In my review for God’s not Dead 2 I pointed out that the religion currently under greatest threat in the United States is not Christianity. Rather, it is Islam. That claim received a response from readers both in the discussion thread and via email who argued that Islam is a threat. When the concern was initially raised by Walter […]
religious tolerance
Buddha statues and Saddam statues: The problem of toleration
In March 2001 the world watched in horrified disbelief as the Taliban destroyed two towering Buddhist statues which had stood for centuries in the Bamiyan Valley. The Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, responded by declaring that “True faith elicits respect and you have to respect what is sacred to others.” Kofi Annan’s words express widespread sentiments […]