StarTribune: Franklin Graham defends comments on Islam
The Rev. Graham, son of Billy Graham, recently said on an NBC-TV news show: “The God of Islam is not the same God. He’s not the son of God of the Christian or Judeo-Christian faith. It’s a different God and I believe it is a very evil and wicked religion.”
I wonder if the Rev. Graham thinks that the Christian God of various extremist violent groups here in America is the same as his Christian God? Or how about the Christian God who was worshipped by the Crusaders while they slaughtered their way across Europe a few centuries ago during the Inquisition? Likewise, some American Indian tribes were peaceloving, gentle people, like portrayed by Hollywood in recent years. Others were extremely violent. Was it the same God for all of them?
I’m not a student of religious history, but it seems likely to me that all the world’s religions/beliefs systems have been subverted by their followers at times. God has nothing to do with it.