Proposal for the Establishment of an Organization Devoted to the Search for Peace and Understanding Among People Who Share Irreconcilable Differences

A Proposal by Curtis T.

I believe that between Islam and Christianity there are certain irreconcilable differences, and these differences have to do with the basics, the fundamentals of each faith. I believe that Christians and Muslims have one God, because there is only one true God, but we worship different Gods. In other words, the Allah of Christians is not the Allah of Muslims. However, I also believe that God intends for us to find ways to live in peace and to cooperate with each other in caring for the poor, the weak and the disadvantaged among us. I understand, too, that the Quran declares that there can be no peace among us, in some of the later Surah's, but that in so called abrogated verses (who decides when a verse of Allah's speech is to be nullified?), Allah declares that Christians and Muslims ought to 'vie with one another in good works' and that he who abstains from violence is earning rewards for himself in paradise. Is it possible for a contemporary Muslim to say that he or she is going to bind himself or herself to the words of Allah that were recorded, recited, spoken before someone decided to 'abrogate' those precious pearls of wisdom and hope?
I believe that it's time to establish an organization for the advancement of Peace and Understanding among People who Share Irreconcilable Differences with One Another. What do you think?
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God." Matthew 5:9 (Injil)

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