Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Steve Van Nattan, the purveyor of a blog aptly named Balaam’s Ass, thinks Muslims can’t be “real” Americans. Van Nattan posed the question, Can a Muslim be a good American?, to a friend of his who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. What follows is his response:
- Theologically – no, because his allegiance is to Allah.
- Religiously – no, because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam (Qur’an 2:256).
- Scripturally – no, because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Qur’an.
- Geographically – no, because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
- Socially – no, because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
- Politically – no, because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders) who teach the annihilation of Israel and the destruction of America, the great Satan.
- Domestically – no, because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat his wife when she disobeys him (Qur’an 4:34).
- Intellectually – no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
- Philosophically – no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur’an does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist! Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
- Spiritually – no, because when we declare ‘one nation under God,’ we are referring to the Christian’s God and not Allah.Therefore, after much study and deliberation, perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Muslims and good Americans/Canadians; they cannot and will not integrate into the great melting pot of America.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. Muslims everywhere have said they will destroy us from within.
As I read this, I thought, are Fundamentalist Christians really this stupid? I know, that’s a rhetorical question. Let me show how easy it is to destroy Van Nattan’s position on American Muslims:
Let me pose this question to you, can a Fundamentalist Christian be a good American?
- Theologically – no, because his allegiance is to Jesus.
- Religiously – no, because no other religion is accepted by His God except Christianity.
- Scripturally – no, because his allegiance is to the Bible.
- Geographically – no, because his allegiance is to heaven, to which he turns in prayer without ceasing.
- Socially – no, because his allegiance to Jesus forbids him from being unequally yoked together with unbelievers.
- Politically – no, because he must submit to the pastor who teaches the protection of Israel and the destruction of the world.
- Domestically – no, because he is instructed to marry one woman at a time and beat his children when they disobey him.
- Intellectually – no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution unless it is properly interpreted through his fundamentalist worldview.
- Philosophically – no, because Fundamentalist Christianity, Jesus, and the Bible does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Fundamentalist Christianity cannot co-exist! Every Fundamentalist Christian government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
- Spiritually – no, because when we declare ‘one nation under God,’ we are referring to a our particular version of the Christian God.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation, perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL Fundamentalist Christians in this country. They obviously cannot be both ‘good’ Christians and good Americans/Canadians; they cannot and will not integrate into the great melting pot of America.
The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. Fundamentalist Christians everywhere have said they will take back America for God, using force if necessary.
Man, that was easy.
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