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Identity of Jesus Christ should not be compromised in speaking to Muslims

Reverend R. Albert Mohler Jr., the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, cited a number of reasons why he would not sign the letter which pushed for peace between Christians and Muslims, saying chief among his concerns were the apology for the sin of Crusaders and the ambiguous definition of God.

By: Christian Today Australia
Friday, 11 January 2008, 9:21 (EST)
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Reverend R. Albert Mohler Jr., the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, cited a number of reasons why he would not sign the letter which pushed for peace between Christians and Muslims, saying chief among his concerns were the apology for the sin of Crusaders and the ambiguous definition of God.

Speaking to the Towers Baptist seminary news publication, Rvd. Mohler said he was thankful for the Crusaders because it stopped the Muslims from conquering Europe. If the Crusaders didn’t fight in the Middle East, then Europe, and potentially America, would be speaking Arabic.

“… I didn’t sign the letter because I don’t understand how you apologize for the Crusades. I am sure that all kinds of sin went on with the Crusades on both sides.”

“But I am not going to apologize for the Crusades because I am very thankful that the Muslim effort to reach a conquest of Europe was unsuccessful. Otherwise, we would be speaking Arabic on this program right now and we would be talking about the Muslim continent of Europe and potentially even of North America.”

Going further, Revd. Mohler said it was unclear from the letter for whom the Christian signatories were apologising and for what actions. He stated it was wrong to associate the actions of the United State of American to that of the Christian church.


“And I am not sure what you are apologizing for in the war on terror. It says ‘many Christians have been guilty of sinning against our Muslim neighbors.”

“I don’t think that is the right way to put it. I don’t think we associate the United States of America with the Christian church. For whom are we apologizing and for what are we apologizing? I think when you release a public letter like this you are clearly trying to make a public statement and I just want to know exactly what this is trying to say.”

Describing the Christian letter of goodwill to Muslim as ‘unwise,’ he argued the letter was inherently flawed because as Christians, we were called to be witnessed for Jesus Christ, the Son of God for whom God has bestowed all authority on earth and in heaven, and he is not merely a prophet.


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