Source: muslimwriters.org

Shamshad Nasir

My column last month entitled “Focus on God should not be split” generated a few letters in response. You can read my Dec. column here.

One letter came from Mr. George C. in Ontario and another from Mr. Tom V. in Chino Hills. Thank you both for your letters — I always welcome them. And while Tom wrote a polite two-page letter quoting many Bible verses to make his point that Jesus was God in the flesh and also pre-existent with God from the beginning of creation, neither he nor George actually addressed any of the points I raised or the Bible verses I quoted. George, in his half-page letter, listed no Bible verses at all but instead wrote that he feels I “may be guilty of some misinterpretations” of the verses I quoted. He did not elaborate further.

Tom’s letter said I was “audacious … challenging the tenets of Christianity” during Christmas time. But I humbly submit that nearly every quote I used came from either God or Jesus, so I figured anyone who read my column would have recognized that fact and regarded such quotes as being true and authoritative and not subject to such easy dismissal.

Tom did urge me to “truly have a humble heart” as if all it takes to perceive “truth” is a humble heart — even when that “truth” doesn’t make… kindly continue reading at muslimwriters.org

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