So the evangelicals are anti-Catholic and don’t tell the truth when it comes to stories about Catholics and their teaching…but they automatically become truthful if they post a story about Muslims.Here is a man who knew Islam backwords and forwards. He sacrificed everything and endangered his life to accept Christ. This is why they work so hard to avoid having their people hear about Christianity. They know they will lose.
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On what channels do Muslims screech loudly? How many “Priest became Muslim” threads have been posted by Muslims here?I believe TBN has a daily Mass show in their lineup. But I would rather deal with evangelicals then muslims. If all muslims became evangelicals I would not be sad, they would at least be Christians.
There is no reason to doubt the story. If you know it is false please show us where. When a Christian minister converts muslims screech about it loudly and say this shows that Islam is number one. Now the shoe is on the other foot. How does it fit?
Who knows if the “poor” Imam is even real.Not many priests join them, but there were occasionally and I have had it thrown in my face. More occasionally a Protestant minister will join them. Check any muslim website dedicated to converts and you will find them screeching. As for muslim TV go to memri.org and you can watch it with all the screeching against Jews and Christians.
This poor Imam could well end up dead. You will notice we don’t kill those clergy who convert to Islam. We pray for their souls.
No, I didn’t. The absence of a name isn’t my problem with the story; it’s the facts that don’t ring true.Why don’t they give his name? Glad you asked.
How do you know someone else didn’t lie to TBN?There is no reason for TBN to lie.
What I did is something you should do with all news stories. I read the factual claims, and evaluated how much sense they made.But if you know it is untrue then please give the website that shows it.
No, Memri does not. They select the most radical programs they can find, and then they translate them doing things like substituting “Israel” for “Jews” and “Zionism” for “Jews.” It is not an information site; it is a partisan website dedicated to advancing the cause of one side only in the Israeli-Arab conflict.The burden is now on you. Memri shows arab tv programs as they are. No one yet has shown that any translation they give is faulty. But if you prefer you can find the same thing on youtube. Arab tv villifies Christians and Jews routinely.
Why would you even be arguing about this, Pro? If you’re not muslim, that is.Who knows if the “poor” Imam is even real.
77 US dollar a month, and they’re bragging about that as if he sacrificed it all to become Christian? That makes me seriously doubt that there’s been even a basic fact check on this. I mean come on…a currency converter is on the net.
Memri.org isn’t Muslim TV, it’s Israeli intelligence on the web. (Not an exaggeration-it is founded and run by Israeli intelligence officials.)
I responded because I don’t like half-truths and organized campaigns against anyone’s religion.Why would you even be arguing about this, Pro? If you’re not muslim, that is.
If an Imam wants to become Christian, and Christians are happy about it, what difference does that make to you?
I am happy for the former Imam’s acceptance of Christ.
First, you haven’t provided any evidence that it isn’t true.I responded because I don’t like half-truths and organized campaigns against anyone’s religion.
That’s great that you’re happy, but I suggest you read the story. I don’t think it’s true.
Yes, I have. I cited the story’s claims about his “salary” as a cleric. Please read the story if you don’t understand what I meant by that–the report is that he abandoned a “cleric’s salary” of 700,000 “units of currency” per month.First, you haven’t provided any evidence that it isn’t true.
Second, how is celebrating a person’s commitment to Christ an ‘organized campaign against someone’s religion’?
How does this story demean Muslims?Yes, I have. I cited the story’s claims about his “salary” as a cleric. Please read the story if you don’t understand what I meant by that–the report is that he abandoned a “cleric’s salary” of 700,000 “units of currency” per month.
In Iran, that actually means only 77 dollars a month, ie, less than the Iranian minimum wage. So the story clearly at a minimum isn’t straight on its facts…and that makes it suspect.
Second, posting every day something to demean Muslims is an organized campaign.
No, but it certainly makes the story suspect. And it also means they didn’t do even a basic fact check: if you look at currency conversion rates online (they are easy to find, just google “Iran US currency exchange”), you would see that this “700,000” salary (they don’t even know what the currency in Iran is called, apparently), is not correct.How does this story demean Muslims?
As for the currency, I don’t know anything about that. But if it is an error it doesn’t make the story completely untrue.
I see no reason to doubt it, necessarily. After all it’s not the most incredulous or implausible story. So we hear that a Muslim imam is now a Christian. Great! Wish we could hear about more Muslim to Christian converts. Unfortunately they get threatened with death when they announce this publicly.No, but it certainly makes the story suspect. And it also means they didn’t do even a basic fact check: if you look at currency conversion rates online (they are easy to find, just google “Iran US currency exchange”), you would see that this “700,000” salary (they don’t even know what the currency in Iran is called, apparently), is not correct.
So you know part of it is wrong, and that they didn’t do any fact checking at all from that piece of information. Is that not cause for you to doubt it too?
Okay, well, again…for one: “Imam” isn’t the title of senior clerics in Iran. So they didn’t check that fact.I see no reason to doubt it, necessarily. After all it’s not the most incredulous or implausible story. So we hear that a Muslim imam is now a Christian. Great! Wish we could hear about more Muslim to Christian converts. Unfortunately they get threatened with death when they announce this publicly.
It’s just not that unthinkable to me to believe a man converted from Islam to Christianity. I’m happy for him.Okay, well, again…for one: “Imam” isn’t the title of senior clerics in Iran. So they didn’t check that fact.
Two: the salary is just ridiculous. It wasn’t checked.
So what is it that makes this story credible to you? What facts can you point to that would make a person say “ah, those glaring inaccuracies probably don’t mean anything”?
Of course it’s not unthinkable. But that’s not what makes the story suspect. As you’ll notice, I haven’t even made nearly that claim.It’s just not that unthinkable to me to believe a man converted from Islam to Christianity. I’m happy for him.
I’m not sure why you’re focusing on the bare fact of a conversion when that’s not what I pointed to as suspect.If the story was about something that is impossible, like moon men landing on Earth, that’s when I would start thinking it’s not true.
What’s impossible about an Imam converting to Christianity? Not a thing, so sure, I’ll believe it’s possible.