaking of Muhammad in Surah 33:4 we read, "And indeed, you are of a great moral character".  Similar statements are in Surah 33:21.  But we have question about this moral character considering the fact that he married Aisha the daughter of Abu Bakr when she was only six years old and had sex with her at age nine.  Then after pillaging the Jewish village of Khaybar about hundred miles north of Medina he took a seventeen year old girl as another wife and named her Safiya which means "portion of the booty".  So once again we view Islam as a perversion of religious morality and Muhammad a pervert.

Three Amigos Unite

A Pastor, a Rabbi and a Imam go into a bar...wait, this is not a joke.

Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Imam Jamal Rahman (the Three Interfaith Amigos) make the rounds speaking at interfaith groups, usually of the liberal Unitarian mindset, in effort to convince the naive, that Christians, Jews and Muslims all worship the same God and should be able to work together in harmony.  Using their co-authored book they are all smiles, however the topic is a sober one considering Muslims have been slaughtering Jews since the pillage of Khaybar in the days of Muhammad.  Then, banning all churches and synagogues from Arabia a few years after Muhammad's death the Muslims built a Mosque on the foundation of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem (7th century) as an act of dominance and superiority and in 1453 attacked Constantinople and turned the largest church in the world into a Mosque.  Well of course this sounds like one big happy family.

Then in our lifetime we see Muslims crucifying Christians in the Middle East, stabbing and shooting kafirs (non-Muslims) of all sects around the world.  These three deceivers are barking up a tall tree in effort to shake lose some low hanging fruit.

Does anyone seriously think Jesus would have prayed to a pagan shrine in Mecca?

The Bible warns in so many ways about the dangers of uniting with false prophets but Jude's is likely the most easily understood.  "Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.  For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ"(Jude 3&4).

You will find the three Amigos giving their presentation on TED talks.  Judging by the number of TED Youtube programs on Islam it appears TED has become a new platform for liberal pro-Muslim speakers.

TED which originally stood for Technology, Entertainment, and Design is a no-profit organization that produces videos shown online around the world.  Their slogan is "ideas worth spreading".  While there has been an abundance of worthwhile programs done by TED many of those done about Islam are nothing more than propaganda designed to neutralize critical thinking regarding Muhammad's cult.  The hijab is one of the most popular topics.  Articulate and often well educated women are chosen to give their emotional appeal about their head covering as though it is a glorious symbol of liberty when in fact in many Muslim countries it is nothing but a picture subjugation and bondage.