format_quote Originally Posted by
hmmm5
I'm not a big fan of evangelicals because of their stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They don't agree on dividing Jerusalem which is a key issue for the two state solution and I also heard they have interest in the destruction of the third holiest site of Islam, the Al-Aqsa mosque in order to rebuilt a Jewish temple.
Although I think as persons they would be just like everyone else. I certainly was not looking to make a generalisation.
Greetings, hmmm5
We've had a discussion on the meaning of the term 'evangelicals' very recently.
Turn out, it means different things to different people ...
Certainly many people who would call themselves as evangelicals, would not fit your description above.
Being an evangelical Christian is not a political statement, and evangelical Christians may hold
all sorts of political views - on the Israel/Palestine conflict and other topics.
(See this thread for more information
http://www.islamicboard.com/comparat...stians-61.html - particularly post 904 by Keltoi and 905 by Grace Seeker)
For the sake of this thread, the issue I was trying to highlight was that of
Muslims and Christians coming together to understand each other's faiths better and to find common ground to build peaceful and respectful relationships on.
Peace